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The Place to Network: Innovative Networking Strategies for Women Attorneys
The glass ceiling ' the 'old boy' network ' work/life balance challenges: Women certainly know how it feels to have to fight for their share of legal business, and sometimes to fight for the very existence of their legal careers. If pressed, undoubtedly any woman attorney could come up with a litany of reasons why she cannot be a rainmaker or proactive networker, ranging from responsibilities at home to discrimination or being underestimated in terms of capabilities by bosses or clients, both male and female.
How many women have walked into a boardroom only to be sent to fetch coffee, even if they are lead outside counsel? In addition, women's legal careers are often interrupted by family obligations or motherhood, making their career path more of a zigzag than a straight line. Fortunately, there are a growing number of female attorneys who have become talented rainmakers despite these looming pressures, proving that raking in the business is indeed possible for women, even while juggling a myriad of professional and personal responsibilities.
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Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel
'Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel is a continuation of the discussion of client expectations and the disconnect that often occurs. And although the outside attorneys should be pursuing how inside-counsel actually think, inside counsel should make an effort to impart this information without waiting to be asked.