Offers a phase-back program for new moms.

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. Its reduced-hours policy, updated in 2008, now lets all attorneys return to work on a reduced hours schedule for as long as a year following maternity, paternity or adoption leave. (Attorneys can then request to continue their reduced hours schedule, and many do.) Last year, 25 partners worked reduced hours, including 16 women.

Female equity partners: 20%*

Female counsel: 37%

Female associates: 49%

Female lawyers promoted to partner, 2004–2008: 32%

Lawyers working reduced hours: 14%

Lawyers working reduced hours, 2004–2008: 13%

Weeks paid maternity leave: 18

Weeks paid paternity leave: 10

Weeks paid adoption leave: 18

Offer phase-back program for new moms?: Yes

Offer reentry program for lawyer moms?: No

Offer formal flextime program for associates & counsel?: No

Lawyers working flextime schedule: n/a

Offer support groups for reduced-hours lawyers?: Yes

*Law firm does not offer nonequity partnership.