Welcome to the Project for Attorney Retention
Welcome to the Project for Attorney Retention (PAR). PAR works
to reduce unwanted attrition among lawyers by promoting the retention and advancement
of women in the legal profession and by encouraging work/life balance for all attorneys.
Linking high-quality academic research with “news you can use” practical
steps for improving diversity and flexibility, PAR works to help legal employers
match today’s workplace to today’s workforce in a rapidly changing legal
profession. PAR is a not-for-profit initiative at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, funded
by PAR Members and individual
supporters.
Learn more about PAR’s research, business-based
solutions, and PAR’s Board of Advisors and staff.
Upcoming Events
February 29, 2012: Member Teleconference New Models in “Traditional Law Firms”
March 14, 2012:
“Beyond ‘Part Time:’ Cultivating a Culture of Flexibility”
PAR’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
July 11-14, 2012: Hastings
Leadership Academy for Women, a leadership development program for women
law firm partners.
July 13, 2012: Hastings Leadership Academy for Women In-House Counsel
Program, a day of programming shared with partcipants in the full day Leadership
Academy.
July 13, 2012: Hastings Leadership Academy for Women Alumnae Program,
a day of advanced programming for alumnae of previous Leadership Academies.
What’s New at PAR
Value Comes from Better Work-Life Balance
PAR’s Diversity & Connection Flexibility Member, Laura Stein, Senior Vice President
& General Counsel, The Clorox Company, discusses PAR’s corporate counsel research
and the necessity of incorporating flexibility and adding value based on efficient
accomplishment of business objectives.
Reprinted with the permission of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the author as originally appeared: "Value Comes from Better Work-Life Balance," ACC Docket 29, no 6 (July/August): 106-111. Copyright 2011 the Association of Corporate Counsel. All rights reserved.
Joan Williams proposes three systematic changes law firms can make to move “Diversity Beyond the Body Count”
http://www.attorneyretention.org/Publications/bloomberg_law_firm_mgmt_april_2011.pdf
PAR’s 2011 Year-End Double Issue Focus Newsletter
Read all about our work this year as well as member highlights, upcoming events
and news.
PAR’s new book
Flex Success: The Lawyer’s Guide to Balanced Hours by PAR founders
Cynthia Calvert and Joan Williams is now available. The book shows how strategic
career moves and careful avoidance of obstacles can propel reduced-hours lawyers
to the top of the legal profession.
Drawing on lessons learned from a decade of research and work with successful part-time
lawyers, the book provides step-by-step directions for proactively managing a part-time
career toward advancement and financial rewards. Topics included planning and negotiating
a reduced-hours schedule, making the schedule work, overcoming hidden bias against
reduced-hours lawyers, and positioning one’s career for advancement. Real-life
stories from successful balanced hours lawyers and practical wisdom from some of
the country’s foremost experts on work/life balance in the legal profession
illustrate the authors’ points throughout.
The book is available on
Amazon.
