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Gina Passarella, "Sex Discrimination Ruling Highlights Dilemma for Female Partners," The Legal Intelligencer, August 03, 2010

Karen Sloan, "Law Firm Pay Schemes Mean the Kiss-Off for Women," The National Law Journal, July 9, 2010

Karen Sloan, "How to Make Law Firms' Compensation Systems More Fair," Law.com, July 9, 2010

Vivia Chen, "Show Me the Money--Not Work/Life Balance," The Careerist, July 8, 2010

Tara Parker-Pope, "Now, Dad Feels as Stressed as Mom," The New York Times, June 18, 2010

Sharon Lerner, "How Could One of America's Most Sexist Companies End Up on Working Mother's Best 100 List?," Slate, May 24, 2010

Gina Passarella, "Women GCs Must Speak Up to Effect Change, Study Says," The Legal Intelligencer, April 29, 2010

Zach Lowe, "The Plight of the Female Partner, by the Numbers," The AmLaw Daily, April 29, 2010

Nate Raymond, "New Report Finds Increase in Women Making Partner," New York Law Journal, April 23, 2010

Jennifer Ludden, "How To Make Shift Work Family Friendly," National Public Radio, March 17, 2010

NYC Monthly, "New York's Choking Loophole," March, 13 2010

Claire Keeton, "Flexibility is the key to a loyal workforce," Times Live, February 28, 2010

Steve and Cokie Roberts, "Change the workplace -- or else," Indiana Gazette, February 14, 2010

Lisa Belkin, "Three Faces of Work-Life Conflict," The New York Times, February 12, 2010

Ruth Marcus, "A working parent's babysitter blues," The Washington Post, February 3, 2010

Emily Friedman, "Dena Lockwood Was Fired When She Called in Sick to Care for Her Daughter," ABC News, January 29, 2010

Teresa Albano, "Finding that Work-Family Balance," OpEd News, January 27, 2010

The Forum with Michael Krasny, "The Work-Family Conflict," KQED Radio, January 26, 2010

Petula Dvorak, "With rising child-care cost, many parents are paying to work," The Washington Post, January 26, 2010

Amy Graff, "When your salary barely covers child care," San Francisco Chronicle blog, January 26, 2010

Rachel Weiner, "Child care tax credit doubles in Obama plan: Is it enough?," The Washington Post, January 25, 2010

Laura Walter, "New Report Address Work-Life Conflict Across Income Levels," EHS Today, January 25, 2010

Ameet Sachdev, "Win in parental discrimination case raises issues for employers," Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2010


Gloria Pan, "Can Americans Care for Their Families Without Losing Their Jobs?," Today's Workplace, January 21, 2010

Fem2.0 Blog Radio, "EPISODE1 - The Three Faces of Work/Family Conflict," January 25, 2010

"New Gender Bias Bingo Game Available Online," Women in Higher Education, December 2009

Karen Sloan, "Slight boost seen in number of part-time attorneys," The National Law Journal, December 18, 2009

"Cities offer legal shield to caregivers facing workplace bias," The National Law Journal, December 18, 2009

Karen Sloan, " Step by Step: Can women climb the law firm ladder if work schedules are more flexible?" The National Law Journal, November 30, 2009

Rita Zeidner, "Handle with Care," HR Magazine, November 2009

Nancy Folbre, "Gender Bias Bingo," The New York Times, November 9, 2009

Elizabeth L. Farrington, "Chairs Can Encourage Faculty to Use Flexible Policies," Women in Higher Education, November 2009

Robin Wilson, "New Game Plays on Women's Experiences of Gender Bias in Academe," The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 28, 2009

Martha Neil, "Study Offers Tips About How Lawyers Can Succeed as Part-Time Partners," ABA Journal, September 23, 2009

Vivia Chen, "Study: Part-Time Partners Pull Their Weight," The Am Law Daily, September 23, 2009

Eric Barendsen, "WBA Presses for Woman on the High Court, Elects its Future President,"  The Blog of Legal Times, May 22, 2009

Lesley Alderman, "Patient Money: When the Stork Carries a Pink Slip," The New York Times, March 27, 2009

Lynn Harris, "One sick child away from being fired," Salon Broadsheet, March 15, 2009

Jonathan D. Glater, "Layoffs Herald a Heyday for Employee Lawsuits," The New York Times, January 30, 2009

Karen Sloan, "Layoff Alternative: Reducing Associate Hours," The National Law Journal, January 12, 2009

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, "Workplace of the Future," Plum Magazine, Winter 2008

Kathy Borchers, "No Kidding...It's Tougher for Moms," The Providence Journal, October 12, 2008

Diane Stafford, "Women Still Face Many Hurdles in the Workplace," Kansas City Star, September, 18, 2008

Laura Vanderkam, "What Moms can learn from Dads," USA Today, June 24, 2008

Rebecca Steinitz, "The Rest of Us," Boston Globe Magazine, June 1, 2008

Krista Ramsey, "Anti-mommy Bias Persists," The Cincinnati Inquirer, May 11, 2008

Mark Szakonyi, "Employers will face more lawsuits from caregivers ,"  Jacksonville Business Journal, February 15, 2008. 

Susan Reimer, "Advice women should not skirt," baltimoresun.com,  Jan. 22, 2008

Andrea Cornell Sarvady, "Is Maternal Profiling a Problem in the Workplace?," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 12, 2008

Kristen B. Frasch, "Promoting Family-Friendly Work," Human Resource Executive Online, Jan. 3, 2008

Mary Olivella, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, and Joan Blades, "Peaceful Revolution: Maternal Profiling: A New York Times Buzzword," The Huffington Post, Jan. 1, 2008

Lea Sitton Stanley, "N.J. family-leave bill: Compassion vs. cost," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 31, 2007

Maria Blackburn, "Necessary Steps," Johns Hopkins Magazine, Nov. 1, 2007

Lisa Belkin, "The Feminine Critique," New York Times, Nov. 1, 2007

Robert Drago, "Reduced Hours are Green,"  The Huffington Post, October 25, 2007

Stephanie Armour, "More employers face caregiver-related suits,"  USA Today, October 24, 2007

Anne Ju, 'Ideal' worker model shuts women out of academia, says speaker at ADVANCEments lecture,"  
Cornell University Chronicle Online, October 23, 2007

Katherine Reynolds Lewis, "Hardly Working, but are we still working too hard?" The Oregonian, October 14, 2007

Ilana DeBare, "3 Bills try to bolster California's family leave law", San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 2007

Jay Schleifer, "FRD:  The EEOC Finally Gets Involved," HR Daily Advisor, October 3, 2007

Leigh Jones, Solo? Uh, No: Women Choosing Big Law Pay and Benefits, New York Lawyer (The National Law Journal), September 18, 2007.

Melissa McQuilken, Rebel With A Cause, New York Lawyer, September 7, 2007.

Maureen McGrain, Not Very Family Friendly, Multnomah Co. (Portland) Business Journal, August 24, 2007. http://www.bizjournals.com/

Maria L. La Ganga, It's All About Priorities for Michelle Obama, Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2007. http://www.barackobama.com/

Laura McClure, Mothers (In Law) A new generation of women is changing the way law firms operate, California Lawyer, August 2007 Issue.

Beryl Lieff Benderly, The Curt Flood Effect, Science Careers, August 3, 2007. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/

Leslie Morgan Steiner, Revolution By Lawsuit, The Washington Post, August 1, 2007. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/onbalance

Eyal Press, Family-Leave Values, The New York Times, July 29, 2007.


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