Married lawyers share the pants
If you thought being a lawyer was hard, consider being married to one. According to Jacquelyn Slotkin’s latest book, “Sharing the Pants: Essays on the Work-Life Balance by Men Married to Lawyers,” men married to lawyers face added challenges because of their spouse’s career.
Slotkin, professor at California Western School of Law, uses “Sharing the Pants” to explore the unique challenges of marriage with a lawyer. The book features a collection of first-person essays by the husbands of women lawyers and Slotkin’s suggestions about achieving the ideal work-life balance.
The book is co-authored by Slotkin’s daughter Samantha Slotkin Goodman and follows their book “It’s Harder in Heels: Essays by Women Lawyers Achieving Work-Life Balance,” which offered the perspective of women in law. But Slotkin is quick to point out that “work-life balance is not just a woman’s issue.”
“Men also seek a work-life balance,” explains Slotkin. “Significant numbers of Gen-X and Gen-Y male professionals are demanding balance for themselves and their families.”
(Published by Vandeplas Publishing)
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Expert Testinmony
The second edition of “Expert Testimony: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and the Lawyers Who Examine Them,” by Steven Lubet and Elizabeth I. Boals, gives experts the confidence they need to be comfortable in court.
With Boals as co-author in this second edition, information has expanded and amplifies the original book. New additions include:
- New guidance for experts and lawyers on the development and presentation of expert testimony in the digital age
- Updated analysis of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Updated discussion of the ethical rules governing expert retention and testimony
Steven Lubet is the Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University, where he also directs the award winning Bartlit Center on Trial Strategy.
Elizabeth I. Boals is a practitioner-in-residence and assistant director of the Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program at the American University Washington College of Law.
(Published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy)
