Balanced Lives: Work and Family Balance

Compiled by Mary Pinard, Public Services Librarian,
Sacramento County Public Law Library

Successfully Juggling Work and Family: Tips for Lawyers
By Julie Stauffer

http://www.cba.org/cba/PracticeLink/BWL/balance.asp

The author of this article provides tips for attorneys to better balance their personal and professional lives.

Center for Work and Family Balance

http://www.workandfamily.org/

This organization conducts research on a variety of work-life balance topics. Included on this website are topical overviews and research reports on work and family balance issues.

The Project for Attorney Retention

http://www.pardc.org/

The Project for Attorney Retention is searching for ways to improve recruiting and retention of attorneys. The project's main focus is the use of alternate work schedules that allow lawyers to balance their work and family lives. This website includes links to research reports, articles, and websites related to work-life balance.

What's the Right Work-Life Balance Strategy for You?

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/quizzes/careers/worklife_quiz.html

This quiz from Fortune Magazine helps determine your best approach to balancing your work and personal lives.

Balanced Lives: Changing the Culture of Legal Practice by Deborah L. Rhode (ABA Commisson on Women in the Profession, October 2001)

http://womenlaw.stanford.edu/balanced.lives.pdf

The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession has conducted a very thorough study of the current workplace practices that make it difficult for lawyers to balance their personal and professional lives. This manual provides model policies for alternate work schedules and family leave that may help law firms and lawyer create better work-life balances.

Legal Sanity

http://www.legalsanity.com/cat-worklife-balance.html

This blog provides links to a variety of articles and websites related to attorney work-life balance.

May / June 2005