Archive for August, 2008
Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 08/29/08
With a long weekend before you, with plenty of time to mull over “if only…” thoughts about work (especially if you’re sending a child off to school next week), a long list of flexible legal job prospects seems rather appropriate. For all of those lawyers trying to figure out what they want to be [...]
Learn How to Freelance Write Workshops
If you live in the Washington DC area and dream about a freelance writing career, you may be interested in checking out the latest writing workshops and classes offered through the Writer’s Center. The Writer’s Center “is a non-profit community of writers supporting each other in the creation and marketing of literary texts. The [...]
Uncle Sam: Tomorrow’s Hot Employer
If you’re keeping up on the political scene, you probably know there is a lot of talk at the Democratic National Convention about the future creation of millions of new jobs–and quite possibly flexible ones, too, given the “green” focus of those potential jobs. Well, candidates aside, The Washington Post’s Joe Davidson reports that [...]
Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 08/26/08
Here’s to hoping you get lucky today and find that perfect dream job….
Staff Attorney (NY)
Healthcare Litigation Attorney (PA)
Assistant Professor - Criminal Justice (DC Metro Area)
Training and Technical Assistance Attorney (DC)
Public Interest Senior - Science Sabbatical Fellowship - Temporary (IL)
Family Law Attorney (DC Metro Area)
VA Attorney and Immigration Attorney (VA)
ERISA Associate/Contract atty, Part-Time (DC)
Part-Time Law Librarian [...]
2008 50 Best Law Firms for Women
Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers have announced the Second Annual results of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women.
Why is this trailblazing professional ranking so noteworthy? Because the question women all too often face in the profession is… should I stay or should I leave?. According to the Center for Work-Life Policy [...]
Opting Out: First Come MBAs, Next Lawyers
A new study finds that MBA moms are more likely than doctors or lawyers to stay home full-time. But lawyers don’t trail too far behind on MBA heels. According to the study (undertaken by two Berkeley professors, Catherine Wolfram and Jane Leber Herr), “Opt-Out Patterns Across Careers: Labor Force Participation Rates Among Educated [...]
Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 08/22/08
Not that you’d be checking out job leads on a Friday (from work!), but if you are… here are some leads you can think about when you’re off the clock this weekend. Please keep in mind, Darling Hill posts flexible opportunities of potential interest to lawyers seeking improved work/life balance. We look for [...]
Advanced Degrees and Stay-at-Home Moms
According to Michelle Goodman’s article, Career Choice: Motherhood Now or Later - Wake Up, Smell the Discrimination and Look Out for Your Career, “if you believe that ‘family life would not suffer’ if mom has a career, you’re in the minority.”
In this worthwhile read (especially for lawyers who have little understanding about the issues [...]
Who Do You Dream About Being?
Looking back, maybe you never thought you’d be trying to figure out who you really are or what you really want to do with your life at this point in time–at this age, after all that legal training, after years of practice or after years at home raising children. Maybe you gave up the [...]
Can ‘Recovering Attorneys’ Go Back to the Law?
Yesterday, I asked “does opting out of the law to pursue different interests mean severing the professional umbilical cord?” My answer: absolutely not.
But what about lawyers who sever the legal cord, and later decide they want to reattach to the law?
First off, do they exist? And, Is it possible? Heck, [...]
Entries (RSS)