Flexible Working

International Edition

Weil Gotshal Implements Four-Day Office Mandate in London

By Jack Womack | August 29, 2023

A number of other US firms have introduced a mandatory four-day in-office week in recent months, including Ropes & Gray and Vinson & Elkins.

2 minute read

International Edition

Gender Diversity: Firms Must Jump Off the Bandwagon and Focus on What Works

By Dana Denis-Smith | August 14, 2023

Next 100 Years founder and former lawyer Dana Denis-Smith calls for a more strategic look at diversity initiatives, focusing on the changes that make a real difference.

4 minute read
International Edition

Vinson & Elkins Mandates Four Days in All Offices

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | August 9, 2023

The Vinson & Elkins policy applies to most lawyers and business professionals, including at the firm's international offices in London, Dubai and Tokyo.

2 minute read

International Edition

Corporate Legal Departments Need to Show Their Value, GCs Say

By Christopher Niesche | August 8, 2023

In-house counsel need to be present and technology, including generative AI, is not going to be able to replace a business's trust in a human lawyer, chief legal officers said at the ALM General Counsel Summit in Sydney.

4 minute read
International Edition

Quinn Emanuel, Fried Frank Tell UK Lawyers to WFH Throughout August

By Aishah Hussain | August 8, 2023

The firms are continuing a new, mostly US-firm-led tradition of allowing staff to work remotely during the summer.

2 minute read
International Edition

Ropes & Gray's Move to 4 Days in the Office Includes International Offices

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | August 1, 2023

Ropes & Gray confirmed that the four days a week in the office also applies to lawyers in London and Dublin, and said lawyers in Asia offices have returned to pre-pandemic norms of five days a week in the office.

4 minute read
International Edition

Ropes Is Latest Law Firm to Require Lawyers to Work Four Days a Week in Office

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | July 27, 2023

Ropes leaders told lawyers that the additional time in the office will help the firm be successful in a highly competitive market through collaboration.

2 minute read
International Edition

Australian Law Firms Are Flexible About Flexible Work

By Christopher Niesche | July 25, 2023

While most firms say they want lawyers in the office "more often than not," they are not setting hard-and-fast rules. "We know one size fits no one," said MinterEllison chief talent officer Alissa Anderson.

4 minute read
International Edition

As Big Law Marches to Most Days in Office, Some 'Bank' Remote Days

By Andrew Maloney | July 17, 2023

The Davis Polk and Weil office policies are an acknowledgment that lawyers have been effective at working remotely, and it would be difficult to take away the concept in one fell swoop, some analysts said.

6 minute read
International Edition

Weil Gotshal to Require Four Days of Office Attendance

By Dan Roe | July 11, 2023

Weil is the third Am Law 50 New York law firm to require four days of attendance per week, following moves by Skadden and Davis Polk.

2 minute read
Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: What's The Path Forward for Distributed Firms?

By Dan Packel | December 8, 2023

Attorneys who've already abandoned the brick-and-mortar model are likely committed to their new way of work even with uncertainty facing the most established distributed firm. But most others seem content with hybrid work.

4 minute read
The American Lawyer

FisherBroyles Litigation and Corporate Leaders Depart, Presaging Mass Exodus From Am Law 200's First Distributed Firm

By Justin Henry | December 1, 2023

Joel Ferdinand and Michael Pierson, the former global managing partners of the firm's litigation and global corporate practices, have resigned and are planning to launch a new venture. They could be joined by 140 of their former colleagues.

3 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Law Firms Look for City Safety Solutions Following Phila. Mayoral Election

By Amanda O'Brien | November 9, 2023

Leaders are hopeful Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker will serve as a "cheerleader" who can help people feel more comfortable in Center City, helping with their own efforts to bring personnel back to the office.

4 minute read
Law.com

Your 'Entitled' Associates Want to Work Hard. They Just Need a Good Reason

By Tracy LaLonde | October 31, 2023

Being an associate in 2023 is something entirely different than it used to be, and the newest generation of lawyers have different expectations.

6 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Looking to Downsize Because of Hybrid Work

By Amanda O'Brien | October 11, 2023

With its lease at 1500 Market St. expiring in the next year, the firm is looking to shrink from 80,000 square feet over four floors to 50,000 square feet spread over two.

4 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

With Phila. Firms 'Stuck in a Rut' on Office Attendance, Cozen Earns Plaudits for Fresh Approach

By Amanda O'Brien | September 29, 2023

One local firm leader called the firm's policy of asking partners to assign work to office attendees "a good effort" to bring people back in.

5 minute read
New York Law Journal

Law Firms Find 'Back to the Office' Means Different Things for Different People

By Jack Womack | Justin Henry | September 28, 2023

International firms are torn between setting firmwide office mandates, in the name of fairness and consistency, and recognizing varied expectations across cultures and regions.

9 minute read
The American Lawyer

With Flexibility and Changing Norms, 'Side Hustles' May Be on the Rise in Big Law

By Andrew Maloney | September 27, 2023

Some observers point to growing skepticism about how the legal industry has historically operated, others credit more time away from the office as a result of the pandemic.

5 minute read
Legaltech News

Technology Is the Great Equalizer in a Hybrid Workforce

By Jennifer Sherman, CARET | September 26, 2023

As law firms adjust to the new dynamics of a remote workforce, firm partners are facing critical decisions that will impact their future opportunities for growth and success.

6 minute read
Law.com

AstraZeneca Accused of Wrongfully Cutting Bonus by $65K for Non-Compliance With Return-to-Office Policy

By Riley Brennan | September 19, 2023

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

3 minute read

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