Work-Life Balance Bibliography
Compiled for: "Improve Your Bottom Line": Attract, Retain, and Promote Women and Minority Lawyers", May 9, 2008.
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Articles, Government Documents & Reports
Adam, Lynn M. et al., "It's About Time: Part-Time Policies and Practices in Atlanta Law Firms" (February 2004). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=916111.
American University Law Review, “Symposium: Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to do About It, Nov. 19, 1999, Panel One: Redesigning Work and the Benefits Related to It”, 49 Am. U.L. Rev. 851 (April 2000). (LexisNexis).
American University, Washington College of Law, “Working Time for Working Parents: Europe and the United States Summary Report of the Conference on Working Time” (June 7-8, 2004). http://www.worklifelaw.org/pubs/Working_time_conference_ report.pdf
Arnow-Richman, Rachel, “Accommodation Subverted: The Future of Work/Family Initiatives in a “Me, Inc.” World”, 12 Texas J. of Women and the Law 345 (Spring 2003). (Westlaw).
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, The Committee on Women in the Profession, “Parental Leave Policies and Practices”, 63 The Record 94 (2008). (LexisNexis).
Baker, Katharine K., “Supporting Children, Balancing Lives”, 34 Pepp. L. Rev. 359 (Issue 2 2007). (HeinOnline) (CSU remote access).
Benton, Cathy and Brown, Nicole, “Taking Care of Lawyers Taking Care of Children”, 17 Business Law Today 12 (January/February 2008). (Westlaw).
Berenson, Steven K., “Report Creating Workplace Solutions for Women Attorneys: Report of the Lawyers Club of San Diego Balance Campaign ”, 28 T. Jefferson L. Rev. 449 (Spring, 2006). (LexisNexis).
Block, Richard N., “Work-Family Legislation in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe: A Quantitative Comparison”, 34 Pepp. L. Rev. 333 (Issue 2, 2007) (HeinOnline). (CSU remote access)
Chanow, Linda Bray, “Results of Lawyers, Work and Family: A Study of Alternative Schedule Programs at Law Firms in the District of Columbia", available via the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia website (www.wbadc.org).
Cunningham, Keith, “Father Time: Flexible Work Arrangements and the Law Firm's Failure of the Family”, 53 Stan. L. Rev. 967 (April, 2001). (LexisNexis).
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, “Enforcement Guidance: Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities”, May 23, 2007, http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/caregiving.html.
Frankel, Barbara, “Who Really Benefits From Work/Life?”, 6 Diversity lnc. 20 (March,2007). (Available via Ohiolink).
Gore, Al, “Turning the Key : Unlocking Human Potential in the Family-Friendly Federal Workplace: A Status Report on Federal Workplace Family-Friendly Initiatives to President Bill Clinton”, http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/library/papers/bkgrd/turnkey.html C-M Law Library Call No. PRVP 42.2:K 52.
Hammargren, Laura R., "Servant Leadership and Women in the Law: A New Nexus of Women, Leadership and the Legal Profession", 4 U St. Thomas L.J. 626 (No. 3, Spring 2007)
Harrington, Mona, and Hsi, Helen, “Women Lawyers and Obstacles to Leadership: A Report of MIT Workplace Center Surveys on Comparative Career Decisions And Attrition Rates Of Women And Men in Massachusetts Law Firms”, (Spring 2007), http://web.mit.edu/workplacecenter/docs/law-report_4-07.pdf.
Hegewisch, Ariane, “Employers and European Flexible Working Right: When the Floodgates Were Opened”, Work-Life Law, U.C. Hastings College of Law Issue Brief (Fall, 2005). http://www.uchastings.edu/site_files/WLL/european_issue_brief_ printversion.pdf.
Heenan, Camille, “Work-Life Balance for Attorneys: Choice, Compromise and Control”, 89 Women Lawyer’s Journal 18 (Issue 4, Summer 2004), (HeinOnline). (CSU remote access)
Jacobs, Jerry A. and Madden, Janice Fanning, ”SECTION FOUR: Quick Read Synopsis: Mommies and Daddies on the Fast Track: Success of Parents in Demanding Professions”, 596 Annals 246(November 2004). (LexisNexis).
