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 morning. Cee has it this weekend.
Posts Tagged ‘Women in Law’
Weekly MILP Roundup #143
28
Mar
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.
Butterflyfish illustrates a perfect way to piss off a judge (P.S. I used to work for a judge and when boxes of unnecessary docs came in like that, they would sit in his corner behind everything else because it irritated him so much).
PD Surrogate is feeling out of place and looking for kindred spirits
-R- could use some support. Cancer sucks!
LEO is facing some major but exciting life decisions
Proto Attorney has had a week of suckage all around and the upcoming week isn’t looking much better.
Lag Liv reviews her amazingly balanced day with a toddler.
Certifiable can’t catch a break
CM reflects on quality versus quantity.
Googie Baba shares her mother’s awesomeness
Momttorney reflects on the moments that matter and shares a neat idea for husband and daughter quality time.
Dakota took her kids into space
Go give Southern Female Lawyer your support during a very scary health crisis.
Cee reminds us that we are on our own now
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
A Leetle Stress
20
Mar
So I have recently gotten a promotion and a move to exempt status. Since then, I have been working an average 11-hour day. Butt hits chair at 9, rarely, if ever, take lunch, and it’s unusual that I leave before 7:30 and without at least another hour or so of work to do from home. Since my “raise” was equivalent to 5 OT hours/week at my former salary, they are most definitely getting their moneys worth and then some. That said, I’m really enjoying what I’m doing.
I have been working on a large initiative for about 9 months that finally kicked off this week and has been super successful so far. Another related initiative launches in two weeks and, while a bit more intimidating due to the number of things that could go wrong, I am up for the challenge. Unfortunately, I had a small team of people helping me until a few weeks ago when I realized that their system wasn’t able to properly support my initiative for a variety of reasons. When I told them I was going to go another way until they could get their system in line with my expectations, I lost their help because the department head took it personally. Sigh… So I’m a one-woman team right now on a project that touches upwards of 40,000 people. Fun! 
Also, my boss has left the company… 
Can’t really elaborate but, regardless of why, it’s a good thing.
A not-so-good thing is that I have to be interviewed by a BigLaw attorney next week representing my company in some very unpleasant litigation prior to a full deposition in a case where I have been named as a key witness. I’m nervous. The reality is that most of my “knowledge” is hearsay, but still… Kinda wishing I’d taken some litigation classes to know how to handle this. I tend to want to be helpful and am too much of an over-sharer. My plan going into this is to answer the questions I’m asked and try to restrain my typical “diarrhea of the mouth.” Sigh… No fun.
Wish I could tell you more but, alas, I must shut my mouth now. Suffice it to say that work is not boring these days.
Weekly MILP Roundup #139 and #140
08
Mar
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
Weekly MILP Roundup #138
22
Feb
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.
Weekly MILP Roundup #137
15
Feb
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.
Weekly MILP Roundup #136
07
Feb
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
Weekly MILP Roundup 135
01
Feb
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.
Weekly MILP Roundup #134
25
Jan
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.
More hmm…
18
Jan
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.
