Kathleen J Wu

April 30, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Kathleen J. Wu says she spends a lot of time talking about what the legal profession and women lawyers need to do to recruit and retain talented women lawyers. But keeping women in the profession is a three-legged table, and she says she has all but ignored one of those legs: the men who are in relationships with these talented women that firms are trying so hard to keep.

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read

January 03, 2008 | National Law Journal

Many women leave the legal profession after they have children and find 60-hour workweeks unsustainable. Given their training and the fact that they made it through law school and the bar exam, Andrews Kurth partner Kathleen Wu doubts that these lawyers want to stay away forever. Wu offers ways that smart law firms and legal departments can entice women to come back after they've left, from offering low-cost CLE to inactive attorneys to keeping in touch with alumni.

By Kathleen J. Wu

4 minute read

October 28, 2010 | Law.com

Jocks, cheerleaders, nerds, bullies and drama geeks -- law firms have them all. They just wear nicer clothes now, according to attorney Kathleen J. Wu. The good news, Wu says, is that the law firm parallels to high school only go so far.

By Kathleen J. Wu

6 minute read

January 14, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

If there's any take-away from the election, it's this: The face of America is changing, and any institution that wants to be a part of the future needs to embrace an increasingly diverse population. Unfortunately, the legal profession lags behind in incorporating underrepresented groups.

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read

November 07, 2007 | Law.com

Two conversations are going on in the legal world: giving associates a lot more money and achieving work-life balance. Lawyers face serious competition, long hours and instantaneous response time -- none of which makes for an easy profession for people seeking balance. Meanwhile, rising salaries are attractive to associates who want to make dents in law school loans. Andrews Kurth partner Kathleen Wu says that if law firms want to retain women attorneys, they'd better help them achieve a balance.

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read

September 12, 2001 | Law.com

Law students are in a position that many lawyers wish they could be in again. No, they don't want to be broke, with $60,000 in student loans hanging over their heads. But they wouldn't mind being able to start over, with all the knowledge they've gained over the years. Kathleen J. Wu shares some of her 15 years of experience in the hope that you won't wring your hands too much over what you're going to do after graduation.

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read

March 22, 2004 | Law.com

We all have something to gain by keeping women in the profession. We just need to get our heads together and find a way to actually do it.

By Kathleen J. Wu

6 minute read

September 26, 2002 | Law.com

Most men think nothing of asking for a raise, a promotion or an assignment to a high-profile deal. Most women, however, won't ask for a new office chair, let alone more money or time off -- regardless of skill level, age or relative worth to a firm. The only solution, of course, is adopting an attitude of self-confidence bordering on the delusional. And all one has to do is ask the question: What would a guy do?

By Kathleen J. Wu

5 minute read

October 25, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

As any mother or father of a tween or teenager knows, parents want more than anything to spare their children the horrors of adolescence: the insecurity, the bad skin, the raging hormones and, most of all, the social terrorism of high school cliques. But cliques aren't just for those under 18, says Kathleen J. Wu. Lawyers can't avoid the fact that, even as adults in the rarified world of elite firms, the social stratification that provoked so much anxiety in high school is still very much a part of life.

By Kathleen J. Wu

7 minute read

October 22, 2001 | Law.com

The business casual backlash, it seems, has begun. No, there has not been any across-the-board rescinding of the business casual policies that in recent years have taken over the workplace. Dressing like a Gap ad was OK during boom times -- but with major firms telling workers to watch out, lest they find themselves back in pantyhose and pinstripes, "biz cas" may wind up as just another casualty of the down economy.

By Kathleen J. Wu

4 minute read