Workplace Transformation
National Magazine - By Katya Hodge (Nov-Dec 2013)
Is the Integrative Law Movement the Next ‘Huge Wave’ for the Legal Profession?
ABA Journal - By Hollee Schwartz Temple (Aug 2013)
The “W” Word
SLAW - By Kate Saunders (May 2013)
Work-Life Balance up to Lawyers, not Firms
Canadian Lawyer Magazine - by Stephen Mabey (April 2013)
Part-Time Partners and Associates - It Can Work
Slaw – By Linda K. Robertson (May 2012)
Determine Your Work-Life Balance
ABA Journal – By Wendy L. Werner (May/June 2012)
Burnout: Avoidable, Not Inevitable
ABA Journal – By Meloney C. Crawford & Douglas S. Querin (May/June 2012)
Blowing Up the Barrier Between Work & Family
ABA Journal – By Christy Tosh Crier & Tonya Mitchem Grindon (May/June 2012)
Use Time Management to Find the Passion in Your Practice
ABA Journal – By Tea Hoffman (May/June 2012)
You don't need to be a workaholic to succeed
The Globe & Mail – By Leah Eichler (May 2012)
Firms’ Re-Entry Programs Open Doors
ABA Journal – By Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple (February 2011)
Myths About Happy Lawyers
ABA Journal – By Nancy Levit (February 2011)
Hunting Happy: In Grim Times, a Search for Joy in Law Practice Gains Ground
ABA Journal – By Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple (February 2011)
Can Law Firms Offer Same Flexibility as Accounting Firms? Probably Not, Law Prof Says
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (January 2011)
Percentage of Part-Time Lawyers Trails Rate of Other Professionals
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (January 2011)
The Myth of Work-Life Balance
The Globe and Mail – By Barbara Moses (January 2011)
Why Chasing Balance is a Waste of Time
The Globe and Mail – By Barbara Moses (January 2011)
Mapping the Future of Our Profession
The New York Law Journal – By Stephen P. Younger (January 2011)
Part-Time Lawyers Continue to be the Exception at Law Firms
The Association for Legal Career Professionals (January 2011)
They Don't Know Beans
The Careerist – By Vivia Chen (January 2011)
Improving Work-Life Fit in Hourly Jobs: An Underutilized Cost-Cutting Strategy in a Globalized World
The Center for WorkLife Law, UC Hastings College of Law – By Joan C. Williams and Penelope Huang (2011)
Creating Balance?: International Perspectives on the Work-Life Integration of Professionals
By Stephan Kaiser et al. (Eds) (Springer) (2011)
Will Tough Economic Times Kill Work-Life Balance?
Financial Post - By Ray Williams (December 2010)
The Real Cost of Upsetting the Work-Life Balance
The Globe and Mail – By Susan Pinker (December 2010)
Business Case for Work/Life Balance--Really?
The Careerist – By Vivia Chen (November 2010)
Gratitude Researcher Says Lawyers Are a Difficult Crowd
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (November 2010)
Canada Pays a Price for Overburdened Workers, Finding Balance is in the Public Interest
The Globe and Mail – Editorial (November 2010)
Why the Work-Life Balance is not within my Reach
The Globe and Mail – By Christie Blatchford (November 2010 )
How to Bring Up Balance with the Boss
The Globe and Mail – Discussion (November 2010)
How Three Busy Parents Balance Children and Careers
The Globe and Mail – Discussion (November 2010)
What We Can Learn from Workaholic Monkeys
The Globe and Mail By –Siri Agrell (November 2010)
Harder worker? No life? Just Act More like the Germans
The Globe and Mail – By John Allemang (November 2010)
Author Sees ‘Groundswell’ of Male Lawyers Interested in Work-Life Balance
ABA Journal - By Debra Cassens Weiss (November 2010)
Are You Happy Now?
ABA Journal – By Jill Schachner Chanen (November 2010)
Why Your Boss Should Care About Work-Life Balance
The Globe and Mail – By Barrie McKenna (October 2010)
Whaddya know? Some Bosses Do Listen
The Globe and Mail – By Marsha Lederman (October 2010)
Users Admit It: Blackberry Increases Productivity
The Globe and Mail – By Siri Agrell (October 2010)
We Need Men
The Careerist – By Vivia Chen (October 2010)
Three Keys to Selling and Achieving Work/Life Balance in Today’s Legal Market
The Bencher – By Deborah Epstein Henry (October 2010)
New Ideas Needed to Balance Work and Life Demands
The Globe and Mail – Editorial (October 2010)
Do Law Firms Care About Staff Morale?
