In This Issue: New York Law JournalCLE Calendar ® Volume 6, Number 1 MAGAZINE February 2007 WOMEN IN THE LAW Making It Work • Flexible Policies And Schedules • A Spectrum Of Initiatives • At the Head Of Your Firm • The Path To Judgeship • Women of Color Who Find a Niche In-House • New Lawyers Over 40 and Their Supervisors Can Find Success PLUS: • Navigating the Crossroads When Personal and Career Needs Confl ict 0226Mag_Cover.indd 1 2/5/07 11:53:12 AM v. (“ten ants in common”) (“tenants in common”) Smart Tools on Westlaw On Westlaw®, your word searches turn up more on-point results – and nothing more. It’s simple. It’s smart. And very forgiving. A query can contain a misspelling, a term that doesn’t exactly match the author’s language – even an extra space. On some systems that will waste time or worse, miss cases, statutes or regulations. But the Smart Tools® “Did You Mean?” function can catch typos, even suggest related terms. You might say it fills the gap between what you type and what you mean. For more information, go to westlaw.info or call 1-800-977-WEST (9378). © 2007 West, a Thomson business L-327080/1-07 Search less. Find more.™ 0226Mag_Contents_cv2-3.indd Cov2 2/5/07 11:52:03 AM NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL ® MAGAZINE Volume 6, Number 1 Features WOMEN IN THE LAW: MAKING IT WORK STRIVING FOR BALANCE IN A FULL-TIME WORLD 12 Perspectives on fl exible and part-time scheduling and their effects on becoming partner. By Wendy Davis 18 A place to call your own MORE THAN JUST TALK 14 Mentoring and business development initiatives are part of fi rms’ conscious efforts to advance women. By Lisa Pulitzer and Wendy Davis A STRUCTURE OF THEIR OWN 18 Women at the head of three law fi rms discuss their unique routes to career satisfaction. By Lisa Pulitzer STEADY BEAT OF PROGRESS 22 22 IN THE JUDICIARY Guiding and welcoming change New York stands out in the national scheme, but pockets of the state are still lagging behind. By Carla T. Main MOMENTS IN HISTORY 23 A time line of highlights and milestones. By Susan L. Harper BECOMING YOUR OWN ADVOCATE 30 How women of color in-house attorneys have taken charge of their careers—through networking, PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICK KOPSTEIN 32 strategic efforts and an organization. The importance of connecting By Beth Bar COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY JP FRUCHET/GETTY IMAGES New York Law Journal Magazine February 2007 1 0226Mag_Contents_cv2-3.indd 1 2/6/07 1:07:59 PM NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL MAGAZINE® Departments Columns EDITOR’S NOTE 4 LEGAL LINGO 6 When it comes to the emerging fi eld IN GOOD SPIRITS 38 of food law, semantics is the top banana. Syrah and Shiraz are two names for the same By Adam Freedman grape, one of the truly ‘noble’ red varieties. By Christopher Matthews COACH’S CORNER 8 RESTAURANTS 41 New lawyers over 40 face challenges, These four chefs are on the brink of fame; as do the younger will they make it to the superstar level? associates who must In the wings of fame 41 By Josh Ozersky supervise them. That’s where understanding, TRAVEL 45 preparation and An attorney swims with sharks—really— fl exibility come in. off Fiji’s Viti Levu coast. By Daniel A. Panitz By Holly English 46 BOOKS 10 The ‘Double Indemnity’ murder captured DIVERSITY IN ACTION the world’s attention during the Jazz Age. The confl icting demands of career By Lawrence Fleischer and family can squeeze very hard, and practice area choices can overwhelm. IN CONCLUSION 48 By Katherine Frink-Hamlett Settlement, and the trial of suffragette Susan B. Anthony, took place on the New York state frontier. 47 PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF DANIEL PANITZ PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY A shark dive in Fiji 45 By David O. 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Our uncompromising team of dedicated through an unparalleled network of Our features examine all these areas of practice, emphasizing the lingering challenges professionals maintains an unwavering contacts that gets you where you want to to women’s advancement—such as mentoring, and balancing work and family life— and focus on finding the ‘perfect fit’ for you. be with enough options to know you’ve the attempts by fi rms, corporations and women themselves to address those challenges. made the right choice. With a track record that is unmatched in It is also clear from our reporting that women perhaps more than ever are taking mat- the industry, we consistently provide the We will get you to your goal. ters into their own hands, whether it be starting their own law fi rms, leading a law fi rm opportunities our competition misses outreach project or creating novel strategies for rising through the ranks of an in-house law department. 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