Women seeking work/life balance are getting their faces slapped with cold water these days. Last week in Texas Lawyer, Andrews Kurth partner Kathleen Wu warned law school graduates not to “get their hearts set on having it all.” Wu calls law practice “demanding — exceedingly so. It is next to impossible to balance a full-time legal career with marriage, children, and regular trips to the gym.”
Wu, a 1985 law school graduate, says it’s possible to have family and career but that it will entail “sacrifices.” She ultimately passes the torch to younger lawyers to push for greater life balance.
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