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By Jack Womack | Justin Henry | September 19, 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.
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By Patrick Smith | August 31, 2023
Law firms track everything from badge swipes to keystrokes for their employees. But is putting a person's location in a public forum a bridge too far?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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By Kathleen Pearson | January 30, 2024
"Law firms can address these perspectives and adopt strategies that recognize and honor the different needs and expectations of employees, leadership and clients," Kathleen Pearson writes in the first part of this series.
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By Stephanie Wilkins | January 18, 2024
Legal industry experts make their predictions for what we can expect for hiring, staffing and hybrid work arrangements in 2024.
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By Aishah Hussain | January 5, 2024
That a firm of Slaughters' calibre and conservatism has put forward a solution to an age-old problem is refreshing, but lots of questions remain, writes The London Lawyer.
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By Charlotte Johnstone | January 4, 2024
The scheme, which goes firmwide this week, offers associates "a real chance to reset their career", said Michael Craig, a disputes and investigations associate.
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By Stephanie Wilkins | December 28, 2023
Legal industry experts make their picks for the biggest developments impacting hiring, staffing and return to office in the past year.
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By Brooke M. Mesner | December 8, 2023
Mentorship looks different in 2023, now that remote and hybrid work has become the norm. Here's how to make it work.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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