Law firms

Work/life benefits compared

Most firms offer a suite of fairly standard benefits, like the 401(k) retirement plan, contributions to health and dental plans, and subsidized gym membership. Most also offer reduced or part time schedules of some description, usually for associates who’ve been with the firm for at least a certain period of time.

Vacation Weeks Paid Primary Caregive Leave Paid Secondary Caregiver Leave Adoption Surrogacy Fee Flexible Work Arrangement Retirement Plan Medical Dental Plan
A&O Shearman
Undisclosed
20 weeks
14 weeks
No
4 days in the office
401(k)
Yes
Akin
4
20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
Yes
401(k) plan which allows pre-tax, Roth and after-tax contributions; Student loan payment assistance for first year associates; 529 college savings plan
Yes
Alston & Bird
Flexible Time Off
18 weeks
4 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Arnold & Porter
Undisclosed
18 weeks
12 weeks
Yes (Adoption only)
50% spent in office
N/A
N/A
Ashurst Perkins Coie
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Axinn
4
20 weeks
4 weeks
Yes
2 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Baker Botts
4
18 weeks
18 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
BakerHostetler
4
10 weeks
10 weeks
Yes
Yes
Undisclosed
Yes
Bracewell
4
18 weeks
6 weeks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Brown Rudnick
Unlimited
20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes (Adoption only)
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Cahill
4
18 weeks
12 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Cleary Gottlieb
4
21-23 weeks
15 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Clifford Chance
4
Up to 18 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Cooley
4
12-20 weeks
12-20 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Covington & Burling
4
18 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Cozen O'Connor
Undisclosed
10 weeks
10 weeks
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Cravath
4
18-20 weeks
18-20 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Up to 6 (dependent on time spent at firm)
18 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Debevoise & Plimpton
4
12 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Dechert
4
20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
DLA Piper
Unlimited
18 weeks
18 weeks
N/A
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Duane Morris
4
16 weeks
8 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Elsberg Baker & Maruri
Undisclosed
18 weeks
12 weeks
Undisclosed
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (US)
4
20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes (Adoption only)
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner (US)
Unlimited
20 weeks
14 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Fish & Richardson
Unlimited
18 weeks
8 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Foley & Lardner
Unlimited
Up to 18 weeks
Up to 18 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Foley Hoag
Undisclosed
18 weeks
18 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Fox Rothschild
Undisclosed
8 to 20 weeks
8 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Freshfields
4
22 weeks
14 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Fried Frank
Unlimited
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Unlimited
18 weeks
Up to 18 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Goodwin
Undisclosed
18 weeks
18 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Goulston & Storrs
4
18 weeks
18 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Greenberg Glusker
3
18 weeks
4 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Greenberg Traurig
3
Up to 18 weeks
Up to 6 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gunderson
Unlimited
22 weeks
10 weeks
Yes
Undisclosed
Yes
Yes
Haynes and Boone
Up to 4 (dependent on time at firm)
18 weeks
4 weeks
No
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Holland & Knight
Unlimited
16 weeks
6-10 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
4
16 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
HSF Kramer
5
20 weeks
12 weeks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hunton Andrews Kurth
2.8
18 weeks
12 weeks
Yes (Adoption only)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Irell & Manella
Undisclosed
20 weeks
8 weeks
No
Yes
Undisclosed
Yes
Jackson Walker
Undisclosed
18 weeks
3 weeks
Yes (Adoption only)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Jenner & Block
Undisclosed
23 weeks
Up to 12 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Jones Day
4
22 weeks
Undisclosed
No
Yes
Undisclosed
Yes
Katten
Unlimited
20 weeks
12 weeks
No
2 days in the office
Yes
Yes
King & Spalding
4
22 weeks
12 weeks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Kirkland & Ellis
Undisclosed
18-26 weeks
10-26 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Latham & Watkins
Unlimited
Up to 26 weeks
14 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Linklaters
5
12 weeks
12 weeks
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Mayer Brown
Undisclosed
18 weeks
12 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
McDermott Will & Schulte
Undisclosed
Up to 20 weeks
Up to 12 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Milbank
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Mintz Levin
Undisclosed
18 weeks
8 weeks
Undisclosed
60% in the office
Yes
Yes
Morgan Lewis
4
Up to 22 weeks
Up to 12 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Undisclosed
Yes
Morrison & Foerster
Unlimited
Up to 22 weeks
Up to 8 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Undisclosed
Up to 26 weeks
18 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Norton Rose Fulbright
4
18 weeks
18 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
O'Melveny & Myers
Up to 4 weeks
Up to 22 weeks
14 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Flexible Time Off
24 weeks
16 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
Unlimited
22 weeks
22 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Paul Hastings
Varied
22 weeks
14 weeks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Paul, Weiss
4
18-20 weeks
Undisclosed
Yes (Adoption only)
Undisclosed
Yes
Yes
Pillsbury
4
12 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
Undisclosed
Yes
Yes
Polsinelli
Undisclosed
14 weeks
4 weeks
No
5 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Proskauer Rose
Undisclosed
Up to 20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
Undisclosed
Yes
Yes
Reed Smith
2.8
18 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Richards, Layton & Finger
4
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Seward & Kissel
6
12 weeks
12 weeks
N/A
Yes
Yes
N/A
Seyfarth Shaw
Undisclosed
18 weeks
10 weeks
Yes
2 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Sheppard Mullin
Undisclosed
18-20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Sidley Austin
Unlimited
14 weeks
14 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Simpson Thacher
4
Up to 18 -20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Skadden
Undisclosed
Up to 22 weeks
Up to 12 weeks of paid leave
Yes
Undisclosed
Yes
Yes
Sterne Kessler
Undisclosed
16 weeks
8 weeks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sullivan & Cromwell
4
Up to 20 weeks
12 weeks
Yes (Adoption only)
Undisclosed
Yes
Yes
Vedder Price
4
Up to 10 weeks
Up to 10 weeks
No
3 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Venable
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Vinson & Elkins
3
18 weeks
Up to 9 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Yes
Yes
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
4
Up to 20 weeks
Up to 10 weeks
Yes
4 days in the office
Undisclosed
Yes
White & Case
Unlimited
12 weeks
12 weeks
Yes
60% in the office
Yes
Yes
Wiley
4
Up to 18 weeks
Up to 18 weeks
No
50% in the office
Yes
Yes
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
4
Up to 18 weeks
10 weeks
Undisclosed
3 days in the office
Yes
yes
WilmerHale
4
18 weeks
Undisclosed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wilson Sonsini
Discretionary Time off
24 weeks
16 weeks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Winston Taylor
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed