Winston Receives Two 2018 Yale Law Women Category Honors for Family-Friendly Programs and Performance

In recognition of Winston & Strawn’s trailblazing initiatives in support of working caregivers and families, Yale Law Women has awarded the firm with two category honors in its thirteenth annual Female & Family Friendly Firms Top Ten Report. Researched and produced by Yale Law School alumni, the report celebrates those firms that have demonstrated superior performance in specific categories of female and family friendliness.

The first category, “Parental & Family Accommodations,” highlights law firms with the greatest number of weeks offered for paid primary caregiver leave. In May 2016, Winston announced a new gender-neutral parental leave program that offers all U.S.-based associates and of counsel paid parental leave up to 20 weeks. The firm also enhanced its leave policies for U.S.-based practice attorneys and staff. The announcement was covered in various media outlets, including Crain’s Chicago Business and Huff Post.

Winston is also lauded in the “Part-Time & Flex-Time” category for having the highest percentage of attorneys promoted to partner in 2017 who have part-time or flexible full-time work schedules. Working parents feel supported at Winston, and have taken advantage of the firm’s expanded parental leave policy.