3 days per week in office won't be enough at these 2 BigLaw firms
Two BigLaw firms that required lawyers to spend three days per week in the office have changed the goal posts. (Image from Shutterstock)
Two BigLaw firms that required lawyers to spend three days per week in the office have changed the goal posts.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison will require lawyers and business professionals to be at the office Monday through Thursday beginning April 30, a law firm spokesperson confirmed to Law.com and Law360. Remote work is optional on Fridays.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr will also require four days per week in the office, a spokesperson told Bloomberg Law.
The articles identify several other BigLaw firms requiring four-day-per-week office attendance. They are Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Ropes & Gray; Vinson & Elkins; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; and Latham & Watkins (at its New York office).
The expectation is higher at Sullivan & Cromwell, which said in a January revision to its office manual “it is expected that lawyers will typically work from the office, not home, during normal business hours,” Law.com previously reported.
Sullivan & Cromwell said in a statement provided to Law.com the firm treats lawyers as professionals but thinks that client service and attorney mentorship are better in person.
“We therefore rely on our lawyers to set their own schedules, taking into account our clients’ needs, their own and their colleagues’ professional development, and their personal commitments,” the spokesperson said.
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