Of the most elite Biglaw firms — the Am Law 100 — 76 have offices in states that have banned or severely limited access to abortion rights in the wake of the Dobbs decision. Biglaw’s rapid expansion into Texas sure looms large. For those thousands who work at those firms (and folks who work at other firms that key their benefits off of what the top of Biglaw does), the VERY important question is — what are they going to do about it?
Sure, things like pro bono opportunities and devoting the firm’s mighty resources to the fight for abortion rights is incredibly important — vital even. But let’s take it out of the esoteric and talk about the actual folks working at those firms who are finding out right now that they’re pregnant. What will those firms do for employees who suddenly find themselves cut off from abortion, and potentially a wide range of fertility treatments?
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All sorts of major companies are making news for stepping up for their employees and covering travel expenses for those who wish to access abortion care. Will Biglaw do the same?
Above the Law reached out to Am Law 100 firms that operate offices in locations (all 76 of them) where abortion has already been banned/restricted to find out what their plan is — they did have eight weeks (from the leak of the draft decision) to figure it out. We’ll be updating the...
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