Vivia Chen

Vivia Chen is a senior columnist at The American Lawyer and the creator of The Careerist blog.

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  • January 23, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    More male partners going part-time

    The way firms brag about it, you'd think every third lawyer has worked part-time at some point. Whenever I talk to firms about women partners, someone invariably adds, "And did you know she wa

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • April 30, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    Careers: Does going bald affect your career?

    Who says I don't write enough fashion posts for men? I'm going for it, diving straight into a topic that's undeniably male. Next to being short, losing their hair (can we be frank and say &

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • May 29, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    Careers: Really, you don't want to stay home

    Let me give you two reasons why women should stay in the workforce when they have kids: First, you won't be tempted to morph into one of those scary "attachment" moms who breastfeed

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • March 20, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    UM law isn't alone as Columbia and NYU are also accused of dubious numbers

    Are they all lying? Or just careless—conveniently so? Maybe we've all been too snobby, assuming that only low-ranking law schools cook their employment data to reel in gullible s

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • October 30, 2012 | The Careerist

    Go to SMU, instead of Harvard Law! Huh?

    I just read some advice to would-be law students that left me befuddled. The advice is this: Don't focus so much on rankings when you're choosing a law school; instead, you should go where

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • December 19, 2012 | The Careerist

    Law professor explains why black kids fail

    Ready for another installment of lawyers and judges who say or do ridiculous things. Here are some standouts: Kids raised by single black moms are bound not to be so smar

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • September 17, 2012 | The Careerist

    Who are you calling mom-in-chief? Ugh!

    Let me be crystal clear: I thought Michelle Obama gave one hell of a speech at the Democratic convention. It was strong, passionate, and thoughtful—no small feat in a political season

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • March 7, 2013 | The Careerist

    Women's pay, jobs with smallest gender gaps and the best cities to make money

    1. Best/Worst Jobs for Women Based on Pay Equity. Tired of hearing about how female lawyers lag behind men in the legal profession? Well, listen and learn, ladies! a target=

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • August 21, 2012 | The Careerist

    Women can ask, but they won't get it

    Didn't we identify at least a partial fix for the gender gap in pay? For years now, the popular wisdom has been that a href="http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecareerist/2011/07/asking-for-i

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

  • November 26, 2012 | The Careerist

    Careers: Blame it on Big Law - and maybe hubby

    I was inclined to skip this one. But since I blogged about whether men really c

    By Vivia Chen

    1 minute read

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