Latest Book by California Western Professor Explores How Married Lawyers "Share the Pants"
Professor and daughter team up to share essays on work-life balance of husbands of attorneys

SAN DIEGO, March 4, 2010 - When California Western Professor Jacquelyn H. Slotkin wrote her first book on women in the legal profession, she discovered something unexpected. Men married to lawyers have just as hard of a time balancing work and life as the women they love.

In her latest book, Sharing the Pants: Essays on the Work-Life Balance by Men Married to Lawyers, readers get a first-hand perspective of the unique challenges of being the man behind the woman.

"Work-life balance is not just a woman's issue," writes Slotkin. "Men also seek a work-life balance. Significant numbers of Gen-X and Gen-Y male professionals are demanding balance for themselves and their families."

Through a collection of first-person essays by the husbands of women lawyers, Slotkin offers readers lessons and suggestions for achieving work-life balance and building lasting relationships.

Excerpts from the Book
"I don't want to leave the impression that Rana and I are not serious people or that I wasn't dead serious about fixing San Diego's problems, but everyone has to have balance, and the balancing point for us is shared laughter. No matter how hard a thing is to do, if you can keep your sense of humor with you, the heaviness of the endeavor is more manageable, and the shared laughter brings you through the marathon."
      - The Honorable Gerald R. Sanders, Mayor of San Diego

"Balance? Depends on what you mean. I prefer to think of myself as a father and husband who works as a lawyer and who happens to enjoy that time. The struggle not to let the "career" define the person who I am can be a challenge. Sometimes I lose that struggle, but the fact that I know I am losing seems to be a victory. Small consolation, but it balances out and it works for now."
      - Patrick L. Hosey, President of the San Diego County Bar Association

About Sharing the Pants
Sharing the Pants: Essays on the Work-Life Balance by Men Married to Lawyers was published in December 2009 by Vanderplas Publishing. It is available for purchase from the publisher's website.

The book is co-authored by Slotkin's daughter, Samantha Slotkin Goodman, who also co-authored Slotkin's book on women in law, It's Harder in Heels: Essays by Women Lawyers Achieving Work-Life Balance.  

About Slotkin
Slotkin directs the LL.M. and M.C.L. Programs for Foreign Lawyers at California Western. She is the former director of the Legal Skills Program and a Legal Skills professor. Slotkin developed the law school's Academic Support Program for entering diversity students. Her doctoral research was a cross-cultural study of role conflict experienced by college-educated women. She taught at the University of Arizona. After law school graduation, Slotkin practiced in a San Diego law firm before returning to teaching. She received her bachelor's from University of Pittsburgh, M.A. from West Virginia University, Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, and J.D. from the University of San Diego.