Legalweek.com – By Vivia Chen (October 2010)
The Secret to Work-Life Balance
The Globe and Mail – By Tralee Pearce (September 2010)
Bending Over Backwards - How City Law Firms are Handling the Flexible Working Question Lawyerweek.com – By Sofia Lind (September 2010)
Happines is…
The American Lawyer – By Dimitra Kessenides (September 2010)
Is $75K the Lawyer Happiness Number? Shoes and ‘Life Assessment’ Part of Trade-off
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (September 2010)
Sidley Austin: Bring on the Work/Life Balance Seekers!
The Careerist – By Vivia Chen (August 2010)
10 Happy Tips for Lawyers
Legalweek.com – By Dan Bowling (August 2010)
Firms Looking to Retain Talent Are More Accepting of Flexible Work Arrangements
ABA Journal – By Molly McDonough (August 2010)
Does Money Buy Happiness? Only if You Spend it on Leisure, Research Suggests
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (August 2010)
Focus: Magic Circle Work-Life Balance - Work, Rest and Fair Play
The Lawyer (July 2010)
Most Firms Offer Flex-Work Options
The Globe and Mail – By Wallance Immen (July 2010)
Happiness for Legal Professionals
Rocket Matter (July 2010)
Solving the Work-Life Equation
ABA Journal – By Carolyn B. Lamm (June 2010)
Are Lawyers Too Smart to Be Happy?
The Careerist – By Vivia Chen (June 2010)
Work-life balance? Can that Cliché
The Globe and Mail – By Judith Timson (June 2010)
Leisure Time Sacrificed for Children, Work
The Globe and Mail – By Gloria Galloway (June 2010)
Flexible Work Options: From Recession Cost Cutter to Talent Magnet
The Globe and Mail – By Jennifer Myers (June 2010)
Even Tech Junkies Know: You Have to Unplug
The Globe and Mail – By Mark Evans (June 2010)
It’s Time to Give Up Fantasy of Perfect Work-Life Equilibrium, Lawyer Coach Says
ABA Journal - By Debra Cassens Weiss (May 2010)
Tip the Scales toward a Healthier Work-Life Balance
The Globe and Mail – By Mark Wardell (May 2010)
A Perfect Work-Life Balance May Be a Fantasy for Lawyers
Texas Lawyers – By James Dolan (May 2010)
What a Difference a Day Makes,or Does It? Work/Family Balance and the Four-Day Work Week
42 Connecticut Law Review 1223 – By Michelle A. Travis (May 2010)
Walking the Legal Tightrope: Solutions for Achieving a Balanced Life in Law
47 San Diego Law Review 421 – By Leslie Larkin Cooney (Spring 2010)
Room for Work-Life Balance Improvement
Lawyers Weekly (April 2010)
10 Ways to Improve Your Work-Life Balance
Inc. (April 2010)
More Workers are Choosing Fear Over Flex Time, Experts Say
CNN – By John Blake (March 2010)
Manage your Productivity and Work-Life Balance with Buffers
Rocket Matter (February 2010)
Balancing the other 'Scale' of Justice: Nurturing Work-Life Balance in the Legal Profession
By Arun Mohan, Masters of Law Thesis
Work-Life Balance in the Legal Profession: A Necessity Even in a Down Economy
The Glasshammer - Jennifer Gonzales-Frisbie (December 2009)
The Myth of Work Like Balance in Law
Slaw - By Nicole Garton-Jones (November 2009)
Focus Is The New Key To Work-Life Balance
Forbes – By Joan Gurvis (November 2009)
Increase Profits and Savings Through Work/Life Balance
ACC Doket – By Darragh J. Davis et al. (November 2009)
Advice from a Lawyer Who Pursued Happiness: Sleep More and Join a Group
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (September 2009)
Study Offers Tips About How Lawyers Can Succeed as Part-Time Partners
ABA Journal – By Martha Neil (September 2009)
If You Need to Work Better, Maybe Try Working Less
The Wall Street Journal – By Sue Shellenbarger (September 2009)
Breaking 24/7 Work Mindset Can Aid Retention, Benefit Clients, Study Finds
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (September 2009)
Blogger Asks His Readers: Is Work-Life Balance ‘So Last August?’
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (September 2009)
How to Manage the Work-Life Balance
The Globe and Mail – By Diane Jermyn (September 2009)
Work/life Imbalance
Legalweek.com – By Dominic Webb (September 2009)
When Someone You Work With 'Just Doesn't Get It'
The Globe and Mail – By Barbara Moses (August 2009)
Letting It All Hang Out - Job Jolt Could Change your Life for the Better
ABA Journal – By Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple (July 2009)
The Legacy of Work-Life Balance
Law21.com – By Jordan Furlong (June 2009)
Maybe It’s Not All Gloom and Doom for Work-Life Balance
The Delaware Employment Law Blog – By Adria B. Martinelli (June 2009)
Taking a Break
ABA Journal – By Anna Stolley Persky (June 2009)
Virtually Practicing
ABA Journal – By Stephanie Francis Ward (June 2009)
New Sedgwick Policy Offers Lavish Vacation Time, But Some See a Downside
ABA Journal – By Martha Neil (June 2009)
Are We Closing the Book on Work-Life Balance?
