In the last generation there has been a shift in attitude towards male lawyers taking time off to care for their children. What was once looked on as a perk is swiftly beginning to be seen as a right at firms in the US. Kirkland & Ellis, White & Case and Morrison & Foerster all give upwards of four weeks' paid leave to male lawyers at all levels working in their US offices. And one recent case in the Weil Gotshal & Manges Boston office saw a lawyer take an unprecedented 10 weeks' paid paternity leave.
November 26, 2008 at 09:28 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Law firms in the US are becoming increasingly generous about the amounts of paternity leave they offer. But on this side of the pond the situation is rather less family-friendly, reports Jeremy Hodges
In the last generation there has been a shift in attitude towards male lawyers taking time off to care for their children. What was once looked on as a perk is swiftly beginning to be seen as a right at firms in the US.
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