Law in the Time of COVID: How UC Irvine Law's Dean Is Making It Work (From Home)
In the first installment of the new Law.com series "Law in the Time of COVID: How Are You Making It Work (From Home)?" University of California, Irvine School of Law Dean L. Song Richardson shares how she spends a typical day working from home, and how she finds time to unwind when home and work have merged.
August 18, 2020 at 03:00 PM
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Editor's note: This is the first installment in an ongoing series called "Law in the Time of COVID: How Are You Making It Work (From Home)?" In these columns, legal professionals will pen journal entries describing a day in their life as they navigate the ups, downs and odd little in-betweens of remote work. We hope you learn a few new tricks for coping with quarantine or at least find some comfort in knowing how everyone is improvising their "new normal" during this unprecedented time. If you're interested in sharing a day in your life with us, please reach out to Zack Needles at [email protected].
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