Kaminer, Debbie N., “The Work-Family Conflict: Developing a Model of Parental Accommodation in the Workplace”, 54 American University L.R. 305 (Dec. 2004). (Westlaw).
Kaye, Judith S. and Reddy, Anne C., “Essay: The Progress of Women Lawyers at Big Firms: Steadied or Simply Studied?”, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 1941 (March, 2008). (CSU Remote Access)
Kessler, Laura T., “Keeping Discrimination Theory Front and Center in the Discourse Over Work and Family Conflict”, 34 Pepp. L. Rev. 313 (Issue 2 2007). (HeinOnline). (CSU Remote Access)
Luceno, Claire-Therese D., “Maternal Wall Discrimination: Evidence Required for Litigation and Cost-Effective Solutions for a Flexible Workplace”, 3 Hastings Business L.J. 157 (Fall 2006). (Westlaw).
Malin, Martin H., et al., “Work/Family Conflict, Union Style: Labor Arbitrations Involving Family Care”, Work-Life Law, U.C. Hastings College of Law (June, 2007) http://www.worklifelaw.org/pubs/conflictunionstyle.pdf.
National Association of Women Lawyers, “National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms”, 92 Women Lawyers Journal 14 (No. 1 2006). C-M Law Library Call No. K27 .O52. Will eventually be available via HeinOnline.
Noonan, Mary C. and Corcoran, Mary E., ”SECTION TWO: Within the Professions: The Mommy Track and Partnership: Temporary Delay or Dead End?”, 596 Annals 130 (November 2004).
Osborne, D.M., “The Woman Question”, Minority Law Journal Student Edition 12 (Fall 2007) (requires free registration).
Peterson, Heather A., “NOTE: The Daddy Track: Locating the Male Employee Within the Family and Medical Leave Act”, 15 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 253 (2004). (LexisNexis).
Pfisterer, Kira Dale, "When Three Fill Two: Part-Time Strategies for Full-Time Jobs", 51-Advocate 15(Idaho) (February, 2008). (Westlaw).
Porter, Nicole Buonocore, “Re-Defining Superwoman: An Essay on Overcoming the "Maternal Wall" in the Legal Workplace”, 13 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol'y 55 (Spring, 2006). (LexisNexis).
The Project for Attorney Retention, Corporate Counsel Project, Better on Balance? The Corporate Counsel Work/Life Report, Final Report, Washington, D.C.: Program on Worklife Law, American University, Washington College of Law (2003). http://www.pardc.org/Publications/BetterOnBalance.shtml, C-M Law Library Call No. KF1425 .B48 2003.
Reichman, Nancy J. and Sterling, Joyce S., "Sticky Floors, Broken Steps, and Concrete Ceilings in Legal Careers", 14 Tex. J. Women & L. 27 (Fall 2004). (LexisNexis).
Rhode, Deborah L., “Lecture: Balanced Lives for Lawyers”, 70 Fordham L. Rev. 2207, (May 2002).
Rhode, Deborah L., " Response Essay: Balanced Lives", 102 Colum. L. Rev. 834 (April 2002). (LexisNexis).
Riss, Suzanne, et al., “2007 Best Law Firms for Women” Working Mother, Aug/Sept 2007.
Rusche, Laura, “Law Firms and Part-Time Attorneys-They Really Can Go Hand in Hand”, Law Crossings (Sept. 24, 2007).
Sandman, James J., et al., “The Business Case for Effective Part-time Programs”, 88 Women Lawyers J. 16 (Issue 2, Winter 2003). (HeinOnline). (CSU Remote Access)
Selmi, Michael, "The Work-Family Conflict: An Essay on Employers, Men and Responsibility", 4 U St. Thomas L.J. 573 (Spring 2007)
Silverbrand, Ian J, “Modified Partnership Structures and their Effects on Associate Satisfaction”, 21 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 165 (Winter 2008). (LexisNexis).
