[Loyalist]

If they want to shoot for partnership at a big-name firm, they'd better be prepared to put in 70 hour weeks for six or seven of their prime childbearing years.

If they want a family and a life, there are lots of smaller firms, government, and corporate counsel slots.

[independentmind]

I understand the workload of attorneys quite well. I have several of them in my family.:)

I still disagree with what you said earlier. In fact, in some of the more presitigious firms, it is considered quite a faux pas not to have a wife without a certain pedigree.