Are We Seeing the End of the 5-Days-in-the-Office Workweeks for Lawyers?

This topic is very important for women lawyers, especially those who also are mothers. Out-of-home daycare facilities for young children and commuting on public transit to and from offices every day both raise health issues for parents of young children.

Working from home (WFH) does not present those issues, and the pandemic experience has left little doubt that WFH or from other off-site locations is just as profitable as working from the office. Lawyers got used to it during the isolation of COVID-19, and now many lawyers, especially those with young children, are demanding it. With such a dynamic lateral market for young lawyers, employers are finding that they must pay attention to these demands or lose talent.

However, that does not mean that some time in the office is not important for career advancement. But all time in the office seems to be a dying concept. Employers also have an additional incentive. Brick and mortar offices are very expensive to maintain, and blended work models make good economic sense.

Read more about it here: https://abovethelaw.com/2021/11/thanks-to-biglaws-hot-lateral-market-the-end-of-the-5-day-in-office-work-week-is-here/

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