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Cynthia
Thomas Calvert
Cynthia Thomas
Calvert is Co-Director of PAR and Deputy Director and General
Counsel of WorkLife Law, a nonprofit research and advocacy center
at the University of California Hastings College of the Law. WLL
seeks to eliminate employment discrimination against family caregivers
such as mothers and fathers of young children and adults with
aging parents. WLL works with employers, employees, attorneys,
legislators, journalists, and researchers to identify and prevent
this discrimination.
Ms. Calvert practices employment law in the District of Columbia
and Maryland. She was with the D.C. litigation firm of Miller,
Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P. (now part of Baker Botts
LLP) for fourteen years, six as a partner. She now has her own
practice, which centers on counseling small businesses about issues
such as wage and hour regulations, non-compete clauses, employment
contracts, employee manuals, and sexual harassment prevention.
She is also co-director of the Project for Attorney Retention
("PAR"), an initiative of WLL that studies work/life
balance for attorneys.
Ms. Calvert is co-author, with Joan Williams, of WorkLife Law's
Guide to Family Responsibilities Discrimination Law (forthcoming
2006) and of Solving The Part-Time Puzzle: The Law Firm's Guide
to Balanced Hours (NALP, October 2004). She has written numerous
articles that have appeared in publications such as the ABA's
Law Practice Management, The Legal Times, Corporate Counsel, Women
Lawyers Journal, The San Diego Lawyer and Raising The Bar (Women's
Bar Association of the District of Columbia), and on the Internet.
She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, ABA Journal, Associated
Press, National Law Journal, New York Lawyer, Legal Times, Financial
Times, Diversity & the Bar, Maryland Daily Record, and other
publications. She is currently working on a book about how lawyers
at law firms can succeed on part-time schedules.
Ms. Calvert speaks frequently about family responsibilities discrimination
in employment, alternative work arrangements, attorney retention,
and women in the law. Speaking engagements have included: "Work/Life
Balance: Why Employers Should Care and What Employers Can Do"
(Howard County Government symposium, Columbia, Maryland, March
2006); "New Issues in Work/Life Balance: Alternatives, Stereotypes
and Discrimination" (Wednesday Morning Group, Bethesda, Maryland,
March 2006); "How to Design and Negotiate an Effective Part-Time
Position," (Program on Maximizing Client Service with Part-Time
Attorney Schedules, San Francisco, March 2006); "Four Steps
Toward Advancing and Retaining Women" (Initiative on the
Advancement and Retention of Women, Women's Bar Association of
the District of Columbia, March 2006); "Flexibility in Achieving:
Men and Women" (Initiative on the Advancement and Retention
of Women, Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia,
January 2006); "Gender Issues in the Legal Workplace: Solutions,
Please!" (Dorsey & Whitney LLP Corporate Counsel Symposium
XVL, Minneapolis, November 2005); "Finding Balance in the
Law: Successful Part-Time Schedules for Lawyers" (Lawyers
Club of San Diego, October 2005); "Whose Balance Is It Anyway?"
(New York State Lawyer Assistance Trust, September 2005); "The
Bottom Line on Part-Time" (NALP Annual Conference, April
2005); "The Conflict between Personal and Professional Goals"
(Rutgers University Law School Women's Rights Law Reporter Symposium,
March 2005); "Practical Lawyer Retention" (American
Intellectual Property Law Association Mid-Winter Convention, January
2005); "Recruiting and Retaining Talented Women" (National
Institute for Women in Law Firms, NorthStar Conferences, July
2004); "FMLA Update - Parental Discrimination" (Twenty-First
Annual Carl A. Warns, Jr. Labor & Employment Law Institute,
University of Louisville, June 2004); "Stopping the Exodus:
The Challenge of Lawyer Retention" (Pennsylvania Bar Association
Annual Meeting, May 2004); "Beyond Part-time: Promoting Flexibility
and Work/Life Effectiveness" (Association of the Bar of the
City of New York, May 2004); "The New Employment Tort: Parental
Discrimination" (George Washington Inn of Court, Washington,
D.C., 2004); "Work/Life Balance In-House" (Minority
Corporate Counsel Association, October 2003); "Maximizing
Professional Effectiveness in a "Part-Time" Career"
(Flex-Time Lawyers, Philadelphia, October 2003); "Developing
Part-Time Programs to Meet the Needs of Today's Firms, Clients
and Associates" (Law Firm Associate Management Forum, NorthStar,
June 2003); "Finding Balance In-House" (Institute for
Women Corporate Counsel, NorthStar Conferences, April 2003); "Part-Time
Options for In-House Counsel" (Washington Metropolitan chapter
of the American Corporate Counsel Association, February 2003);
"APA Women Attorneys: Balancing Career and Personal Life"
(Asian Pacific American Bar Association, January 2003); "Work/Life
Issues for Lawyers" (Montgomery County Women's Bar Association,
January 2003); "Work/Life Expectations of Law Students"
(American Bar Association Annual Convention, August 2002); "Profits
from Part-Time: Usable Balanced Hours Policies" (NALP Annual
Conference, April 2002); "Part-Time Practice" (University
of Baltimore School of Law, March 2002); "Can Lawyers Find
Balance by Going In-House?" (Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, February 2002); "Practicing Law with
Children" (District of Columbia Bar Association, January
2002); "Maximizing Retention of Women, Gen-X Associates and
Minorities" (Law Firm Associate Management Forum, Fulcrum,
June 2001); "Getting a Life in the Law" (District of
Columbia Bar Association, March 2001). In addition, she has convened
the following programs: "Winning At Retention: How to Keep
Your Associates and Your Money" (PAR, May 2001); "Part-Time
Work at D.C. Law Firms: The Promise and the Pain" (PAR, September
2000); "A New 'Lost Generation'? 87% of Law Firm Partners
are Still Men" (Program on Gender, Work & Family, November
1999); "Redefining the Life of a Lawyer" (D.C. Bar Winter
Convention, March 1999); and "Conquering Stereotypes: Working
Parents in the Profession" (Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, April 1998).
Ms. Calvert is a cum laude graduate of the Georgetown University
Law Center. After graduation, she clerked for the Honorable Thomas
Penfield Jackson, United States District Court for the District
of Columbia. She is married and has two children.
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