Balancing law, children
Ami Parekh is a 29-year-old joint J.D.–M.D. candidate graduating from Yale Law School this May. In her first year at Yale, she got involved with Universities Allied for Essential Medicines; the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics; and the American Constitutional Society.
But she does not have time for those activities and the late-night meetings they entail any more. These days, she leaves the Law School every night at 5 p.m. to pick up her daughter from day care.
Parekh’s choice to focus on her family is uncommon among her fellow law students, and representative...
Good article on balancing law, children. This is not specific to the law field. In the counseling field there is also pressure to work evening & weekend hours, which would cause abandonment of our own children at home. Employers just don't seem to "Get It," when people need employment to survive and companies/agencies are non-flexible about work hours.
Thank You for posting this ongoing American-culture dilema.