On September 19, 2013, MFAN members Karin Ciano and Emerald Gratz led a freelance work discussion at the Minnesota Women Lawyers (MWL) Professional Parents affinity group meeting. The hour-long meeting was attended both in-person and via telephone conference by a dozen MWL members. Emerald and Karin shared their personal background stories, describing the paths that led them to become freelance attorneys. In roundtable discussion style, Professional Parents group members asked questions about freelance work, including how to establish and operate a freelance practice in the current Twin Cities legal market. Overall, the meeting was a great success and everyone enjoyed a lively, honest, and open conversation about how to practice law while maintaining a good work-life balance. MFAN thanks MWL Professional Parents group co-chairs Alona Rindal and Melissa Manderschied for the invitation and great conversation!
This was such a fun conversation – I really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing your stories. If any MWL PP members want to talk further about this, please be in touch!