ABA Journal – By Sarah Randag (June 2009)
What if Firms Thought of Flexible Work Schedules as ‘Balanomics’?
ABA Journal – By Sarah Randag (June 2009)
Goodbye Economy, Hello Balance
The American Lawyer – By Denise Howell (June 2009)
Indelicate Balance
ABA Journal – By Stephanie Francis Ward (May 2009)
Best Firms for Work-Life Balance
The National Jurist (May 2009)
Law and Life: Legal Firm Helps its Employees Find Essential Balance
The Commercial Appeal – By Tom Bailey Jr. (May 2009)
Say Goodbye to the Old-Fashioned Way of Law
The National Jurist (May 2009)
Mom & Dad, Esquire - More Households Managing Dual Law Careers
ABA Journal – By Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple (May 2009)
Signs of Innovative Life in the Practice of Law – Try This: Work-Life Balance Scheduling
ABA- Law Practice – By Diane Costigan and Jamie Spannhake (April/May 2009)
Law Firm Leaders to Corporate Clients: Help Us Implement Flex Time
ABA Journal – By Debra Cassens Weiss (April 2009)
New Concierge Service Caters to ‘Time Poor, Cash Rich’ Lawyers
ABA Journal – By Rachel M. Zahorsky (March 2009)
The Increasing Call for Work-Life Balance
Bloomberg Business Week (March 2009)
The Ethics of Work-Life Balance
Bloomberg Business Week – By Bruce Weinstein (March 2009)
‘Get a Life’ Attendees Focus on Efficiency—and Smelling the Roses
ABA Journal – By Becky Beaupre Gillespie (March 2009)
Is the Work-Life Balance Tipping in Work's Favor?
The Legal Intelligencer – By Gina Passarella (February 2009)
Achieving Life/Work Balance
e-Bulletin – Law Society of Upper Canada (January 2009)
Business Benefits of Work/Life Balance
Lawyers Weekly (February 2009)
Is the Work-Life Balance Tipping in Work's Favor?
The Legal Intelligencer – By Gina Passarella (February, 2009)
Work-Life Balance Scale Tipping in Work's Favor
The Legal Intelligencer – By Gina Passarella (November 2008)
Best Firms for Work-Life Balance
The National Jurist – By Karen Dybis (October 2008)
Work/Life Balance in the Law
The Glasshammer – By Elizabeth Harrin (October 2008)
Law Firms ‘Losing Talent Over Hours and Work-Life Balance’
The Times – By Frances Gibb (October 2008)
"Legal Lives: Retaining Talent Through a Balanced Culture"
Report – By Working Families (Commissioned by firm Addleshaw Goddar) (October 2008)
On Life Support
The American Lawyer – By Denise Howell (April 2008)
Work/Life Balance Reform and the Virtual Law Office
Virtual Law Practice – By Stephanie Kimbro (April 2008)
Work-Life Balance: Promoting a Vacation-Friendly Firm
ABA Law Practice Magazine – By Marcia Pennington Shannon (March 2008)
Final Report – Special Committee on Balanced Lives in the Law
New York State Bar Association (March 2008)
Law Firms Take on Work/Life Balance Issues
The Glasshammer – By Erin Abrahams (January 2008)
Allen & Overy Boosts Work-Life Credentials With Vacation 'Trading' Initiative
Legal Week – By Charlotte Edmond (January 2008)
The Falling-Down Professions
The New York Times – By Alex Williams (January 2008)
Happy Law Students, Happy Lawyers
Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 58 – By Nancy Levit and Douglas Linder (2008) Available at SSRN
Commentary: Fathers Seek Work-Life Balance, Too
The National Law Journal – By Phoebe Taubman and Yolanda Wu (June 2008)
3 ways to retain your millennial employees
Asae & the Center – By Ryan Healy
Who’s Cuddly Now? Law Firms
The New York Times – By Lisa BeIkin (January 2008)
Statutory Routes to Workplace Flexibility in Cross-National Perspective
Work Life Law – Center of UC Hastings Law (2008)
Work-Life Balance Policy
Law Society of England and Wales (2008)
Work Life Balance Trends and Initiatives: Perspectives From a Large Law Firm
Michele Sims and Angelyn L. Dale – Oklahoma Bar Association (2008)
Staying at Home, Staying in the Law: A Guide to Remaining Active in the Legal Profession While Pursuing Your Dreams
Julie Tower-Pierce - American Bar Association (2008)
Coping with Today's Challenges: The New Shift in LAPs and LOMAPs
Rodney S. Dowell, Adele Hurst, Ellen Murphy- American Bar Association (2008)
Moving Beyond the Hype about Generational Diversity
Asae & the Center – By Jamie Notter (Fall 2007)
Legal Professions and Job Demands: Implications for Work/Life Balance
University of California, Hastings College of the Law – By Joan C. Williams (2007)
Work/Life Balance: Are you Tottering on the Balance?
