We strive to offer our attorneys and employees a flexible and comfortable work environment so that they may balance the demands of their careers with their personal interests and obligations. Some examples of things we do to promote a comfortable environment for everyone.

• To help parents balance work and family, we have a National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accredited Children's Center in our Washington, DC office for up to 55 children. We also have arrangements for additional enrolled spots and backup care in our Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC offices. We provide up to 15 days of free backup care when regular childcare arrangements fall through. In our Washington, DC, Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, we provide a private room for nursing mothers, and we make accommodations for privacy in the firm’s other offices.
  
  
• Approximately 10 percent of our attorneys and staff work on a reduced-hours arrangement. Our part-time policy allows attorneys and staff who work at least 25 hours per week to qualify for health and welfare benefits. This schedule is provided as an option to help our employees balance their work and home lives, while still maintaining benefits. Two of our partners serve as Part-Time Advisors to associates.
  
  
• We offer flex-time and compressed work schedules so that employees can stagger or adjust their work schedule.  Some of our employees also work part-time schedules with shorter work days to allow them to get home early.
  
  
• Our generous paid maternity/adoption/parental leave policy includes 18 weeks paid leave for maternity and/or adoption (for the primary caretaker), and six weeks paid parental or "paternity" leave (for the secondary caretaker). This leave applies equally to attorneys and staff members, regardless of tenure with our firm. In addition, we provide a generous contribution toward the cost of an adoption with no lifetime maximum benefit and our insurance coverage currently includes fertility treatments with a benefit up to US$30,000. To assist those who need to take leave to care for a seriously ill family member, we will provide up to six weeks of paid Primary Caregiver Leave.
  
  
• Domestic partners and their children are eligible for coverage under our medical, dental, vision, and dependent life insurance programs.
  
  
• Our "Healthy Incentive Program" provides a monetary incentive for our employees to stay fit and healthy. To augment this effort, we also feature an annual Health Awareness Day and Fitness Fair. The Washington, DC office also features an athletic facility open free-of-charge to all staff.
  
  
• Throughout our organization, we host a variety of family-friendly functions including "Take Your Daughters & Sons to Work Day," summer picnics, a July 4th celebration, a Halloween parade, holiday parties, children's art shows, and an annual arts & crafts fair.
  
  
• All of our offices have a "Garden Room," where attorneys can gather for refreshments at the end of every day.

Arnold & Porter LLP is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, veteran's status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Our firm's policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. To achieve our goal of equal opportunity, Arnold & Porter maintains an affirmative action plan through which it makes good-faith efforts to recruit, hire, and advance in employment qualified minorities, females, disabled individuals, and covered veterans. EOE M/F/V/D.