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What Michelle Obama Couldn’t Have Found at The (So-Called) Fifty Best Law Firms For Women.
I’m not much of a political junkie, but I made a point of watching Michelle Obama’s speech to the Democrat National Convention. Michelle (it’s tough for me to refer to someone a few months older than me as "Mrs.") intrigues me, largely because she’s a contemporary with many superficialities in common: we both graduated law…
Read MoreShould We Rescue Biglaw, Part II?
A while back, I posed the question whether women at large firms have some kind of duty to rescue biglaw and save it from becoming the exclusive domain of white men. Well, here’s an article, Women Leaven which suggests that many women aren’t doing that. Instead, they’re leaving law firms in droves for greener pastures,…
Read MoreShould We Rescue Biglaw, or Run From It?
At the Ms. JD conference that I attended last week, one woman responded to various remarks on the benefits of starting a firm (by some of us troublemakers in the picture) by saying something to the effect that “Starting a firm is all well and good, but if everyone flees biglaw life, firms will be…
Read MoreAre Solos Helping Women At Law Firms?
The impact of solo and small firm practice is far reaching, so much so that in my view, it’s helping women attorneys succeed at biglaw. Don’t believe it? Consider these two stories that ran in today’s news. The first, Deciding to Go It Alone, (San Fernando Valley Business 11/4/06) reports on how more and more,…
Read MoreWhy Do So Few Women Reach the Top At Large Firms – And Why Do We Care?
This past weekend’s New York Times article Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms? (Timothy O’Brien, 3/19/06) makes me ask the question “Why Should We Care?” The article describes the oft-cited problem of why women aren’t making it to the top at large firms or why they prematurely leave, blaming…
Read MoreAnd Where Were the Solo Women Lawyers? (probably too busy blogging, running businesses and practicing law to complain…)
This article Women Aiming for Partnership Face Persistent Problems (NYLawyer 2/10/06) reported on a New York City Bar Association Symposium, attended by a mostly female crowd of 300 that addressed a persistent question: “When will the legal profession see sex equality throughout its ranks?” According to the article, the Symposium apparently bemoaned what we’ve heard…
Read MoreWomen Will Best Succeed on their Own
Funny contrast in this week’s news. This article, How Women Can Develop Business, National Law Journal (9/29/05) bemoans that women at large firms have it tough when it comes to business development, citing obstacles like lack of effective mentoring and difficulty of striking a manageable work-life balance. (The article does offer many useful suggestions for…
Read MoreMore Biglaw Attorneys Starting Solo Biglaw Practices
We’ve more news to report about former biglaw attorneys who, like the biglaw attorneys here and here, have put out their shingles. What’s unique about all of these new law firms is that they focus on practice areas like securities law, business transactions and communications which have traditionally been within the domain of large firm…
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