Smith, Peggie R., “Accommodating Routine Parental Obligations in an Era of Work-Family Conflict: Lessons from Religious Accommodations”, 2001 Wis. L.R. 1443 (2001). (Westlaw).
Smith, Peggie R., “Elder Care, Gender, and Work: The Work-Family Issue of the 21st Century”, 25 Berkeley J. of Emp. & Lab. Law 351 (2004). (Westlaw).
“Top-Rated Family-Friendly Benefits: How do Your Offerings Compare?” 04-11 Compensation & Benefits for Law Offices 10 (November 2004). (Westlaw).
Uelmen, Amelia J., “The Evils of “Elasticity”:Reflections on the Rhetoric of Professionalism and the Part-Time Paradox in Large Firm Practice”, 33 Fordham Urb. L.J. 81, (November, 2005), (LexisNexis).
United States Congress, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Balancing Work and Family : What Policies Best Support American Families? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, June 21, 2007, Washington : U.S. G.P.O. (2008), http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_ house_hearings&docid=f:35807.pdf.
Waldfogel, Jane, “Family-Friendly Policies for Families with Young Children”, 5 Employee Rights and Employment Policy J. 273 (2001). (Westlaw).
Wallace, Jean and Young, Marisa, Parenthood and Productivity: A Study of Demands, Resources and Family-Friendly Firms, 72 J. Vocational Behavior 110 (Feb. 2008).
Wax, Amy L., “Section One: Overviews: Family-Friendly Workplace Reform: Prospects for Change”, 596 Annals 36 (November 2004). (LexisNexis).
Williams, Joan, C., “Bringing Your Part-Time Policies Up to Par”, 88 Women Lawyers J. 19 (Issue 2, Winter 2003). (HeinOnline). (CSU Remote Access)
Williams, Joan C., “Canaries in the Mine: Work/Family Conflict and the Law”, 70 Fordham Law Review 2221 (May 2002).
Williams, Joan C., “Response Essay:”It’s Snowing Down South”: How to Help Mothers and Avoid Recycling the Sameness/Difference Debate”, 102 Colum. L. Rev. 812, (April, 2002). (LexisNexis).
Williams, Joan, C., “One Sick Child Away From Being Fired: When “Opting Out” Is Not an Option”, Work-Life Law, U.C. Hastings College of Law (Mar.14, 2006). http://www.uchastings.edu/site_files/WLL/onesickchild.pdf
Williams, Joan C., “Opt Out or Pushed Out?: How the Press covers Work/ Family Conflict-the Untold Story of Why Women Leave the Workforce”, Work-Life Law, U.C. Hastings College of Law, (Oct.17, 2006). http://www.uchastings.edu/site_files/WLL/OptOutPushedOut.pdf
Williams, Joan C., “The Politics of Time in the Legal Profession”, 4 U St. Thomas L.J. 379 (Spring 2007).
Williams, Joan C. and Bornstein, Stephanie, “Caregivers in the Courtroom: The Growing Trend of Family Responsibilities Discrimination”, 41 U.S.F. L. Rev. 171, (No. 2, Fall 2006). (LexisNexis).
Williams, Joan and Calvert, Cynthia Thomas, “Balanced Hours: Effective Part-Time Policies for Washington Law Firms”, The Program on Gender, Work & Family, American University, Washington College of Law, Final Report, (2nd Edition Aug. 2001). http://www.pardc.org/Publications/BalancedHours2nd.pdf.
Williams, Joan C. and Calvert, Cynthia Thomas, “Family Responsibilities Discrimination: What Everyone Needs to Know,” 91 Women Lawyers Journal 24 (No. 2, Winter 2006).
Williams, Joan C., et al., “Law Firms as Defendants: Family Responsibilities Discrimination in Legal Workplaces”, 34 Pepp. L. Rev. 393 (2007). (LexisNexis).
Williams, Joan C. and Segal, Nancy, “Beyond the Maternal Wall: Relief for Family Caregivers Who are Discriminated Against on the Job”, 26 Harv. Women’s L.J. 77 (2003).
