http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T06:12:45-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fired_former_female_partner_settles_ropes_gray_age_and_gender_discriminatio/ A fired female intellectual property partner has settled her federal employment discrimination suit against Ropes & Gray on undisclosed terms. Patricia Martone, who was 63 when she was fired by the firm in 2010, lost out on lucrative retirement benefits to which she would have been entitled at age 65… Careers, Women in the Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:34 -0500 44236.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/senior_counsel_went_from_law_firm_switchboard_operator_to_cravaths_first/ Corrected: Christine Beshar, a senior counsel at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, achieved several firsts in her lifetime. She read the law as Abraham Lincoln did, passing the New York State bar exam without going to law school. She became the first female partner at a Wall Street law firm in… Careers, Women in the Law Wed, 08 May 2013 06:26:24 -0500 44073.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/secondments_grow_as_a_better-life_option/ Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Careers, Women in the Law, Work/Life Balance, Law Firms, Business of Law Wed, 01 May 2013 02:50:19 -0500 43752.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nina_totenberg_legal_reporter_answers_the_question_when_have_you_been_the_o/ Early in her career, NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg was working in a man’s world. Totenberg recalls that era in response to the question, “When have you been the only woman in the room?” NPR reports. “When have I been the only woman in the room, are… Careers, Women in the Law, Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:48:10 -0500 43966.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/top_death-penalty_defense_lawyer_says_our_job_is_to_provide_them_with_a_rea/ Ordinarily, Judy Clarke has little to say about her work on high-profile death-penalty cases. But at a Friday conference, she said it was a privilege to defend clients such as Susan Smith, who drowned her children, Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski and Jared Loughner, who killed a federal judge while killing and… Careers, Women in the Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Public Defenders, Trials & Litigation Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:22:18 -0500 43941.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scotusblog_med_express_iron_tech_lawyer_competition_better_call_saul/ Last month, SCOTUSblog won a Peabody Award for excellence in electronic media–the first blog to ever do so. On Thursday, it announced that it had at long last, the Senate Press Gallery has granted its reporter Lyle Denniston a press credential. "The Supreme Court’s… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Careers, Women in the Law, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Law Schools, Law Students, Media & Communications Law Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:29:59 -0500 43733.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/top_10_family_friendly_law_firms_named/ Five law firms have kept their spots on this year’s list of the top 10 family law firms. Yale Law Women published the list, which is based on its survey of family friendly policies and utilization among law firms in the Vault 100. The top 10,… Careers, Women in the Law, Work/Life Balance, Law Firms Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:33:35 -0500 43805.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_president_laurel_bellows_talking_about_work-life_balance_is_fraud/ Work-life balance? Fuhgeddaboudit. For ABA President Laurel Bellows, a visit to a restaurant or a vacation with family always includes a work component. Bellows tells the Chicago Grid that she is “wired wherever I go,” including vacations. Even a meal… Bar Associations, ABA, Careers, Women in the Law, Work/Life Balance Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:00:34 -0500 43610.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trailblazing_women_made_white-collar_crime_an_important_field_of_study/ When Sara Sun Beale attended the University of Michigan law school, only about 10 percent of her class was made up of women. After graduation, she was the second woman to work in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Pittsburgh. Now a law professor at Duke University, she is among several… Careers, Women in the Law, Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime, Law Professors Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:00:54 -0500 43554.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/obit_that_spurred_twitter_outrage_sparks_punctuation_criticism_by_law_prof/ A New York Times obituary for rocket scientist Yvonne Brill has sparked outrage on Twitter and a defense by a Harvard law academic fellow who nonetheless takes issue with the newspaper’s punctuation. The Times changed its lede in response to the criticism, according to the New York Times Careers, Obituaries, Women in the Law, Law Professors Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:40:37 -0500 43522.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/letters_islam_women_and_the_law/ Business of Law, Careers, Women in the Law, Civil Rights, Religious Law, Letters to the Editor Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:50:29 -0500 43274.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/aba_president-elect_confirmed_woman_of_color_next_in_line/ Bar Associations, ABA, Midyear Meeting, Careers, Women in the Law, Your ABA Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:59:29 -0500 43309.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_aba_online_toolkit_helps_law_firms_address_gender-based_pay_inequities/ As female attorneys in private practice continue to earn less than male counterparts, the American Bar Association has put together a program to help law firms address pay inequities. Available online, the ABA Toolkit for Gender Equity in Partner Compensation is… Bar Associations, ABA, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Careers, Lawyer Pay, Women in the Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:21:06 -0500 43325.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/a_lawyers_regret_my_boundaries_slipped_away_until_work_was_all_that_was_lef/ A tax lawyer who became chief financial officer of Lehman Brothers is doing some soul searching since the company imploded in 2008. And she’s not happy about her one-time devotion to work. Erin Callan, who began her career at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, weighs in on the work-life balance debate… Careers, Women in the Law, Work/Life Balance Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:27:00 -0500 43239.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/illinois_pol_who_was_one_of_the_nations_first_female_law_professors_dies_at/ A ground-breaking Illinois politician who was one of the nation’s first female law professors has died at the age of 86. Dawn Clark Netsch died Tuesday as a result of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Netsch was… Careers, Obituaries, Women in the Law, Law Professors Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:00:34 -0600 43115.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/a_life_of_firsts_for_trailblazing_illinois_justice_mcmorrow_dead_at_the_age/ A trailblazing Illinois Supreme Court justice, Mary Ann McMorrow, has died at the age of 83. McMorrow died on Saturday after a brief illness, report the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. McMorrow was the first female justice on the Illinois Supreme Court and… Careers, Obituaries, Women in the Law, Judiciary, States, Illinois Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:19:48 -0600 42985.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/training_program_internships_help_stay-at-home_moms_return_to_law_practice/ After years away from law practice, it isn't easy to return to a legal career, especially in the midst of a difficult economy. But Pace University has helped about half of those who completed an 11-week training session and an 11-week internship over the past five years re-enter the legal… Careers, Women in the Law, Law Schools Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:22:16 -0600 42912.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_is_worlds_8th_ranked_woman_welterweight_boxer/ By day, Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes, 32, is seemingly simply a hard-working young attorney. But the New England Law School grad has another gig in addition to her work for Babanikas, Ziedman & King in Brockton, Mass., reports the Patriot-Ledger. Currently the eighth-ranked female welterweight in the world, according… Careers, Women in the Law, States, Massachusetts Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:51:50 -0600 42800.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/matrimonial_lawyer_wrote_book_about_her_own_divorce_to_share_survival_tips_/ When Kristi Skordahl, a matrimonial attorney, got divorced from her husband, she wound up in a apartment with a single place-setting and a litter box for her cat, she says. But she made the best of the situation, getting a retail job while she reapplied for the bar exam since… Business of Law, Careers, Women in the Law, Family Law, Law in Popular Culture, Personal Lives, States, Minnesota Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:25:54 -0600 42643.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/walking_the_tightrope_muslim_women/ ABA Journal Production, Careers, Women in the Law, Civil Rights, Religious Law, Features Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:09:24 -0600 42443.abajournal.com