Lawyer Wellness

1076 ABA Journal Lawyer Wellness articles.

New Firm Resolves ‘Sunday Stomach’

Kevin Broyles once wanted to be a partner at a big-name law firm. But today he counts himself lucky to be able to leave his law office in time to coach Pee Wee football at 6:30 p.m. “It’s a matter of getting your priorities in order,” Broyles, 36, tells the…

Sep 17, 2007 11:05 PM CDT

Rights Group Gives Big Firms 100% Rating

Dozens of well-known law firms are among a record 195 employers receiving top ratings in a Corporate Equality Index that has reportedly just been released by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Billed as a report card on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality in Corporate America, the survey (PDF) found…

Sep 17, 2007 5:20 PM CDT

Iraq Dealmeister’s Thoughts on Law, Life

After helping to put together a $1.25 billion deal for a national mobile telecommunications license in Iraq earlier this year, attorney Abdullah Mutawi, who heads the international telecommunications group at Trowers & Hamlins, took a few minutes to reflect on his life and practice. One of his best experiences, he…

Sep 10, 2007 11:39 PM CDT

Big Firms Join Attorney Retention Project

At least 23 well-known law firms are opting into a new membership program offered by the Project for Attorney Retention. An initiative of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law, the project promotes work-life balance and the advancement of women in the…

Sep 6, 2007 6:51 PM CDT

Firm Survives 9/11 Attack, But Changes

It takes a lot today to create a crisis at Harris Beach. Its law offices at 2 World Trade Center were obliterated on Sept. 11, 2001, killing three lawyers, two staff members and a contractor supervising an almost-completed $4 million renovation project. Now, many among the more than 100 who…

Sep 5, 2007 6:16 PM CDT

Rising From The Rubble

In the aftermath of 9/11, lawyers at New York’s Harris Beach don’t practice law the same way they once did

Sep 1, 2007 8:30 AM CDT

Law Firm Benefit: $4 Back-Up Child Care

One of the biggest personal issues faced by attorneys and other law firm employees is emergencies that require them to stay at home with their children or other family members. “You really need a safety net for all purposes,” says Marcy Greer, a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski’s office in…

Aug 23, 2007 5:53 PM CDT

Facebook Costs, Benefits Firms

Employees surfing the Internet at work are nothing new. But Facebook is particularly tempting, a recent study finds, because the social networking site is so addictive. Workers checking their Facebook profile pages and seeing what’s happening in real-time in online social networks account for billions of dollars worth of lost…

Aug 21, 2007 8:23 PM CDT

Working Mother Lists Top 50 Law Firms

A new player has just entered the law-firm rankings game. Working Mother magazine, in an issue that arrived on newsstands today, has listed 50 law firms that it considers particularly attuned to the concerns of its readers. “In this, our inaugural Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for…

Aug 14, 2007 3:30 PM CDT

Alec Scott, Esq: ‘Why I Escaped the Law’

It isn’t just many American lawyers who feel overworked and dispirited. Their Canadian counterparts increasingly feel the same way, according to an article in next month’s issue of Toronto Life magazine. Author Alec Scott, a lawyer who is now a journalist, says that getting fired from a big Toronto firm…

Aug 13, 2007 11:09 PM CDT

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Lawyer Wellness

New Firm Resolves ‘Sunday Stomach’

Rights Group Gives Big Firms 100% Rating

Iraq Dealmeister’s Thoughts on Law, Life

Big Firms Join Attorney Retention Project

Firm Survives 9/11 Attack, But Changes

Rising From The Rubble

Law Firm Benefit: $4 Back-Up Child Care

Facebook Costs, Benefits Firms

Working Mother Lists Top 50 Law Firms

Alec Scott, Esq: ‘Why I Escaped the Law’

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