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March 21, 2022 at 09:00 AM
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The decision to have children as a young lawyer is not one that is made lightly. Generally, young lawyers have long discussions with their partners to decide whether this is the right time for their careers, and whether they can afford it. In March of 2020, the ABA Young Lawyers Division polled members and, of the 1,084 young lawyer respondents, nearly half (48%) said they postponed or decided not to have children because of their debts.
Being a lawyer and a parent is hard. Lawyers want to be taken seriously and there is already a stigma that parents don't commit as much to work as non-parents. The pandemic only highlighted the juggling act that goes into being an effective parent or caregiver. As young lawyers we were especially equipped to quickly pivot to working remotely, but there was another area of life that many had to consider for the first time. With the closing of many daycares and schools, parents had to figure out how to provide childcare while meeting work commitments.
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