Williams, Joan C. and Segal, Nancy, “The New Glass Ceiling: Mothers – and Fathers- Sue for Discrimination”, The Program on Gender, Work & Family, American University, Washington College of Law, (Second Edition, Nov. 2002). http://www.carboocean.org/upload/images/Williams2002Glass Ceiling.pdf
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, “More than Part Time: The Effect of Reduced Hours Arrangements on the Retention, Recruitment and Success of Women Attorneys in Law Firms” (2000), http://womenlaw.stanford.edu/mass.rpt.html.
Books:
American Bar Association, Commission on Women in the Profession, Lawyers and Balanced Lives: A Guide to Drafting and Implementing Sexual Harassment Policies for Lawyers, Chicago, Ill.: (1st ed 1992). C-M Law Library Call No. KF320.S49 L38 1992.
English, Holly, Gender on Trial : Sexual Stereotypes and Work/Life Balance in the Legal Workplace, New York, N.Y.: ALM Pub., (2003). C-M Law Library Call No. KF299.W6 E54 2003.
Friedman, Stewart D. and Greenhaus, Jeffrey H., Work and Family--Allies or Enemies?: What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices , Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, E-book (2000) (Especially Chapter 7, “Support from Our Employer”). CSU University Library Call No.HD4904.25 .F754 2000.
Gornick, Janet C. and Meyers, Marcia K., Families that Work : Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment , New York : Russell Sage Foundation, (2003). Cleveland State University Library Call No. HD4904.25 .G67 2003.
Leiper, Jean McKenzie, Bar Codes : Women in the Legal Profession , Vancouver : UBC Press, (2006). Cleveland State University Library Call No. HD6054.2.C3 L43 2006.
Mackavey, Maria G. and Levin, Richard J., Shared Purpose : Working Together to Build Strong Families and High-Performance Companies, New York : AMACOM (1998). Cleveland State University Library Call No. HD4904.25 .M32 1998.
Rapoport, Rhona, et al., Beyond Work-Family Balance : Advancing Gender Equity and Workplace Performance, San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, (1st ed. 2002). Cleveland State University Library Call No. HD6060.5.U5 B49 2002.
Rikleen, Lauren Stiller, Ending the Gauntlet : Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law, Eagan, Minn.: Thomson/Legalworks, (2006). C-M Law Library Call No. KF299.W6 R55 2006.
Slotkin, Jacquelyn Hersch & Goodman, Samantha Slotkin, eds. and contributors, It's Harder in Heels : Essays by Women Lawyers Achieving Work-Life Balance , Lake Mary, FL. : Vandeplas Publishing (2007). C-M Law Library Call No. KF299.W6 I87 2007.
Williams, Joan C., Unbending Gender ,Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press (2000). C-M Law Library Call No. HD4904.25 .W55 2000.
Williams, Joan C. and Calvert, Cynthia Thomas, "Solving the Part-time Puzzle : the Law Firm's Guide to Balanced Hours" , Washington, DC: National Association for Law Placement, (2004). Order Online; KF318 .W537 2004.
Women's Bar Association and Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys, “Women & Work : Creating Momentum for Change”, Boston, Mass.: Suffolk University Law School, Advanced Legal Studies, (2000). C-M Law Library Call No. KF299.W6 W644 2000.
Web resources:
Flextime Lawyers – A consulting business that advises law firms on work/life balance.
Ida Abbott Consulting - A consulting business that advises law firms on work/life balance.
Ostrow, Ellen, Beyond The Billable Hour, newsletter about work/life balance for attorneys. (www.lawyerslifecoach.com).
WorkLife Law – A center of UC Hastings College of Law. Lists recent family responsibility discrimination cases, advice for employers, hotline for employees, bibliography of publications, web links and more.
Project for Attorney Retention – An Initiative of the Center for WorkLife Law at the UC Hastings College of Law. Publications, bibliography, resources for students, best practices, links to organizations studying/promoting work/life balance.
Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, Apr. 29, 2008.