My colleague and fellow solo blogger, Jill Pugh Employment Law Blog tipped me off to an interesting new resource, Ms-JD to address the growing number of women leaving the legal profession or failing to reach the upper echelons of the profession. The site seems promising, though thus far, there’s little mention of the law
Partners in love and law
We all know the song, Lawyers in Love, but did you ever wonder what happens to lawyers in love? With many of the dual lawyer couples whom I knew from the law school, once the couple had children, the woman either left the law or went on to an alternative career like teaching, while
This One’s For All of You “Neglectful” Moms, Trying to Strike a Balance
Just when I thought that I’d probably found the right formula to work-life balance, I discovered that I’m really nothing more than a neglectful mom. I spent much of yesterday pushing to prepare a motion already a few days overdue to the client because of more pressing deadlines earlier in the week. Since my daughters
Mothers’ Day Mix
Ah, Mothers’ Day. A time when my daughters leave me free to blog uninterrupted. (though I guess I should worry a little when my younger daughter’s mother day note reads like this: My mom likes to hug me. She always works on her computer). Today, I’ve rounded up a couple of articles of interest to
4 p.m. – Another Reason that I Love Solo Practice
At four p.m., my workday ends , at least until late at night. Four p.m. is when I leave the house to pick up my daughters, nearly 6 and 9 from the bus stop around the corner. I walk them home and we talk about their day. The older one generally blurts out a million
Moms, Law and Change
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. But motherhood itself is also the mother of invention – or more accurately, the engine behind creative, entrepreneurial ideas to make motherhood more compatible with legal practice. This article, The Lawyer Moms, Boston Globe (5/8/05) reports on on such mom-lawyer-inventor, Patty Campbell Malone, who along