OK, forgive me.  I neglected to post the press release to the Working Mothers survey.

Working mothers still struggle with promotion and partnership issues according to a new survey conducted by Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers.  While the survey was intended to show how many large law firms are "tolerant" of working mothers, the fact that a survey needed needed to be conducted in the first place seems to indicate that being a working mother is still and may...

An article from LawCrossing that just might help advance your career:"You have probably heard the cliché 'You get one chance to make a first impression.' You have probably also heard that while your words only communicate about 7% of what you are trying to say, nonverbal cues communicate the remainder of the message you are sending. "While a large portion of this remainder category...

Condolences if you work for a bully, but this article in The National Law Journal holds out some hope. I thought the survey results reported by the employer group, Employment Law Alliance (see list below), were startling:"Abusive bosses who bully employees could breed a new crop of employment litigation, warn employment attorneys, who say there's a growing movement across the country to make...

Very helpful post by by Robert J. Ambrogi to Legal Blog Watch: "Every lawyer who uses Microsoft Word should take a few moments to read 'Staying on Track with Track Changes,' by legal bloggers and technology pros Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy, appearing in the current issue of Law Practice Today. As they point out, the 'track changes' feature in Word is an enormously useful tool when...

The instant survey says....: "The most common law firm preference for managing client e-discovery data is through a combination of in-house software and outsourced processing services, according to an instant survey of law firm attorneys, litigation support specialists and e-discovery specialists conducted yesterday by LexisNexis® Discovery Services during the opening sessions of LegalTech...

This looong Holiday Buying Guide comes from The New York Times Circuits section: "With no one looking, gadgets learned to connect the dots." The sections that interested me most: If Wishes Were Horses, High-Tech Wherever You Look, & Radio Stations Add Personalities, Digitally. Enjoy!

Yeah, I still have gift giving on the brain. And all this shopping is making me cranky! "Nothing puts the bug into 'bah, humbug!' more than an impossible shopping challenge. He has everything. She doesn't like anything. They want nothing ... except to fill you with the searing, white-hot frustration of a thousand yule logs. Tired of these hateful want-nothings taking the Michelle Kwan out of...

News about chocolate and paralegals? A must-read article for all chocoholics! "If you're missing a paralegal, check the new chocolate shop. "(And if you're missing some chocolate, check your paralegal's office.) "The new chocolate shop is Schakolad Chocolate Factory in White Plains, and it does indeed seem to lure legal assistants - and a lot of other professionals. "'I just...

Some say the role of paralegals in South Africa needs to be recognized. Gee, think other countries have the same problem? "DECADES of exclusion of black lawyers had resulted in a skewed distribution of profitable law firms, and intervention was necessary to transform the legal profession, Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla said yesterday. "Mabandla was addressing stakeholders gathered...