Archive for November, 2008
15 Holiday Gift Ideas for Lawyers Seeking Balance
If you need a gift for a lawyer–or for yourself–that reflects an interest in improving work/life balance or your understanding of their work/life situation, this list is for you! Talk about holiday shopping made easy!
15 Holiday Gift Ideas for Lawyers Seeking Balance
Books - Non-fiction
1. Julie Tower-Pierce, Staying at Home, Staying in the Law: A Guide to Remaining Active in [...]
Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 11/28/08
Here’s your short post-Thanksgiving legal job list. Happy flexible law job hunting.
Writer Needed - Legal Background (NJ or telecommute)
Part-Time Attorney (NC)
Healthcare Legal Writer (NY)
Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 11/26/08
Here’s your pre-Thanksgiving edition of Flexible Lawyer Jobs. The list includes some interesting prospects for lawyers hoping to develop or expand a freelance legal writing niche.
If you’re celebrating the holiday with family, and find yourself wondering if there is a way to spend more time with your loved ones and less time at work, you’ll want to check [...]
Lawyer Redefined: Meet Stephanie Himel-Nelson, Blogger, Entrepreneur
If you’re tired of hearing that you can’t have it all, here’s one interview you don’t want to miss.
Meet Stephanie Himel-Nelson (a.k.a. Lawyer Mama), Lawyer, Mother of Two Young Boys, Blogger, and Professional Photographer, who has discovered that lawyers can do more than dream about having it all–they can act on those dreams. Himel-Nelson proves [...]
Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 11/14/08
Enjoy today’s short hand-picked list of *seemingly* flexible law jobs. If you’re looking to make a career transition, make a leap from full-time practice to a new path in or alongside the law, get back into practice after time off (i.e. onRamp), you might just find that perfect opportunity–here at Darling Hill.
Have a nice [...]
Want Total Career Flexibility? Go Solo
Hanging your own shingle sounds like the perfect solution for creating a flexible path in the law (and one that allows you to finally achieve that dreamy work/life balance) but do you have what it takes to get started–and where do you begin?
Solo practice guru and author of MyShingle.com and Solo by Choice: How to [...]
2009 OnRamps & Law Career Detour Conferences
If you’re thinking about taking a time-out from the legal profession or hoping to onramp sometime during 2009, be sure to mark these events on your calendar:
March 6-7, 2009: Ms. JD’s Third Annual Conference on Women in Law: Avenues to Advancement, Northwestern University Law School (Chicago)
March 25, 2009: Detours & OnRamps Seminar, Bentley [...]
Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 11/13/08
A short list of flexible job leads for your Thursday. Happy Job Hunting!
Court Advocate - Part-Time (PA)
Business Law Instructor - Part-Time (CA)
Corporate Technology Counsel (NJ)
Bar Review MBE Question Writer (DC)
Policy Advocate (DC/MD)
Part-Time Staff Attorney (IL)
Part-Time Environmental Associate (FL)
Part-Time Contract Attorney (NC)
Associate General Counsel - Part-Time (MN)
Attorney Part-Time (MN)
Attorney, Child Support Enforcement - Part-Time (CO)
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Will Michelle Obama Advance Lawyer Work Options?
Carol Evans, Working Mother Media Founder and author of This is How We Do It: The Working Mothers’ Manifesto, seems to think that Michelle Obama will be a great role model for professional women, especially women lawyers who “have a big challenge combining work and family because of the 24/7 nature of being a lawyer.”
On the topic of [...]
On the Bookshelf: When Maternity Leave Ends, Are there Alternatives to Going Back to the Legal Grind?
August is known as the most popular month for birthdays. October takes second place. If you’re a lawyer mom who had a baby in August, that means your maternity leave (if you were lucky enough to get a 12 week one) has just ended or is about to end. And, if you’re a new lawyer dad [...]
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