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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a biglaw senior associate and my view is that it is both generational and economic.  The senior (age 45-50+ at my firm) partners are more likely to be married to women who did not have their own careers or at most had administrative careers before they married; once they married a biglaw associate, they didn’t slog through a secretarial job.  Now I’m seeing more junior partners and senior associates married/dating women who are intellectual peers.  A woman who has struggled to earn her own JD/MD/PhD/MBA is not likely to quit just because she met a biglaw associate.  When kids come along, decisions need to be made about whether co-parenting is possible given the schedules and stress of that firm/practice area -- and some spouses do SAHM/downsize their careers then. However, now many don’t because the market has changed.

Back in the day, it seems like making it to the 6th-7th yr was highly indicative of partnership.  Now there is no guarantee whatsoever -- there are associates who are in the 10th-12th+ years who may or may not ever make partner; thus, couples are less likely to decide to have one person stay home in anticipation of partnership because if the biglaw associate doesn’t make it, they can still have a good career doing something else but sometimes there ends up being a few yrs of bouncing around to settle into something good.  That bouncing around is more doable if the other spouse is still bringing home a stable paycheck.[/quote]

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