Law Practice Management Program of the State Bar of Texas – By Debra Bruce (December 2006)
Managing your Work/Life Balance
Legal Business – By Anne Scoular (November 2006)
Model Policy – Flexible Work Arrangements
The Law Society of British Columbia (2006)
Part-Timers Find Room at Law Firm
The Boston Globe – By Maggie Jackson (November 2006)
Flexible Work Schedules save Money, Research Shows
The Gazette – By Sarah Dougherty (April 2006)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Lawyers State their Case on Job Flexibility
Catalyst (2006)
Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms (Executive Summary)
ABA Commission on Women in the Profession (2006)
Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work –Taking the Stress Out of Success
George W. Kaufman - American Bar Association (2006)
Judge for Yourself: Clarity, Choice, and Action in Your Legal Career
Miriam Bamberger Grogan and Heather Bradley – American Bar Association (2006)
Employers and European Flexible Working Rights: When the Floodgates Were Opened
UC Hastings College of the Law (2005)
Working time, discrimination and the law: the family responsive workplace in Europe and the United States
American University Washington College of Law and the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (2005)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Creating Opportunities for Better Balance
Catalyst (2005)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Building the Business Case for Flexibility
Catalyst (2005)
Working time, discrimination and the law: the family responsive workplace in Europe and the United States
American University Washington College of Law and the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (2005)
Working Time for Working Families: Europe and the United States
American University Washington College of Law, the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the Hans Böckler Foundation (2004)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Creating an Inclusive Work Environment – A Model Policy for Law Firms and Other Organizations
Law Society of Upper Canada (2004)
Six Steps for Creating Greater Work-Life Balance for Lawyers
Expert Law – By Jatrine Bentsi-Enchill (2004)
Law Firms and Part-Time Attorneys—They Really Can Go Hand in Hand
BCG Attorney Search - By Laura Rusche
The Opt-In Project: Making the Business Case for Work-Life Balance
Law Crossing – By Patricia Gillette
Diversity and Changes – The Contemporary Legal Profession in Ontario
F. M. Kay, C. Masuch, P. Curry - The Law Society of Upper Canada (2004)
Work/Family Conflict, Union Style: Labor Arbitrations Involving Family Care
UC Hastings College of the Law (2004)
From Here to Flexibility in Law Firms: Can it Be Done?
Lauren Stiller Rikleen - MIT Workplace Center (2004)
Better on Balance? The Corporate Counsel Work/Life Report
UC Hastings College of the Law (2003)
Beyond the Part Time Partner: A Part Time Law Firm
Brendan Miller, Thomas A. Kochan, Mona Harrington - MIT Workplace Center (2003)
Ten years into the Future: Where are we now after Touchstones
Canadian Bar Association Standing Committee on Equity (2003)
Lawyer Life: Finding a Life and a Higher Calling in the Practice of Law
Carl Horn III - American Bar Association (2003)
Gender on Trial: Sexual Stereotypes and Work/Life Balance in the Legal Workplace
Holly Lewis (2003)
The New Glass Ceiling: Mothers--and Fathers--Sue for Discrimination
UC Hastings College of the Law (2002)
ABA Commission on Billable Hours Report: 2001-2002
2002
Balanced Lives: Changing the Culture of Legal Practice
Deborah L Rhode - American Bar Association (2002)
The Best of Both Worlds: Strategies for Balancing the Home Court and the Trial Court
American Bar Association (2002)
Balanced Hours: Effective Part-Time Programs for Washington Law Firms
American University, Washington College of Law (2001)
Making Work Work for You
Gary A. Hengstler - American Bar Association (2001)
The Future of the Legal Profession: The Challenge of Change
Canadian Bar Association – Young Lawyers (2000)
A Half-Time Tenure Track Proposal
Robert Drago and Joan C. Williams (2000)
Keeping Good Lawyers: Best Practices to create Career Satisfaction
M. Diane Vogt & Lori-Ann Rickard – American Bar Association (2000)
Recruiting Lawyers: How to Hire the Best Talent
Marcia Pennington Shannon, Susan G. Manch – American Bar Association (2000)
Websites/Blogs
American Bar Association Journal – Work Life Balance
Flex-Time Lawyers – Women and Work / Life Articles
Work Life Law – Website
Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs – Website
Law People– Blog
Up to PAR– Blog
JD Bliss– Blog
LPAC – PAJ
ESQ Blog– Blog
Stress BioMetrica– Blog
American Bar Association Blog (Blawgs): – Blog
Work & Family Literature Database: Boston College Website