Six and a half years after arguing that women’s success in legal doesn’t matter if they don’t work at Biglaw, Vivia Chen is back with this interview with Beth Wilkinson, who left biglaw at Paul Hastings back in 2016 to launch her own firm. Reading the interview, you can tell that Chen still doesn’t
Today is a special guest post authored (albeit under some parental coercion!) by my oldest daughter, Elana Joy Israel. As I’ve always said, I started solo because I didn’t have any other options, but I stayed solo (with a small team) because it was the best option as a parent.
For those of you who
Thirty-five year old sprinter Allyson Felix is the most decorated Olympian in track and field history. Yet even Felix couldn’t outrun discrimination by her former sponsor Nike — which pressured her to return to form as soon as possible after a high-risk pregnancy and birth while slashing her pay to 70 percent of what she’d
Not surprisingly, Kamala Harris’ precedential election as the first woman of color Vice President has spawned countless opinion pieces on how Harris’ win has inspired both women and girls nationwide, altered the future of women in politics and demonstrated the value of real diversity. But there’s a spin that most of the media
This recent article highlights some great advice by More Than A Woman author Caitlin Moran: if you want a career and kids, then don’t marry a glass ceiling. Moran cautions that for women balancing parenting and a profession, their prospects can come to a grinding halt if the person they partner with or marry isn’t
Back in the day –almost twenty years ago — when I spent more time with my daughters in the span of a day than I do in a week now that they’re grown, one of our favorite car-song anthems was This One’s for the Girls by Martina McBride. It’s a peppy song that celebrates
Earlier this week, my colleague Bob Ambrogi blogged about seven ways that the pandemic will change the practice of law. Bob argues that post pandemic, lawyers will no longer fear technology, firms will embrace remote practice and reduce physical footprints, more legal services will be delivered online and courts will accelerate innovation. But there’s
Ever since the agrarian era when women gave birth in the
fields, then strapped the baby on their backs, women have been multi-tasking
childcare and work. Corona virus won’t be the first time that parents –
primarily women – will be called upon to work from home while watching the kids
nor will it be
In many ways for me, corona virus is deja vu all over again.
Five years ago in March 2015, you would have found me working remotely from my home office where circumstances had forced me to relocate eight months earlier when my husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Though I’d been remote when my
By now, most of you have heard about actor Alex Borstein’s memorable
acceptance speech at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. Closing her remarks,
Borstein shared the story of her grandmother, who was awaiting execution in a
death camp, but took the risk to step out of line. “And for that,”
Borstein concluded “I am here, and