Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 12/25/08

A Christmas bonus… enjoy today’s leads. Happy Holidays!
Adjunct Assistant/Associate/Professor of Law - 1 Semester (AZ)
Adjunct Online Professor - Higher Education Law & Ethics (MA)
Contract Attorney - Part-Time Considered (DC)
Contract Attorney - Part-Time (PA)
Grant Writer - Part-Time (DC)
Hands On Law Editor (MI)
Experienced Immigration Attorney - Part-Time (VA)

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Flexible Lawyer Jobs: 11/05/08

A super short list of leads on this post-election day….
Legal Research Assistant- International Resources (telecommute) (DC)
In-House Corporate Attorney (Temporary) (VA)
Attorney (part-time) (MA)
Part-Time In House Attorney (AZ)

Lunch Break: Stay-at-Home Lawyer Dreams…

If you don’t feel like reading headlines about the economy during your lunch break today, or if you’re sitting in the carpool lane and reading Darling Hill on your BlackBerry while you wait for preschool to let out, hurry to your nearest magazine kiosk and grab the latest copy of Self.  At-home mom/lawyer/writer Bettina Elias Siegel has written My Office Fantasy which [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

The Slash Identity

Is your identity defined with a slash? Lawyer/Mom. Lawyer/Dad. Stay-at-Home Mom/Contract Lawyer. Lawyer/Professor/Parent. Lawyer/Small Business Owner/Foster Parent.
If you’ve ever been challenged on your slash identity, check out Stephanie West Allen’s post, Law is a ’slash’ profession: Some career advice. According to West Allen, as you try to figure [...]

The Freelancing Lawyer-Parent

As I write, a little one crawls around my feet. Every now and then our eyes meet, and then she goes back to eating the soggy cracker in her hand and I go back to writing. Lawyers are pretty good at multi-tasking, but lawyers, especially freelancing lawyer-parents, know that it’s not always easy. [...]

On the Bookshelf: The Ten Year Nap

Darling Hill Mentions Meg Wolitzer’s new book, The Ten Year Nap.

ABCs & 123s: Networking Made Easy

When it comes to networking and learning about networking, what could be better than a webcast on the topic. Tomorrow, May 15th, at 1:00 P.M. EDT, Richard Hermann of West Career Counseling for Attorneys is offering a webcast for attorneys, Networking Made Easy: Energizing your Job Contacts. While Darling Hill has no [...]