Summer 2015

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Women Flex into Success: Contrary to Fears, Flextime Isn’t Risky Business. It Can Be a Smart Option for Lawyers and Employers.

G.M. Filisko

Successful women lawyers share how they have flexed schedules and workloads on their way toward career goals, including becoming partner. Lawyers who want to propose a flexible schedule are advised to prove themselves first, underpromise and overdeliver, consider all the details, and develop the right team of support.

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Ginsburgmania

Ann Farmer

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has achieved rock-star status as her decisions, dissents, and passionate support for women’s issues—along with her incisive and witty quotes beyond the bench—have earned her the affectionate moniker “Notorious RBG.”

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Professional Ethics Compliance: From Watergate to Today

Lawyers with expertise in professional ethics compliance reflect on their career paths and provide tips on how to develop a specialty in legal ethics.

Career

MAVNI Connects Immigrants to Military Service—and Citizenship

The retired U.S. Army Reserve officer who obtained authorization and led implementation of the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) program is also recipient of a 2013 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant.”

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More Women Need Seats at the Table

Michele Coleman Mayes

The Commission’s new publication First Chairs at Trial: More Women Need Seats at the Table is the first study of its kind to offer empirical data on the participation of women and men as lead counsel and trial lawyers in civil and criminal litigation.

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American Bar Association Annual Meeting in Chicago

“Women as Lead Counsel at Trial: What You Can Do to Take the Lead” will be a CLE Showcase Program on August 1. The annual Women’s Caucus Meeting will take place on August 2 at the Chicago Hyatt Regency following the 25th Annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Luncheon.

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Jennifer Rosato Perea Named Dean of the DePaul University College of Law

Perea, an accomplished scholar in family law, bioethics, and civil procedure, joined DePaul in Chicago on July 1 after six years as dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Law in DeKalb, Illinois.

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First Chairs at Trial: More Women Need Seats at the Table

Coauthored by Stephanie A. Scharf and Roberta D. Liebenberg, a groundbreaking report published by the American Bar Foundation and the Commission on Women in the Profession presents the results of extensive research using a random sample of all cases filed in 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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On Books: Finding Bliss: Innovative Legal Models for Happy Clients & Happy Lawyers

Monica Fennell

Deborah Epstein Henry’s latest book, coauthored with Suzie Scanlon Rabinowitz and Garry A. Berger, is reviewed by Perspectives Editorial Board Chair Monica Fennell.