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Law students seek more humane workplace.(NEWSWATCH)
Why are women about half of law students, but only about one-quarter of partners in most big city law firms?
A group of law students at Stanford University CA has concluded that working as an associate in a big law firm is inherently incompatible with family life, so women and men concerned with having a personal life are choosing to work elsewhere. They've formed a group called Building a Better Legal Profession, working to change law firms' views on criteria for hiring and promoting young associates.
Traditional law firms increase profits by adding associates or expecting associates to work long hours, usually 60-70 hours a week. Or, "put more hamsters in the wheel or increase the number of hours the hamsters are running," said Michele Landis Dauber, a Stanford law professor ...
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