Law firms grapple with decision to return to the office amid COVID-19 uncertainty
REUTERS — Law firm Goodwin Procter this week told its U.S. lawyers and staff that working in the office will be “entirely voluntary” until mid-March, citing the evolving state of the pandemic. The Boston-founded law firm had been “encouraging” lawyers to work in the office at least two days per week starting in November, and had planned…
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JD SUPRA — Have you ever felt that all your achievements are a fraud? That your professional accomplishments can be attributed to luck and you don’t deserve to be a lawyer? You’re not alone. That feeling is called the ‘impostor syndrome’, a phenomenon that can be experienced by people of all professions, lawyers included. Impostor syndrome plants a…
Read More about How lawyers are affected by impostor syndromeWhat lawyers need to know about artificial intelligence
ABA JOURNAL — Although artificial intelligence has been the subject of academic research since the 1950s and has been used commercially in some industries for decades, it is still in its infancy across much of the broader economy. The rapid adoption of this technology, along with the unique privacy, security and liability issues associated with it, has…
Read More about What lawyers need to know about artificial intelligenceRecognizing partner law firms for furthering diversity in the legal profession
MICROSOFT — In 2008, we launched the Law Firm Diversity Program (LFDP) to reward our law firm partners who make progress in diversifying their workforce. We are committed to accelerating this progress, and in the last 13 years, we’ve seen consistent and steady progress in legal workforce diversification, including an almost 33% increase of hours worked…
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ABA JOURNAL — How do you take time off from work and go on parental leave, yet maintain important relationships with people in your network? As a new parent, this can be particularly difficult with the demands of a newborn child: feedings every two hours, recovery from the delivery process (and pregnancy in general), sleepless nights,…
Read More about Networking advice for lawyers who are new parentsALM launches Law.com OnPractice, a law firm content syndication platform
YAHOO! — ALM’s Law.com, the legal industry’s most reputable and trusted media platform, is launching OnPractice, a new law firm content syndication platform (URL: onpractice.law.com). Law.com OnPractice presents law firm practice advisories, blogs and other content in an editorially relevant and easy-to-read format for in-house counsel. Content is organized by topic, region, and by law firm, and…
Read More about ALM launches Law.com OnPractice, a law firm content syndication platformDemand for law firm services higher than ever
REUTERS — Law firms experienced rate and demand increases in 2021 at levels not seen in over a decade, but should moderate their expectations somewhat for next year, according to a report released on Thursday. Lawyer rates grew 6.5% and demand increased 6.6%, in the first three quarters of the year over 2020, according to Citi Private…
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ABA JOURNAL — Law firms will be able to easily absorb higher expenses driven by a talent war because of strong revenue growth in 2021, according to the 2022 Citi Hildebrandt Client Advisory released Thursday. Average revenue growth for the first nine months of the year is expected to be 14.7% higher than the same period of 2020,…
Read More about More lawyers feeling burnt out as law firms face labor shortagesJunior Lawyers Feel Pressure to Return to Office at Big Firms
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law firm associates who accept employer offers to work remotely during the pandemic are increasingly doing so with trepidation, as they worry they’re hurting relationships with bosses—and their careers. Firm partners, subtly or not so subtly, are pressuring associates to work in-person even as office policies technically welcome them to continue working from home,…
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ABA JOURNAL — Two law schools outside the T14 have landed on a list of schools with the highest percentage of alumni going to the nation’s 10 highest-grossing law firms. The schools are the University of Texas School of Law, ranked No. 8 on a list compiled by GradReports, and Notre Dame Law School, ranked No. 9,…
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