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Corporate Counsel

Will Continued Remote Work Help Legal Department Diversity and Inclusion?

"If you're trying to support a new lawyer, and you can't sit beside them or meet face to face, that's going to become more challenging for lawyers of color," one general counsel said.
3 minute read

International Edition

UK Law Firm Latest To Go Fully Flexible

The move follows an industry-wide trend towards flexible working as firms prepare for a post-pandemic return to the office.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Flexibility Is Huge': Return to 'Normal' Means Continued Remote Work for Court of Appeals Judges, Staff Attorneys

"We work hard but there's no reason why I can't be flexible with my staff and where they work," said Court of Appeals of Georgia Presiding Judge Stephen L. A. Dillard.
4 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

Nokia's Chief Legal Officer: "Being 'Out' Allowed Me To Be Authentic"

Nassib Abou-Khalil also discusses the legal team's new diversity scorecard for panel firms and where in-house leaders should start in order to improve diversity in the sector.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

These Law Firm Leaders Are Pushing Back Against the 'Back to Office' Message

They see Morgan Stanley as an outlier and anticipate being able to pick up talent from firms that deny attorneys flexibility.
6 minute read

International Edition

Top UK Lawyers Expect U-Turn on Remote Working Policies in Response to Morgan Stanley

A survey of senior lawyers found many expect their firms to buckle under pressure and most expect other banking clients to make similar office working demands.
5 minute read

International Edition

UK Firm Slashes Manchester Office Footprint, Leaves Home of 75 Years

The change comes as the firm introduces a flexible working model which will see colleagues working remotely up to 50% of the time.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GCs Face Obstacles in Stopping Remote Workplace Sexual Harassment

"The amount of people working remotely is going to increase," Shea Holman, director of law and policy at The Purple Campaign, said. "[Even] when employees are not in the workplace, that doesn't mean sexual harassment will go away."
3 minute read

The Recorder

Cooley Says No Office Requirement for 2021, but Those Who Do Go In Must Be Vaccinated

Firm leadership said "we have evolved to such a degree that our workplace of the future will be neither fully remote nor fully in person."
2 minute read

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