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Justice Scalia Offers Different Perspective on Balancing Work and Family

New York State Bar Report Finds Work-life Balance Still Eludes Most Attorneys

Eversheds Report Discusses Work-life Balance and Other Trends Affecting Law Firms in the 21st Century

Building a Better Legal Profession: Grassroots Group of Law Students Demands Commitment from Law Firms to Work-life Balance, Mentoring, Diversity, and Pro Bono Work

Above the Law Blog Finds Majority of Lawyers Would Choose to Work Fewer Hours for Less Pay if Given the Option

Work-life Balance: Helping Law Firms Recruit the Lawyers they Want

Allen & Overy Lets Lawyers Buy and Sell Vacation Time

More Fathers Seeking Satisfying Balance Between Family Life and Work

ABA Journal and New York Times Highlight Steps Taken By Large Law Firms to Improve Attorney Retention

5 Law Firms Make It On To Fortune's "Best Places to Work For" List

Australian Government Delays BlackBerry Rollout Over Work-Life Balance Debate

Professionals Cite Achieving Work Life Balance as Top Goal for 2008

Are You An Attorney Looking to Change Jobs or Careers? Look Before You Leap

Bankruptcy Lawyers at Weil Gotshal Seek to Reschedule Hearings to Accommodate Children's Winter School Breaks

Billable Hours Aren't Everything: One Group of Lawyers Takes Back Their Weekends

Pending California Legislation Would Add New Protections for Employees With "Family Care Responsibilities" - What's Your Take?

Lawyer Dads Cite Onsite Day Care as Key Work Life Balance Benefit

23 Leading Law Firms Demonstrate Commitment to Work Life Balance by Joining the Project for Attorney Retention

Law Firm Associate Dichotomy: Mega Salary vs. Pay Cut for Fewer Hours

Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers Announce The First-Ever List of the Best Law Firms for Women

Scott Turow's Rallying Cry: The Billable Hour Must Die

2007 American Lawyer Midlevel Associate Survey Results

How Stress Can Kill a Lawyer's Career and What To Do About It

Did Your Law Firm Ever Warn You That You're Working Too Hard?

New Zealand Parliament Considering Legislation Obligating Employers to Accommodate Flexible Working Arrangements

Australian Prime Minister Shares Advice on Balancing Work and Life

Work Life Balance Lawsuits Surging

Downsizing: Finding Happiness at (Much) Smaller Law Firms

Why Are So Many Lawyers Unhappy? Six Reasons

Work Life Balance Cited by IT Professionals

Lawyers Not the Only Professionals Craving Work Life Balance

Associates Say They'd Take Pay Cuts to Work Less

Lawyer Support Group in Boston Sees Sharp Rise in Lawyers Seeking Help to Battle Depression

Australian Work Life Balance Survey

UK-Based Law Society to Study Why Record Number of UK Lawyers are Leaving the Legal Profession

Too much work to take a vacation?

Who struggles more with work-life balance: working mothers or fathers?

More Small Firms Are Turning to Flat Fees - What is the Impact on Work Life Balance?

The Changing Workplace - Are Law Firms Ready?

Some Professionals Don't Mind Working Long Hours in Jobs They Love

Best Buy's Revolutionary ROWE: Results-Only Work Environment

UK Group Finds That Millions of Office Workers Don't Get Home Until at Least 8pm

New Catalyst Study Finds Lawyers Still Worry About Impact of Flex Time Arrangements on Their Careers

Study Finds Workplace Pressures Deter Nearly 50% of Female Techies From Having Children

National Association of Women Lawyers Releases Survey

CCH Survey Finds Employers Increased the Variety of Work Life Balance Programs Offered But Still Not Sure Which Are Most Effective

Monster Study Finds: 40% Of Employed Men Feel Their Employer Is Not Flexible Enough In Terms Of Work Life Balance

Leading British Firm Implements Retention Strategy

Success Story: Mississippi Lawyer Nominated Cook of the Week Balances Family and a Budding Legal Practice

Report from the Center for WorkLife Law: The Untold Story of Why Women Leave the Workforce

Work Life Balance and Attorney Retention Also Issues at British Law Firms

Novant Health Legal Department Wins Award for Work Life Balance Initiatives

Nassau County DA Forbids Part Time Schedules for Working Lawyer Moms

Did You Know? October is Officially National Work and Family Month

33% of Female Pediatricians Work Part-Time

The Debate Rages: Mobile Technology Good for Work Life Balance or Not?

50% of MBA Students Cite "Work Life Balance" as Career Goal

Working Mother Magazine Releases 100 Top Places to Work; 3 Law Firms Make the Grade

Demands of English Lawyer Mums For Better Hours Changing the Face of Legal Profession in Great Britain

We're Not the Only Ones! Other Professionals Seek Work Life Balance Too!

55% of Men Would Take Less Pay For a More Satisfying Job

Work Life Winner: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Attorney Doesn't Need to Choose Between Her Kids and Her Career

Associates Weigh Salary Versus Personal Needs

A Contrarian View of Telecommuting

Report Finds Married Parents' Combined Work Hours on the Rise

Survey: Mobile Devices Improve Work Life Balance

University Professor Predicts Work Life Balance Lawsuits From Blackberry Addictions

Generational Shifts Affecting Law Firm Recruiting

Work-Life Balance is the Number One Reason Professionals Choose to Work with an Interim Staffing Company

General Counsel Increasingly Paying Attention to Work Life Balance Issues

Work Life Balance Lawsuits

Wall Street Firms Addressing Work Life Balance Needs of Women Executives

Two Lawyer Moms Discuss Juggling Career and Family

Law Firms Take Note: 90% of Senior Corporate Executives Say Work Life Balance is Critical

American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey: Same Billable Hour Gripes 20 Years Later

Wall Street Journal Explores Retention Problems at Large Law Firms

Two Attorneys Sharing One Job - A Work Life Balance Solution for Law Firms?

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