BigLaw firm to require all workers to do 25 hours of community service each year
A number of law firms require attorneys to do a certain amount of pro bono legal work each year.
But a new Hogan Lovells policy requiring all employees to perform 25 hours of community service annually appears to be unique, reports the Am Law Daily. The community service hours will be counted toward the individual’s normal work day.
London litigation partner Crispin Rapine, who co-chairs the firm’s citizenship panel, says it will be a while before the policy is fully implemented. Hogan Lovells is now working to identify potential projects that will make good use of employee skills. The firm has some 5,000 workers in 25 countries. The 2,500 lawyers on its attorney roster will fulfill the requirement by providing pro bono legal work.
“We’re approaching our fifth anniversary, so we’ve been trying to identify a number of different ways we can celebrate that and express our global ambitions in a way that may be distinctive and bold,” says chief executive officer Stephen Immelt
