Created in 2014 by two male associates, the group is an important support network and resource for balancing work and family life. The Attorney Parents Group is open to all partners, of counsel and associates regardless of whether they have children and works closely with the firm’s other analogous group and initiatives to identify and adopt best practices that will advance these goals.

Here are a few of the ways the Attorney Parents Group supports and encourages working parents, both inside and outside the firm:

Sharing Experiences And Resources

Regular events:  The Attorney Parents Group hosts lunches and other events at which MTO attorneys discuss their personal experiences, offer advice and answer questions. These informal events provide opportunities for honest discussion of the challenges and joys of raising young children while working as an attorney, and have included panel presentations, interviews of attorneys (including by their children!) and presentations by outside speakers.

Resources:  The Attorney Parents Group maintains an email forum in which attorneys can ask questions and offer recommendations, advice and support regarding raising young children, as well as a compilation of past recommendations and resources.

Connection:  The Attorney Parents Group also fosters connection among attorneys who want to address issues facing current and future parents, including new attorneys and those returning from parental leave, to help navigate the demands of being a working parent generally, and specifically a working parent at MTO.

Community Involvement

Munger Tolles attorneys regularly participate in panel discussions at law schools addressing the experience of working as a lawyer while raising young kids. For each of the past three years, for example, members of the Attorney Parents Group have assembled a panel of MTO attorneys to discuss balancing work and family at UCLA School of Law. Our attorneys have presented similar panels at Stanford and other law schools in recent years.

To learn more about the Attorney Parents Group, please email [email protected].