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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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Headquarters 
Palo Alto, CA
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Offers a formal flextime program for associates & counsel.

Employees 
670

Female attorneys at this Silicon Valley–based law firm, known for serving high-tech companies, have ample opportunities to connect with one another as well as their clientele.

Munger, Tolles & Olson

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Headquarters 
Los Angeles, CA
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Grants 6 weeks paid maternity leave.

Employees 
219

This Los Angeles–based firm doesn’t rest on its laurels. Even though its commitment to diversity is well known in the legal profession, the firm has hired an outside consultant to evaluate its performance

Morrison & Foerster

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Headquarters 
San Francisco, CA
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Offers a phase-back program for new moms.

Employees 
976

This San Francisco–based international law firm recently hired its first full-time professional development and diversity manager to enhance its programs to retain and promote women—but this isn’t unfamiliar territory.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

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Headquarters 
Los Angeles, CA
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26% of their female lawyers were promoted to equity partner between 2004–2008.

Employees 
389

What indulgence do working mothers crave? A weekend away. That’s exactly what the Los Angeles–based firm’s Women’s Initiative has in the works

Littler Mendelson

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Headquarters 
San Francisco, CA
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Women make up 58% of their associates

Employees 
722

At this San Francisco–based law firm, the nation’s largest representing employers and management in labor disputes, recruiting women is a priority.

Folger Levin & Kahn

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Headquarters 
San Francisco, CA
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Guarantees new parents-to-be 13 weeks paid adoption leave.

Employees 
61

When three men started this midsized law firm 30 years ago, their first hire was a female attorney.

Scripps Health

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Headquarters 
San Diego, CA
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Scripps employees are pampered with six free chair massages per year.

Employees 
12554
Women 
78%

This San Diego, CA, health-care system employs a Life Cycle approach to careers that allows its 86% female workforce to adjust their job responsibilities as family needs change.

Patagonia

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Headquarters 
Ventura, CA
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2 paid months off with benefits are available to Patagonia employees who wish to intern for environmental nonprofits.

Employees 
793
Women 
55%

Work can feel like play for moms at the Ventura, CA, headquarters of this apparel company, located just a block from the Pacific Ocean.

Intel

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Headquarters 
Santa Clara, CA
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Intel’s Family Fun Nights serve up free movies, board games and activities for employees and their children.

Employees 
44386
Women 
24%

Women who work for this Santa Clara, CA–based semiconductor giant really champion one another’s advancement, building on Intel’s intent to be its industry’s “leader in diversity.”

HP

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Headquarters 
Palo Alto, CA
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 91% of HP employees polled said their managers are ethical, open and honest.

Employees 
51826
Women 
30%

As a supply chain project manager for this top tech company, Jill Goozen has a jam-packed work schedule. But she always manages to make her 7-year-old daughter’s Brownie meetings, dance classes and soccer games, thanks to the telecommuting arrangement she and her husband (also an HP employee) enjoy.

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