"The problem is that law firms look at part-time lawyers in terms of short-term cost rather than long-term investments."

"If you're going to make it work as a part-time lawyer, you have to be somebody who understands what it really means to be in a service business."

Judith Moran, 60, a former nurse and psychologist and now a part-time lawyer, was given piano lessons as a little girl but not dance.

He grew up in strained financial circumstances in Powell, Wyo., where his father worked as a part-time lawyer and land developer.

Jessica Capelle, a 35-year-old part-time lawyer from Houston, wants to get a flu shot this year.

The office had two part-time lawyers then.

Employers do tend to perceive part-time lawyers as less capable neophytes who are not "serious" about their profession.

Why can't two part-time lawyers count as one full-time lawyer, each receiving half of the benefits?

Hauppauge has six full-time and two part-time lawyers, and they review 2,000 to 2,500 consumer complaints a year.

The article says all 12 of the part-time lawyers "happened to be female."