Women seeking work/life balance are getting their faces slapped with cold water these days. Andrews Kurth partner Kathleen Wu, who has led an initiative at her firm to to improve the retention and advancement of women, last week warned in a Texas Lawyer article that law school graduates should not “get their hearts set on having it all.” Wu calls law practice “demanding – exceedingly so. It is next to impossible to balance a full-time legal career with marriage, children and regular trips to the gym.”
Wu, a Dallas-based real estate finance partner, says it’s possible to have both family and career, but that it will entail “sacrifices.” She ultimately passes the torch to younger lawyers to push for greater work/life balance.
