Insights

“I feel like we had a lot of conversations, and moms were very honest about how stressed we are and how burned out we are, and nothing has changed from a policy level, from a public health standpoint.”

This quote comes from a working mother featured in a recent NBC News article about the role of...

Mackenzie Krage recently joined the Page 2 team. Below, she describes another commitment she is passionate about — her work as a court-appointed special advocate for children in the foster care system in Cook County.

With a radiant smile and outward composure, June had a refreshing candor for a child who had been dealt her hand. Through no fault of her own, June had entered the system. Some children are plucked from their siblings while others circle a revolving...

Because many Big Law firms offer generous paid parental leave benefits and flexible schedules, it can seem from the outside that these workplaces are friendly to lawyers who plan to have children while pursuing the traditional path to partner, as recently reported in Law360. But while new parents may have control over where they do their work, they still face intense pressure to meet billable-hour targets if they want...

As the year winds down, we’re all getting our priorities in order — like what we plan to watch in 2022. Legal dramas can provide a reliable escape or another look at aspects of your own world that you’ve never considered before. But these shows aren’t just about telling interesting stories about the people in law (and we all know accuracy isn’t necessarily the point!). They can also serve a social function, portraying the legal system as a structure that has boundaries and rules...

American Lawyer reporter Dylan Jackson recently wrote about how the lack of transparency around origination credit — most firms don’t even have written policies for how it is awarded — harms lawyers from underrepresented groups and drives turnover. If up-and-coming...