Blog #31

In every family you will most likely find them trying to juggle work, kids, school, and other activities. In legal professions the parents face the same things and they always have to miss time with their families because of the extensive amount of work they have to do. The problem with women is that they are the ones that take care of the kids the majority of the time so they find it very hard t0 be away from their kids. Women lawyers have to find a balance between working as a lawyer and working as a mother, and at times it may be very difficult. Many times women find themselves needing to be at two places at once but at the same time they are also working at their office and they need to be there too. Mothers really need to have flexible hours because they are the primary care taker of their kids. Having flexible hours may not allow them to have great credibility because they are taking off of work to tend to their kids. This may make them receive more criticism because they are missing a lot of work and they may not be depicted as real lawyers because they are hardly ever there. They should also have telecommuting available to them because there are many times when kids get sick and they need to be home. Allowing them time off of work throughout the day may conflict with their clients and they could begin to lose their client which means they will eventually lose their status in the firm also. When people see that their lawyer is working at scattered hours then it may seem that they are unreliable and you won't be able to reach them when you truly need to, so that will drive clients away from this lawyer. Even though there is a phone that could be used for communication while the lawyer is tending to her kids there still is a fear that they may never be able to meet face to face until the day of the trail and that may be unacceptable to many clients. Another problem is that telecommuniting will not be as effective because they do not have a supervisor standing over them or a male to apparently tell them what is right or what is wrong.