Publications
Books
Flex Success: The Lawyer's Guide to Balanced Hours
By Joan C. Williams and Cynthia Thomas Calvert, PAR 2011. Available from amazon.com.
Solving the Part-Time Puzzle: The Law Firm's Guide to Balanced Hours
By Joan C. Williams and Cynthia Thomas Calvert, NALP 2004. Solving the Part-Time
Puzzle provides a clear roadmap for law firms that want to create and implement
an effective, non-stigmatized part-time policy. Available from NALP and amazon.com.
Fair Measure: Toward Effective Attorney
Evaluations
What is an "effective bias-free evaluation process" and does your law firm have
one?
Corporate Counsel Project
Better on Balance?
The Corporate Counsel Work/Life Report (2003)
Part-Time Partner Report Executive
Summary
Law Firm Project
Balanced Hours: Effective Part-Time
Programs for Washington Law Firms
Many lawyers have moved from law firms to in-house corporate law departments in
an effort to find a better balance of work and life
Articles
"Opt Out" or Pushed Out?
How the Press Covers Work/Family Conflict
Retention and Reduced Hours
The Untold Story About Why Women Leave the Workforce
The Business Case for Reduced Hours
by Linda Bray Chanow
Reduced-Hours Schedules
The practice of law is particularly easy to carry out on a reduced hours basis
PAR Usability Test
Is your firm's part-time program an effective retention tool? Take this test!
