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Ballard Spahr
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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.
If you would like
to comment on this firm's part-time policies or on the comments
themselves, please click here.
Law firm's web
site: http://www.ballardspahr.com/
Comments
on the firm's part-time policy:
According to
NALP, Ballard allows part time based on office and departmental
need. Decisions are made on a case by case basis.
According
to the firm's NALP workplace survey, the firm does not offer flex
time (flexible hours for full time attorneys) or job sharing or
telecommuting. However, the firm does offer part time opportunities.
Ballard allows temporary telecommuting arrangements and allows
attorneys the option of returning to work after leave on an initial
part-time schedule.
There is no minimum time for part time, nor is there a minimum
requirement for duration with the firm before part time is allowed.
An
attorney must work 75% of full-time schedule to be eligible to
participate in firm's health benefit plan. Part-time attorneys
remain eligible for bonus consideration. If a part-time attorney's
hours increase, the firm will increase the attorney's pay as well.
According
to a press release on the firm's website,
Ballard Spahr Andrew & Ingersoll, LLP hosted a meeting of
Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a networking and support organization of
lawyers who work a flexible or reduced schedule or who seek work/life
balance in the practice of law, on October 24, 2005. The topic
of was, "Reversing the Gender Gap in Law Firms: Why it's
in both Law Firms' and Lawyers' Economic Interest to Make it Happen."
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