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Infobit: Since 1985, law schools have been graduating classes of new lawyers that are 40% or more female. Yet in 1996, only 14.2% of law firm partners were women, and in 2005, only 17.2% were women. (Note: this figure is for all partners; the number of equity partners is lower.) Source: Catalyst. At this rate of increase, women should make up half of law firm partners by the year 2115.

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September 4, 2007 -- Leading Law Firms Demonstrate Commitment to WorkLife Balance in the Legal Profession

March 1, 2007 -- Law, Accounting Work/Life Role Models Named: Leaders Will Sit on Advisory Council for the Project for Attorney Retention

April 25, 2003 -- Study Says Work/Life In-House Can Be Just Like Law Firms

June 1, 2001 -- Balanced Hours Are Key To Law Firms' Viability

March 7, 2001 -- D.C. Law Firms Are Not Doing As Well As They Think

September 25, 2000 -- Bar Leaders, Experts Assist The Project for Attorney Retention

June 26, 2000 -- PAR Project Website Debuts

June 1, 2000 -- D.C. Law Firms To Get Help Retaining Attorneys

PAR In The News

PAR Project Begins Operations (Raising The Bar, Summer 2000)

Website of the Week: www.pardc.org, Legal Times, January 29, 2001 (p. 25)

PAR Details Firms' Part-Time Polices, Launches Newsletter, Raising The Bar, Winter 2000

Your Time or Your Money, by Terry Carter, ABA Journal, February 2001, pp. 26-27

Donít Go! We Can Change, by Joan Williams and Cynthia Thomas Calvert, Legal Times, February 5, 2001, featured on Law.com

Part-Time Lawyers: Less Is More, by Jennifer Myers, Legal Times, June 11, 2001, featured on Law.com

Flex In Flux: Alternative Work Options Go Beyond The "Mommy Track", by Marci Alboher Nusbaum, L Magazine: Life-Liberty-Law School (American Lawyer Media), Summer 2001

In a Profession Beset with Problems, "Coaches" May Offer Part of the Solution, by Steven T. Taylor, Of Counsel Magazine, vol. 20, no. 6, June 2001, at 3.

Majority Rule?, by Joan Williams, Legal Times, October 3, 2001, featured on Law.com

Part-Time Progress, By Joan Williams and Cynthia Thomas Calvert, Legal Times, October 22, 2001, featured on Law.com

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