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2008 BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE

Press Release: The 2008 Best Law Firms for Women

In 2008, 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 second annual list of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women. We measured firms on a variety of factors including: workforce profile; family-friendly benefits and policies; flexibility; compensation; leadership; and, development 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."

Deborah Epstein Henry

"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."

Carol Evans

REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2009 BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN
To register for the 2009 Best Law Firms for Women, please click here. Applications will be available in November 2008. Winning firms will be announced in the August/September 2009 issue of Working Mother.

ARTICLES ABOUT THE 2008 NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN RELEASED BY FLEX-TIME LAWYERS LLC AND WORKING MOTHER
September 15, 2008
2008 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women
Trends Identified from National Survey

August/September 2008, Working Mother
Edited by Jennifer Owens and Suzanne Riss
50 Best Law Firms for Women

August/September 2008, Working Mother
By Katherine Bowers
At Last . . . Part-Time Partners

August/September 2008, Working Mother
Features of the 50 Winning Firms

PRESS ABOUT THE 2008 NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN
September 29, 2008, 4:30 p.m. The New York Times blog "Shifting Careers"
By Marci Alboher
Law Firms Get Rated on Female Friendliness

September 14, 2008, The Washington Times
By Ann Geracimos
Mother of All Incentives; Law Firms Offer Care for Children to Attract, Retain Working Moms

August 24, 2008, The Boston Globe
By Maggie Jackson
Firm Support for the Family. Lawyers Get Help from their Employers Handling Demands of Home Life

August 22, 2008, Business First of Columbus
By Maria Gallucci
Bricker & Eckler Lauded as Law Firm for Women

August 15, 2008, New York Law Journal
By Thomas Adcock
10 N.Y. Firms Listed as Best for Women

August 14, 2008, Above the Law
By Sophist
A Woman's Place Is... At Cravath

August 13, 2008, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
By Pat Milhizer
6 Firms Here Ranked as 'Best' in Nation for Women Lawyers

August 12, 2008, Wall Street Journal Online
By Brittany Hite
Law Firms: Upping the Flex Factor. Flexibility for all?

August 12, 2008, AmericanLawyer.com
Posted by Rachel Breitman
Best Law Firms Report Examines Female Workforce Issues

August 12, 2008, ABAJournal.com - Women in the Law
By Molly McDonough
Is Your Firm on Working Mother's Best Of '08 List?

August 12, 2008, The Legal Intelligencer Blog
By Gina Passarella
Working Mother Magazine Names Second Annual "50 Best Law Firms for Women

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 3:22:00 AM
WBZ's Laurie Kirby speaks with Deborah Epstein Henry, Founder and President of Flex-Time Lawyers
2 Boston law firms named among best for women
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ARTICLES ABOUT THE 2007 NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN RELEASED BY FLEX-TIME LAWYERS LLC AND WORKING MOTHER
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PRESS ABOUT THE 2007 BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE
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