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When it comes to the best workplaces for women, the winners are ...
Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time lawyers ranked the top 50 law firms as the best workplaces for women. In its latest issue, Working Mother, partnering for the second year in a row with Flex-Time Lawyers, a national legal consulting firm, ranked law firms that offer benefits encouraging women to remain in the workforce. For example, all the firms allow lawyers who work at reduced or part-time hours to become nonequity partners.Chicago's midsize firms look to stay independent
Some midsize Chicago law firms are staking out plans for staying independent, despite moves over the past year by rivals to hook up with larger firms. Schiff Hardin, which has 400 attorneys, is not in the market for a merger, said managing partner Ron Safer. Not maintaining offices in places such as Hong Kong and Paris helps the firm keep down costs � and its billing rates. Still, other midsize firms are open to mulling merger options.'Stalwart' Helps Build Community
Pro Bono Bulletin Board: An Arnold & Porter associate leads an effort to help a Southwest D.C. community development corporation build a high-tech center; the Catholic Legal Immigration Network is looking for lawyers; firms give the gift of reading; and more.Chicago's Midsize Law Firms Look to Stay Independent
Midsize law firms are staking out plans for staying independent but are open to mulling merger options, following moves this past year by rivals to hook up with larger firms. Those midsize firms reject the notion that they don't have the wherewithal to meet the global needs of big corporate clients. Not maintaining offices in places such as Hong Kong and Paris helps Schiff Hardin keep its costs down, and its billing rates are 10 percent or more below those of larger firms, says managing partner Ron Safer.Some Chicago firms meet goal of increasing number of women in partnership, leadership ranks
One quarter of Chicago law firms that participated in a campaign by the Chicago Bar Association to increase women partners in Chicago law offices achieved the goal of increasing female partner ranks by three percentage points between 2004 and 2007, the alliance reported. Jenner & Block partner Lynn Grayson said that she hopes the tracking of women's progress at Chicago firms will now continue under the auspices of a not-for-profit organization called the Chicago Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law Firms.Trending Stories
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