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The Place to Network: Innovative Networking Strategies for Women Attorneys

By Christy Burke
July 31, 2007

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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