Abstract
When the Project for Attorney Retention ("PAR") was founded a decade ago, part-time partners were rare. Most associates who reduced their hours were taken off the partnership track either expressly or de facto; regardless of what the policy said, in most firms no part-time associate had ever been elevated to partner. Recognizing reduced hours work could not be a real option as long as it was a career ender, PAR developed a best practice balanced-hours policy, which helps eliminate the stigma associated with part-time and keeps those associates who work reduced hours developing professionally toward partnership. As the number of part-time partners increased, PAR received a growing number of inquiries from law firms about part-time partners and best practices to support them. Can reduced-hours work by partners be successful for the firm and clients? How can part-time partners become productive partners and rainmakers? How should part-time partners be compensated? What should firms expect from part-time partners in the way of business development and firm service? This report is PAR's response.
Recommended Citation
Cynthia Thomas Calvert, Linda Bray Chanow, and Linda Marks,
Reduced Hours, Full Success: Part-Time Partners in U.S. Law Firms,
21 Hastings Women's L.J. 223
(2010).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hwlj/vol21/iss2/2