Work/Life Balance
‘Daddy Track’ is a Major Concern for Male Law Grads, Study Says
Posted Jun 13, 2008, 05:00 pm CST
By Martha Neil
It isn't just women graduating from law school and young female attorneys who worry about whether they can successfully balance the demands of the legal profession with children and a happy family life.
According to a recent study of those at New York University School of Law, their male counterparts are just as concerned about the issue, reports the National Law Journal in an article reprinted in New York Lawyer (reg. req.).
"The results indicate that worries about balancing work and family weigh far more heavily on the minds of top law students than do other career concerns, including compensation and job prestige," the article states. "We expected women to be worried, because work/life balance has often been framed as a women's issue, but we found men to be equally concerned."
Young lawyers of both genders are willing to take a pay cut to achieve work/life balance.
Additional coverage:
New York Times (1988): "The Editorial Notebook; So Where's the Daddy Track?"
Boston Globe (2007): "The Daddy Track"
Journal of Law & Policy (PDF) (2004): "The Daddy Track: Locating the Male Employee Within the Family and Medical Leave Act"
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