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We have received
comments about how well some firms' part-time programs are working.
These comments are often anonymous and cannot be verified; therefore,
they should be viewed as unreliable and given no more weight than
gossip.
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Firm's web site:
http://www.alston.com/
Comments
on the firm's part-time policy:
The
part-time usage rate in the Scoop table may be misleading. It
indicates a 2.3% usage rate, but most of the attorneys who work
part-time are counsel. Looking at just associates and partners,
the usage rate is 0.5%. Before we jump to conclusions based on
that low usage rate, however, we have to take into consideration
that the firm's attorneys may feel they are able to have lives
outside the office on a standard schedule -- the firm is not known
as a sweatshop.
According
to NALP, billable hours bonus is payable at 1900 hours with up
to 50 pro bono hours counting towards 1900 goal.
Alston
& Bird LLP is the 19th best place to work in America, according
to the Fortune 2006 issue on "The 100 Best Companies to Work
For." The firm has repeatedly shown up on that list. The
Firm was ranked 7th in the country in Diversity Issues with Respect
to Minorities in the 2005 Vault Associate Survey, and the Women
and Minorities Committee of the State Bar of Georgia chose Alston
& Bird as one of the recipients of the 2005 Commitment to
Equality Award.
There
is on-site child care and back-up care at the Atlanta office.
According
to Vault.com, lawyers say the
firm's increased emphasis on flex-time and part-time schedules
is a great plus: "Firm is not flexible with billable hour
totals for the year, but is flexible about when you bill them."
Unfortunately, you have to be a three-year veteran of the firm
to take advantage of the flexibility and some say that "it
is generally restricted to leave to take care of a child or sick
family member."
Also
according to Vault.com, women and minorities lead six of the practice
areas: health care-regulatory, IP-trademarks and copyrights, products
liability, public finance, tax and technology.
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