Recommended reading and listening

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MothersEsquire Founder, Michelle Browning Coughlin, on the Lawyerist: How to Build a Mom (and Dad!) Friendly Law Firm. 

On why women need a strong network:

• Legal Careers of Parents and Child Caregivers: Results and Best Practices from a National Study of the Legal Profession

• 'Double Bind' Explains The Dearth Of Women In Top Leadership Positions

• How the Motherhood Penalty Hurts Everyone, Huffington Post (2016)

• Law Firms a ‘Petri Dish’ for Bias, Gender Inequity

• Implicit Bias: A Primer for the Courts

• Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In 2.0 and Corporate Gender Bias

• The Maternal Wall, Harvard Business Review (2004)

On refining or your skill set. or refreshing it after a period of time away from practice:

• On Ramp Fellowship

• 10 Tips for Coming Back to Work After a Career Break

On networking:

• Women Supporting Women (a Huffington Post series)

• News: Chicago Lawyer Networking Article (with emphasis on women)

On parenting:

• 6 Tips for Returning to Work After Maternity Leave

• What Happy Working Mothers Know: How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Lead to a Healthy and Happy Work/Life Balance

• Lawyer Moms Are the Scariest Moms

• Working Mom Guilt (a Huffington Post series)

• Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave

And watch the excellent educational video series from Lean In found here, especially the video below about Maternal Wall Bias created for Lean In by Joan C. Williams, Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law.