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Baker McKenzie Scraps Meeting-Free Wellbeing Initiative

Well-being initiatives at firms have had a mixed uptake.
2 minute read

International Edition

It's Not Just About the Money: In a Post-COVID World, Law Firms Seek Ideas and Purpose

As lawyers laughed and celebrated their accomplishments last week as they gathered in person at the Global Independent Law Firms Forum and the British Legal Awards, they also acknowledged that they are still coming to terms with the ways in which the industry has dramatically changed over the past two years.
11 minute read

International Edition

'No Work Calls After Hours': Portugal Lawyers React to New 'Right to Disconnect' Law

As some European countries struggle with whether and when to bring employees back to the office, Portugal has proposed legislation to make it easier – if not necessarily cheaper - to let them keep working from home.
4 minute read

International Edition

UK Top 100 Firm Hands Out Four Week Paid Sabbaticals

160 lawyers at the firm are eligible for the scheme.
2 minute read

International Edition

'It Feels Like A Morgue': Most Top UK Law Firms Are Less Than Half Full

An industry poll has found office returns are low, stoking the wider industry debate about the merits of office versus home working.
6 minute read

International Edition

Germany's Top Firms Have (Mostly) Resisted the Pay War. Here's How They're Attracting Talent

Firms in Germany are resisting pressure to up salaries to astronomical levels. Instead, they are drawing talent by counting parental leave towards seniority and regarding part-time work as full-time.
5 minute read

International Edition

US Firm Tells London Support Staff to Return to Office, But Fee-Earners Can Stay Home

The firm has also taken on an extra floor of space in its London building.
2 minute read

International Edition

More Firms Follow Latham, Clifford Chance Into Germany's Pay War

But many homegrown German firms are inclined to hold junior salaries steady, opting for a "wait and see" approach.
3 minute read

International Edition

'A Better Quality of Work': Why French Partners are Telling Their Lawyers to Get Back to the Office

Today's technology cannot replace in-person interactions between lawyers and with clients, say Paris office heads.
5 minute read

International Edition

We Tried The Macfarlanes 'Trainee Experience' App: Here's How It Went

'Does it feature audio of partners shouting at you to make it more realistic?"' asks one Magic Circle trainee.
4 minute read

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