Predicting how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the legal industry, particularly over the longer haul, may be foolhardy, especially since there surely are many twists and turns ahead we cannot foresee. Nonetheless, I will give it a shot and look forward (I hope) to revisiting this column someday to see just how accurate, or dead wrong, I was!

  • Working remotely, on a much larger scale, is here to stay.

Lawyers working from home has slowly crept into the fabric of the practice, especially in law firms. This started with sending emails after dinner, expanded to more full-scale work after hours once IT platforms allowed seamless access, spread to working at home on some Friday afternoons, and has grown ever since.

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