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Beveridge &
Diamond
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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.
The firm's web
site: http://www.bdlaw.com/
Comments on the firm's part-time policy:
The firm states
that it encourages work/life balance, and it sets its billable
hours expectations to reflect this.
The firm's flexible
work policy contains many of the elements that PAR has identified
as best practices, including universal application and eligibility
for partnership.
From the firm's
web site:
Flexible Schedules
and Reduced Hours. Our flexible hours policy is open to all attorneys.
Many of our attorneys currently work or have previously worked
flexible and/or reduced hours, based on their unique professional
and personal goals. These attorneys include Principals, Of Counsels
and Associates, who continue to be an integral part of the firm
and remain eligible for advancement while working reduced hours.
We have promoted a number of Associates to Principal while they
were working part-time. Moreover, beginning as an Associate, our
Managing Principal worked on a reduced schedule when his children
were younger in order to be a more actively involved father, and
our General Counsel currently works four days a week in order
to pursue her artistic interests.
Flexible
Office Arrangements. Whenever possible, B&D allows attorneys
to telecommute. Many of our attorneys work from home during some
portion of the work week. On a number of occasions, when personal
circumstances have required attorneys to move to locations where
B&D does not have an office, the firm has made arrangements
to enable them to continue working for the firm from their new
homes. Examples include two Associates (both now Principals) and
a Principal whose spouses had job opportunities in cities in which
B&D did not have an office.
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