05120nam 22006014a 450 991082615690332120240515213220.01-4022-3549-61-281-83375-497866118337561-4175-5488-6(CKB)1000000000246569(OCoLC)56946266(CaPaEBR)ebrary10096070(SSID)ssj0000246402(PQKBManifestationID)11211439(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246402(PQKBWorkID)10188447(PQKB)11181522(MiAaPQ)EBC3035152(Au-PeEL)EBL3035152(CaPaEBR)ebr10096070(CaONFJC)MIL183375(EXLCZ)99100000000024656920040528d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSisters-in-law an uncensored guide for women practicing law in the real world /Lisa G. Sherman, Deborah L. Turchiano, Jill R. Schecter1st ed.Naperville, Ill. Sphinx Pub.20041 online resource (290 p.) Includes index.1-57248-378-4 Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Breaking in the Perfect Pair of Shoes: Settling into Sisterhood -- Chapter 1: Sizing Up Your Solemate: Where to Practice Law -- The Stilettos: The Full-Service Law Firm -- Comfortable Platform Heels: The Mid-Sized Law Firm -- Ski Boots: The Highly-Specialized, Boutique Law Firm -- Orthopedic Shoes: The 9-to-5, In-House Counsel Gig -- Mary Janes: Government Gigs -- Rollerblades: Hang-A-Shingle Shop -- Getting Off on the Wrong Foot -- Chapter 2: Picking Out the Perfect Pair of Shoes: Securing Your First Legal Position -- Questions -- Speed Dating: The Screening Interview -- The Date that Never Ends: The Call-Back Interview -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Sisterhood in Your New Shoes: Surviving the First Week -- The Office Makeover -- Batten Down the Hatches -- Why Magellan Should Have Been a Lawyer -- Sisterly Tricks of the Trade -- The Annual Billathon -- Chapter 4: Familiarizing Yourself with the Shoe Department: Sizing Up the Cast of Characters -- Your Superiors -- Your Comrades -- The Support Staff -- Part II: Footloose and Fancy Free: Having a Life as a Sister -- Chapter 5: Sisters' Favorite Topic of Conversation: Food, Food, and More Food -- Breakfast to Go -- There are No Free Lunches: Working Meals -- Lethal Legal Snacking -- Dining on the Home Front -- The Evolution of the Sister Cook -- After Dinner Drinks Anyone? -- Chapter 6: For Sisters' Eyes Only: The Y-Factor -- The Sport Gene -- Taming the Testosterone Tyrant -- The Magnetic Force between the Y-Chromosome and the X-Chromosome -- Marital Mayhem -- Chapter 7: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Sisterhood Meets Motherhood -- Taking the Pregnancy Plunge -- Voluntary Disclosure? Making the Big Announcement -- The Fine Art of Practicing Prego.Motherhood, Now What? -- Returning to the Firm -- The Final Assessment -- Chapter 8: Sisterly Secrets: Simultaneously Lawyering and Living a Full Life -- Chained to Your Desk -- Escaping Alcatraz -- After the Great Escape -- Relax! -- Part III: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: Everything They Don't Teach Sisters in Law School about Practicing Law -- Chapter 9: Strutting in Your New Shoes: The Nuts and Bolts of Practicing Law -- Understanding the Beast Within -- Appreciating the Queen Beast -- Socializing the Beast -- Beauty and the Beast -- Chapter 10: Fighting for the Perfect Pair of Shoes: Litigators -- Sisters' Secret Weapons -- The Discovery Diet -- Taking Your Act on the Road -- T-R-I-A-L -- Our Closing Statements -- Chapter 11: Persuasively Negotiating a Shoe Purchase: Transactional Lawyers -- The Decision -- If You Don't Go to Court, Are You a Lawyer? -- So What's the Big Deal? -- Know the Lingo -- Transactional Bliss -- Chapter 12: Finding the Right Fit: Sisterly Specialties -- Finding Your Glass Slipper -- Living Happily Ever After -- Chapter 13: Wearing Running Shoes: The Great Escape -- Stage 1: The Honeymoon -- Stage 2: Disenchantment -- Stage 3: Window Shopping and Exploration -- Stage 4: The Offer and Sealing the Deal -- Stage 5: Confessing Your Affair and the Breakup -- Stage 6: The New Honeymoon Period -- Stage 7: The Reconciliation -- Stage 8: Punishment and Retribution -- Our Final Swan Song -- Endnotes -- Appendix A: Acronyms -- Appendix B: Frequently Used Phrases -- Index -- About the Authors -- Back Cover.Women lawyersUnited StatesPractice of lawUnited StatesWomen lawyersPractice of law340/.023/73Sherman Lisa G1619150Turchiano Deborah1619151Schecter Jill R1619152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826156903321Sisters-in-law3951258UNINA