In the spirit of Mother’s Day, we’re bringing you the top five blogs for female lawyers, specifically, for lawyer moms.

Any female lawyer who is also juggling the job of being a mother will tell you that “juggling” is the right word. The career of law is difficult enough as it is, without the struggles of motherhood.

Some of these blogs talk about legal issues, others talk about the struggles of being a working mother.

So here’s to mommy lawyers everywhere, as we present our top five lawyer mom blogs.

  • Law Mom
  • Blog. This blog is an ABA Blawg and tells the tales of motherhood and
  • law. The author is a litigator in Illinois.
  • Attorney Diaries. Here’s a blog with practical tips containing work advice for new lawyers and for mommy lawyers. As the description states, the law is the confessions of a young attorney making her way through a ravaged economy. It discusses the delicate balance that many women have to face not only with motherhood but also in the profession of law.
  • Blue Suit
  • Mom: While this blog isn’t dedicated only to lawyers, it has the most
  • relevant advice to working women and lawyer moms than many other sites out
  • there. It discusses practical advice on maintaining a high-powered career while
  • being a mom, such as juggling after-school activities with busy work schedules, keeping in touch with the office while on the go and other practical tools to help female executives stay afloat.
  • The
  • Mommy Blawg: This blog is written by a lawyer mom in Idaho. Her blog covers
  • a variety of legal issues that are relevant to mothers, including tax breaks for
  • home schoolers and laws relating to midwifery.
  • But I Do Have a Law Degree. The author of this blog is a lawyer turned stay-at-home mom. It also features a series
  • of posts by guest bloggers who share their stories on work-life balance and
  • parenthood.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Related Resources:

  • O’Melveny
  • Helps New Parents Transition Back to Billing Hours (FindLaw’s Greedy
  • Associates)
  • Work-Life
  • Balance: Can the Greedy Associate Have it All (FindLaw’s Greedy
  • Associates)
  • When
  • Mommy Track Leads Out the Door (Jezebel)

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