More on (some) partners’ view of work/life balance
I recently posted about the negative view that some partners have of associates seeking work/life balance and suggested that perhaps transparency in employment is one answer to ensuring that those who want a “balanced” lifestyle (whatever that may mean) are able to find it in law firms composed of other lifestyle-focused lawyers. I wondered whether […]
Why women are leaving law firms — and why they’re staying.
Red letter day here: two posts in one day. This is a short one, though, just linking to an article worth reading. Remember the much-discussed New York Times article titled, “Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?” A BCG recruiter has written an article that purports to recount a conversation […]
Work/life balance: the partners’ perspective
The May 2006 ABA Journal is full of interesting articles. The most fascinating to me is titled “The Great Divide: Partners and Associates Are at Odds over Opposing Approaches to Work, Play and the Practice of Law.” Unfortunately, the article is not (yet?) available online. Get to your closest law library, if you aren’t an […]
Networking skills
Today’s post is for those of you who are fairly new to the practice and those who hate the idea of networking and business development more than anything else you can imagine. Is anybody still reading? Second (perhaps) to legal competence, business development is king of practice. And to bring in business, it’s important to […]
In defense of law firms
I woke up very early this morning, still thinking about the Young Lawyer’s Conundrum (article no longer available) I posted about yesterday and Schiltz’s concept that lawyers who go to law firms will end up engaging in unethical practice — indeed, living unethical lives — because of the law firm culture that pushes endlessly for more money, […]
Law firm culture leads inextrictably to unethical lawyers?
I’ve just read a staggering article (no longer available) by former Notre Dame law professor (then Dean of the University of St. Thomas Law School, soon to be District Judge) Patrick J. Schiltz. Published in January 2000 (I know it’s old, but what can I say? I was busy practicing law when it came out), the […]
Bad, bad blogger.
When I was a teenager and even as a young adult, I used to keep a journal. A big believer in fresh starts, I’d start a new journal whenever a major life event prompted me to think it was the right time. A new grade in school, beginning college, beginning or ending a job or […]