2008 BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE
All participating firms have submitted their applications for consideration for the 2008 Best Law Firms for Women initiative. The winners will be announced in August 2008.

Press Release: The 2007 Best Law Firms for Women
In 2007, law firms across the country participated in a national survey conducted by Flex-Time Lawyers LLC and Working Mother magazine. We now release from that survey the inaugural list of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women. We measured firms on a variety of factors including: workforce profile; benefits and compensation; parental leave and related benefits and policies; childcare; flexibility; and, programs and policies directed to the retention and advancement of women.

Deborah Epstein Henry, Esq., Founder & President, Flex-Time Lawyers LLC (left) & Carol Evans, CEO, Working Mother Media (right)

"We are delighted to celebrate the firms that have begun to make strides with respect to women. Competition is the ultimate instrument of change and my goal in partnering with Working Mother to create this list is to make work/life balance and women’s issues a basis of competition among law firms, as historically has been the case for salary or pro-bono. The other key component to making change is information and participating law firms are now positioned to acquire the national benchmarking data they need to improve the status of women in the profession and raise the bar on what makes a best law firm for women."

"Since its founding, Working Mother magazine has been the champion of progressive, women-friendly changes in the workplace. Every year we see substantive advances in companies' policies across the country, and we are so excited to be able to pair with Flex-Time Lawyers to celebrate change in a field that has historically struggled to support women and their life choices."

ARTICLES ABOUT THE 2007 NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN RELEASED BY FLEX-TIME LAWYERS LLC AND WORKING MOTHER
March 2008, Vol. 4, No. 2, The Complete Lawyer
By Deborah Epstein Henry
What Makes a "Best Law Firm for Women?"

September 24, 2007
2007 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women
Trends Identified from National Survey

August 21, 2007
By Deborah Epstein Henry
Why a Best Law Firms for Women List?

August/September 2007, Working Mother
Compiled by Susan Gerstenzang
The 2007 Best Law Firms for Women

August/September 2007, Working Mother
By Cheryl Solimini
Young, Gifted and Leaving

August/September 2007, Working Mother
By Gini Kopecky Wallace
Making Partner


PRESS ABOUT THE BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE
October 2007, San Diego Lawyers Club Newsletter
By Anne B. Browne
What Makes a Firm the "Best" for Women?
Seven San Diego Firms Score on List of 50 Best Law Firms for Women

August 24, 2007, Special to Law.com
By C.C. Holland
How Much will 'Best Law Firms for Women' List Influence Attorneys?

August 20, 2007, The Recorder
By Petra Pasternak
State Firms Vied to Make it onto Working Mother's List

August 17, 2007, New York Law Journal
By Thomas Adcock
Best Law Firms for Women

August 14, 2007, The Legal Intelligencer
By Gina Passarella
Working Mother Magazine Names 50 Best Firms for Women

August 14, 2007, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Joyce Gannon
Pittsburgh Law Firms Among Best for Mothers