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Pay Is No. 1 Reason Associates Stay at Their Firm, Says New Study of Canadian Lawyers
By Gail J. Cohen | December 10, 2024
NALP Foundation’s “stay study” also found associates on hybrid schedules were the most engaged and reported the most positive work experiences.
1 minute read
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Are More Canadian Lawyers Bailing on Big Law to Found Their Own Firms?
By Gail J. Cohen | October 28, 2024
Many of this year's new law firm founders are women, who say they were driven by a desire for greater autonomy, flexibility, and the ability to pursue visions they felt were constrained in traditional law firm structures.
4 minute read
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Law Firm and In-House Salaries on the Rise in Canada, Survey Says
By Gail J. Cohen | October 8, 2024
Robert Half Canada's salary guide projects legal employers are on track to raise pay by 2% in 2025.
3 minute read
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Pandemic-Era Mental Health Issues Still Plague Lawyers Who Graduated in 2020: NALP Survey
By Gail J. Cohen | September 25, 2024
Results of a Canadian study are a red flag worthy of industrywide attention, association executives say.
3 minute read
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Singapore's Chief Justice Urges Firms To Build Sustainable Workplaces to Retain Young Talent
By Kasvi Sehgal | September 24, 2024
Recent data pins poor work-life balance, workplace culture and excessive workload as the key factors influencing young lawyers in the city-state to exit firms or legal practice altogether.
2 minute read
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Young, Digital, Demanding: How Gen Z Is Challenging Germany's Law Firms
By Ulrike Barth | August 25, 2024
Generation Z is tech-savvy, purpose-driven, and demanding a new leadership style. Are law firms ready?
4 minute read
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After Latham Mandates 4 Days in NY Office in 2025, Other Firms Sticking to 3 Days, For Now
By Patrick Smith | August 21, 2024
Goodwin, Milbank, Schulte and Fried Frank all said their firms were sticking with three days per week and would not change that, at least this year.
5 minute read
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Dentons Attains 'Menopause Friendly' Status
By Kasvi Sehgal | July 4, 2024
It joins Clifford Chance and others in achieving accreditation.
2 minute read
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Freshfields Converts Some London Collaborative Areas Into Office Space
By Kasvi Sehgal | May 21, 2024
Amid the debate around flexible and hybrid working patterns, firms continue to seek a balance between cellular and open-plan working.
3 minute read
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'The Biggest Fallacy of the Industry': How Flexible Working Policies are Failing Both Men and Women
By Kasvi Sehgal | May 7, 2024
Top lawyers and commentators spotlight how policies are failing women, and also how, due to social pressure, men often avoid the topic altogether.
7 minute read
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The Law Firm Disrupted: For Office Policies, Big Law Has Its Ear to the Market, Not to Trump
By Dan Packel | January 23, 2025
In a competitive arena for landing and retaining talent, it’s tough to put the flexibility genie fully back in the bottle.
1 minute read
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Trump's RTO Mandate May Have Some Gov't Lawyers Polishing Their Resumes
By Thomas Spigolon and Abigail Adcox | January 23, 2025
Others may be looking to leave the federal workforce because of ideological differences. Meanwhile, not everyone has skills that are in demand in the law firm world.
1 minute read
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Trump RTO Mandates Won’t Disrupt Big Law Policies—But Client Expectations Might
By Thomas Spigolon | January 23, 2025
Three days a week in the office remains the most popular arrangement, five years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted established patterns of work.
1 minute read
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Law Firm Associates, Staffers Continue to Put a Premium On Workplace Flexibility, Study Finds
By Jon Campisi | November 27, 2024
"Every single associate I'm talking to these days, one of the top five questions they ask me is, 'What is your policy on being able to work hybrid?'" said Amanda Koplos, president of the Association of Legal Administrators.
1 minute read
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The Caregiver Challenge in Law Firms and How to Address it
By Adrienne Prentice and Isabel DuPree | October 28, 2024
When a lawyer becomes a caregiver, it comes with significant—often hidden—costs, both personal and professional.
9 minute read
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Miami Lawyers Beat Other Local Sectors, Attorneys Elsewhere in Office Usage
By Alexander Lugo | October 16, 2024
Leasing activity is down for commercial real estate across the country, but law firm personnel are going back into the office at a higher rate than other industries, according to a new report.
3 minute read
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How Does She Do It All?: Tips and Insights for the Rising Female Attorney
By Jennifer D. Donnelly | October 15, 2024
Some of the advice those women provided focused specifically on navigating the challenges females face over the course of a developing legal career, as well as the need to give ourselves grace from time to time on a human level.
7 minute read
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Australian Lawyers Get New 'Right to Disconnect' After Hours—But Will They?
By Christopher Niesche | August 29, 2024
Lawyers can only refuse unreasonable out-of-hours contact.
4 minute read
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Pinsent Masons Trials New Measures to Combat Long Hours
By Jack Womack | August 27, 2024
The tragic death of an equity partner at the firm in September 2023 prompted discussions within the industry around mental health and intense workloads at major law firms.
2 minute read
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'You're in Trial. You're Sick Again': Addressing Attorney Stress
By Lisa Willis | August 19, 2024
"My wife would always say, 'Oh, you're in trial again. You're sick again.' And I would blow it off," said a trial attorney who correlates stress with illness.
6 minute read
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