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Alston & Bird
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Last year, the firm held a quarterly series of New Parent Lunches where employees could swap advice and gather tips from noted speakers. ...
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Andrews Kurth LLP
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Nearly half of the lawyers hired at this Houston-based firm last year were women, and a female lawyer chairs the compensation committee. ...
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Arent Fox LLP
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The firm, based in Washington, DC, monitors lawyers working reduced hours so they don’t slip through the cracks, trains them in how to effectively manage their time so they don’t exceed their target hours and offers a support network. Reduced-hours lawyers are eligible for nonequity ...
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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
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Women are in leadership positions throughout the firm, holding one of seven seats on its executive committee and chairing the committees responsible for entry-level hiring, diversity and client relations. Also, the firm devotes roughly half of its recruiting budget to attracting women. ...
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Chapman and Cutler LLP
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This firm created the Chapman Leadership Academy last year, a voluntary program open to senior-level associates. The two-year program, comprised of eight training modules, covers topics important to would-be partners, such as firm economics, business development plans and client relationships. Each participant is also assigned ...
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Covington & Burling LLP
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The Washington, DC–based firm’s professional development team and practice group leaders have created “portfolios” that describe the knowledge, skills and work experiences lawyers need for particular areas of practice. Associates are then encouraged to set strategic goals to advance their career. ...
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Reduced-hours employment doesn’t mean second-class work assignments at this New York City–based firm. Associates on flextime or reduced hours are given demanding assignments and considered for partnership alongside their full-time colleagues. ...
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Working moms don’t need to ask for a flex work schedule here. A director of professional development, who’s managed the reduced-hours program for two decades, reaches out to associates who are pregnant or on leave to ease their transition back to work at a pace ...
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Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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The Diversity Advisor program helps women advance by pairing senior female associates with partners from another practice area, who can give a different perspective on the firm. ...
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Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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The Philadelphia-based firm also appointed a “part-time czar,” who will oversee the program in its 12 offices across the country and act as a proponent for reduced-hours lawyers. The changes were led by a thriving women’s committee, which is charged with providing to management specific ...
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Foley Hoag LLP
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Those assigned to the same client can share projects to support maternity leaves, reduced-hours schedules or family commitments—all with the full support of senior partners in the group. So if a mom has to run out to fetch a sick child from day care, other ...
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Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
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When three men started this midsized law firm 30 years ago, their first hire was a female attorney. Today, more than half of the 61 lawyers at this San Francisco–based firm are women, as are its managing partner and three of five corporate practice group ...
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Fox Rothschild LLP
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Last year, this Philadelphia-based firm launched a Women’s Initiative to further advance the skills, professional reputation and business-generating efforts of female attorneys at its 14 offices nationwide ...
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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
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This New York City-based firm supports the use of flexible work schedules: Lawyer moms and dads who use flextime schedules to balance child-care responsibilities stay on the partnership track. ...
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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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The work/life balance committee at this global corporate firm knows how to get things done. After reviewing all of the firm’s reduced-hours and flexible work arrangements to ensure consistency across departments, the committee advocated for new supportive policies, including the appointment of a coordinator in ...
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Frost Brown Todd LLC
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A new on-ramp program eases the reentry of lawyer moms who’ve taken an extended absence from this Cincinnati-based firm, which merged with Indianapolis’s Locke Reynolds earlier this year. ...
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Gibbons P.C.
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Mom lawyers who opt for a flexible schedule or take time off for their families have every opportunity to advance at this Newark, NJ–based firm, where women chair three of nine legal departments. ...
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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Women attorneys at this Boston-based firm pursue the assignments they desire because of the efforts of eight former lawyers, all women, who currently work as staffing and professional development managers at the firm. ...
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Gray Plant Mooty Law Firm
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For inspiration, lawyer moms here need only turn to Tamara Hjelle Olsen, its first female managing officer (partner) in 140 years. ...
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Hanson Bridgett LLP
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Women partners, many of whom serve in key leadership roles, are committed to working with female associates at this San Francisco–based firm and hold events to discuss experiences and challenges unique to them. ...
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Holland & Hart, LLP
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Three of six attorneys sitting on the partnership committee are women, and last year, 34 female lawyers received leadership and management training to help them advance. Meanwhile, the first two winners of a new summer associate diversity scholarship were women. ...
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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
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Flexibility is ingrained in the culture of this Detroit-based law firm: From 2004 to 2008, 105 lawyers worked reduced hours, including four women who were promoted to equity partner. ...
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Ice Miller LLP
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This 99-year-old full-service law firm does more than support working mothers—it supports working families. Based in Indianapolis, this firm offers 12 weeks of paid leave to all new parents—birth and adoptive alike. ...
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Jenner & Block LLP
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Women attorneys at this full-service firm are encouraged to connect with one another and their communities. ...
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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This full-service national law firm, with clients including many Fortune 100 companies, supports moms well beyond the cute “Future Lawyer” Onesie given to all new parents on staff. ...
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