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March 8th, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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Two weeks of MILP-y Goodness!

The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup** is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week Proto Attorney will have it.

CM is celebrating K’s third birthday (gosh, time flies!!!) and, like me, foregoing regular blog posts for occasional brief updates due to the stuff-you-want-to-say-but-can’t and the generally overwhelming nature of life.

Cee, on the other hand, is done with overwhelming for a while having successfully completed the bar exam!! Woo-hoo, Cee! At least she thought she was done with the overwhelming until the end of a week with her cute 18-month-old.

Certifiable’s mother-in-law passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Unfortunately no one pushed pause on the “year-o-shit” button so she faced even more as she arrived home after the funeral.

Proto Attorney deals with asshats not only at work but in her general vicinity on a daily basis

Even in a downturn, many people are unhappy at work. Googie Baba is turning down a year of unpaid legal fun (gee, why not??) and Butterflyfish offers up a timely example. She also explains why asking nicely isn’t always good enough…

PD Surrogate is also re-evaluating life, work and love.

Lag Liv is reeling following the loss of a dear law school classmate and distracting herself with very early and continuous nesting (perhaps girls drive you to it?)

If the above posts depressed you, this one from Dakota will make you laugh out loud (love it!) and this one is just too cute.

This must be a week for reflections, as LEO finally finished The Last Lecture and shares her thoughts about life, death and parenting. In a related post, she makes the case for starting your family young. (I agree – had Pumpkinhead at 23 and there are many bonuses)

If you would like to have your blog added to the MILP blogroll for weekly review or would like us to consider a specific post, drop the hostess(es) an email or leave a comment at their respective sites.

**Hat tip to the “original” Roundup Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks

February 22nd, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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This week’s MILP Roundup is up at Butterflyfish’s place. The Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and Butterflyfish blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Back here this weekend.

February 15th, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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This week’s MILP Roundup is up at Proto Attorney’s place. The Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and Butterflyfish blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday. Butterflyfish has it next week.

February 7th, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup** is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week Proto Attorney will have it.

Please go comfort Certifiable as she deals with the imminent passing of her mother-in-law and her childrens’ awareness of same

Consider joining Googie Baba (and me) in donating to Planned Parenthood in gratitude for the fact that we live in a country that allows women to make choices for their own health and personal circumstances

Momttorney is facing the harsh realities of a firm’s perspective on “reduced schedule” – typically “get it done!”

Lag Liv settled a huge case this week but is now wondering “what next?”

Dakota is focusing on the little things

Magic Cookie is in demand!

Cee’s in high demand (awesome!)

At A Little Fish in Law School – Those who can write but want more money than an English degree offers … go to law school?

LEO considers the pros and cons of cohabitation prior to marriage

Oddly enough, Proto Attorney is not appreciating the regular love letters from Sallie Mae as a reminder of her crippling, lifelong debt load.

If you would like to have your blog added to the MILP blogroll for weekly review or would like us to consider a specific post, drop the hostess(es) an email or leave a comment at their respective sites.

**Hat tip to the “original” Roundup Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks

February 1st, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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This week’s MILP Roundup is up at Butterflyfish’s place. The Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and Butterflyfish blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Back here this weekend.

January 25th, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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This week’s MILP Roundup is up at Proto Attorney’s place. The Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and Butterflyfish blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday. Butterflyfish has it next week.

January 18th, 2010  Posted at   Women in Law
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Colleague got a warning letter as her performance review. From a guy who used to be her peer and has only been supervising her for about 60 days. About “issues” from before he was her boss. Nice…

I, on the other hand, successfully negotiated a bit more of a raise (roughly equivalent to a guaranteed 5 hours of OT/week at my current salary or a 20% raise, but I’m moving from a non-exempt paralegal to an exempt “professional”… hmm.). I have also negotiated a new title. I just don’t know what that is yet.

In the meantime, I have about 70 hours of work per week, no replacement for my fired friend/colleague in sight, and just a leeeetle stress. But it’s time to start pushing back, setting boundaries, etc. Okay… it’s past time.

In the meantime, networking, professional development, etc., and doing the best I can on my major projects are my main goals. I have a weeklong seminar and certification course scheduled in southern California in April that should move me towards my goals for this year. Will reevaluate in 2011.

January 18th, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup** is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week Proto Attorney will have it.

TrannyHead is leaving us. Waaah!

And for those who missed it, Googie Baba reminds us that Monday was National Human Sex Trafficking Day. Take time to remember how many women are exploited every day worldwide and could use help.

Butterflyfish is pondering Clownfish’s quirkiness

Southern Female Lawyer shares an awesome letter from Satan to Pat Robertson (lol)

LEO is starting to doubt again…

Proto Atty and I have been living the same sexist “man-knows-best” workweek. Grrr!

Lag Liv is remembering to take a little time for herself and her health in the midst of litigation craziness

Certifiable is getting much-needed (and hopefully much-improved!) help!

CM is getting involved (awesome!)

Cee has her eyes on the prize (right pick, IMO!)

Dakota is moving on (go give her some support, Mamas)

If you would like to have your blog added to the MILP blogroll for weekly review or would like us to consider a specific post, drop the hostess(es) an email or leave a comment at their respective sites.

**Hat tip to the “original” Roundup Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground and Thanks, But No Thanks

January 12th, 2010  Posted at   Women in Law
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So I had my review today. Big Boss was there with Direct Boss. It was weird…

No negative comments on written form – all sunshine and “excellent”. Duh. Cause I am. ;-) But were there goals for this year? No. Feedback on areas that need improvement? Not a one. Apparently I am perfect… yeah, right.

I did get promised that I could do some live training this year and that I could take the professional development certification exam I had requested; however, I have to take it two months later and a few hours farther away from home.

I also got a “promotion” and a “raise”. Um… promotion = change in title to match my colleague in another group who gets paid half my salary and does half the work. Yeah, that’s not so great. Raise amount = equivalent of about 3.5 hours of OT every week for 52 weeks. I called them on both and they weren’t happy that I wasn’t jumping for joy. However, I gently reminded Big Boss that last week he told me I should work “as many hours as necessary to get the job done” because he isn’t hiring any more permanent staff and asked him how he envisioned that working at this pay scale. He said, “Mea culpa” and said he and Direct Boss would revisit the “raise”. As for the title, I lobbied for a change to a manager title and was told that is something to aspire to. Harumph. So I said I’d just keep my current title, thank you very much, and they could just formalize it in our HR system (right now my title is on my business card and e-mail signature but the HR system has something like Paralegal IV).

Weirdest thing, though. Direct Boss came down to my office after the meeting saying he wanted to make me happy, expressing concern that I was disappointed with what he thought was a great review. I told him that I was hoping for more feedback and concrete goals (I said as much during the review) and that I would like him to rewrite my job description. I also asked him to please work on the title if nothing else. They have hired a third woman with this same title and being one of three just doesn’t suit me. I’ve worked hard for two years, made my mark, done work for the entire dept., etc, and I’m hopeful they will put their money (and title) where their mouths are. We will see…

I’m just proud of myself for negotiating. Thanks to Mr. V for great help on the preparation!! Big Boss reaffirmed that he wants me to continue to work on projects for the department and for a completely different department he oversees. Hmmm… Money, mouth…

January 11th, 2010  Posted at   Law School, MILS, Mommy stuff, Women in Law
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This week’s MILP Roundup is up at Butterflyfish’s place. The Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, Attorney Work Product and Butterflyfish blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Back here this weekend.

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