May 30, 2006
Introduction
Articles
Finding a Way Back to the Law
"Arthur Field, a retired partner at the Shearman & Sterling law firm, was concerned. Mr. Field had watched his daughter, also a lawyer, return to her in-house job after several years at home with her children. But he knew that many Wall Street lawyers who left the work force were overlooked by their former employers because ‘none of the firms are committing to take them back.’ That lack of connection, as he termed it, made neither demographic nor economic sense.” Mentions Joan Williams and Sylvia Ann Hewlett.
Vargas' Pregnant Pause Reignites Job-Kid Debate
"ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas' recent announcement that she would be giving up one of the most prestigious jobs in broadcast news because she is expecting her second child was viewed with skepticism among some television industry observers, who noted the sharp ratings decline at "World News Tonight" this season. But in the awkward merger of her personal and professional lives, others have found a very public reminder of the conundrum facing a generation of women raised to believe they could do whatever they set out to achieve — and are finding that increasingly difficult to fulfill.”