By Susan DeSantis | February 27, 2019
'Thinking that I could not have my son, I couldn't even think about that,' says Jacqueline Klosek, counsel to Goodwin Procter, whose son Luca was born from a frozen embryo. 'To have missed that because I waited too long would have been really hard to accept.'
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Aimee Davis | February 27, 2019
Lawyers should not be encouraged to freeze their eggs simply so that they can devote all their time to churn out billable hours. The work-life balance will not be significantly less challenging if a woman has children in her 40s.
By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | February 15, 2019
In this episode, Law.com reporter Dylan Jackson talks with Florida lawyer Haley Moss about how she's managing her workload as a new associate and defying assumptions about autism.
The American Lawyer | Commentary
By Mark S. Goldstein | February 12, 2019
Reed Smith counsel Mark Goldstein wasn't sure he could both be a lawyer and have mental health disabilities. But he learned how to survive and thrive in Big Law.
By Susan DeSantis | February 4, 2019
"It's like going to high school when the seniors never graduate and the seniors are the partners," said Terrence Tarver, a personal injury lawyer who chairs the young lawyers section of the state bar association.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Doris Ling-Cohan | January 29, 2019
Doris Ling-Cohan recalls a day when there was no babysitter and her 1-year-old daughter got to visit more courts in one day than most litigators. It might explain why at age 9 she would shout out, correctly: “Objection, hearsay!” when watching Law and Order, Ling-Cohan said.
By Angela Morris and Susan DeSantis | January 28, 2019
With women still carrying the bulk of child care responsibilities, lawyer-moms working long hours handle the kid-care challenge with creativity and precision.
By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones | January 25, 2019
Tired of New Year's resolutions that fade away come February? Law.com's Fit Counselor columnist offers his strategies for balancing work and fitness.
By Phillip Bantz | January 15, 2019
The New York City Council considered a proposal last March that would give private employees the right to ignore electronic work communications after hours and fine employers $250 every time they violated that right.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Priscilla Lundin | January 10, 2019
In this Lawyer Wellness column, Priscilla Lundin discusses the Pledge Campaign organized by the American Bar Association's Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession, in which over 60 legal employers are participating by committing to effect organizational changes that will raise awareness about the high incidence of alcohol and other substance abuse problems; reduce the stigma of mental illness; and encourage and support help-seeking.
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