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Lawyers Make Plea to Peers: Stop Boasting About How Busy You Are

Senior lawyers, clients and career coaches say there is an epidemic of "performative busyness" in the law that must be tackled.
8 minute read

International Edition

From Big Law to Big Coffee: How a Former Debevoise Lawyer Brewed a New Venture

In a touchingly honest interview, Ted Rosner describes being let go by a major firm but then launching a company that helps reduce reoffending by providing jobs to prison leavers.
4 minute read

International Edition

Brazil's Mattos Filho Encourages Remote Work in Eventual Office Return

The hybrid workweek at one of Latin America's biggest law firms will be accompanied by more casual dress—suits, ties and high heels still required for client meetings—and more opportunities to "disconnect."
3 minute read

International Edition

Four-Day Workweek Comes to Legal Tech—But It Likely Won't Catch On

Many legal tech and service providers say they can't implement four-day workweeks and still maintain a competitive client advantage, but others see a shortened workweek becoming a necessity given the rising demands for employee flexibility.
4 minute read

International Edition

Law Firms Caught in Balancing Act Between Repopulating Offices and Future of Remote Work

US firm leaders say they are simultaneously working on how to safely return to the office and how to balance professional development needs with remote work.
5 minute read

International Edition

International Firms Face Talent Crunch in Brazil

Global law firms are elbowing for talent in Latin America's largest economy, where qualified young lawyers are in a strong position to negotiate for jobs amid brisk corporate work, and where some are choosing to shun Big Law.
4 minute read

International Edition

How to Keep Hold of Associates: Hit Targets, Loosen Dress Codes and Don't Forget Fertility

I'm Rose Walker, this week discussing how law firms can keep associate attrition rates low. Clothes and fertility are two aspects you might not have thought about - but you should.
4 minute read

International Edition

Fertility Funding in Law Firms: Why Now and What Next?

An increasing number of women in law are struggling with their fertility and these women tell me it is closely linked to their age and/or stress.
6 minute read

International Edition

The Remote Work Controversy: Can the Tail Wag the Dog?

The debate over remote work comes down to a reckoning of how much transformation the legal industry has really embraced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
11 minute read

International Edition

Morgan Stanley Hasn't Forced Broad Office Return Mandate but Clients Continue to Hold Sway

Shearman & Sterling, which includes Morgan Stanley among its top clients, is asking "most" workers to come into the office three days a week.
4 minute read

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