It’s always bittersweet when I read articles like this one, Work Family Divide Keeps Numbers of Women Low, Rachel Osterman (8/20/05) about women attorneys leaving firms because they find them incompatible with raising a family. Without sounding too much like John Roberts, I’m all in favor of attorneys – male or female – who choose to forego their careers short term to stay home with children so long as they’re aware of middle of the road options for balancing law and family. But I wonder how many women leave the law without knowing about other options – like solo practice – (or those described here) that might offer the best of both worlds.
Related posts:
- Why Are So Few Women Lawyers Solo?
- More on the Flex Time Option
- New Zealand Lawyers Get the Gender Issues
- Who Knew That Women Leaving the Law Would Need to Pay $9000 To Get Back In?
- And Where Were the Solo Women Lawyers? (probably too busy blogging, running businesses and practicing law to complain…)
