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Clydes gives lawyers coloured wristbands so they can indicate how Covid cautious they are

Traffic light system 🚦

Oct 29 2021 12:21pm
Debevoise follows MoFo with London office vaccine mandate

New policy applies to staff and visitors 💉

Sep 14 2021 8:53am
Get jabbed before office return, MoFo tells London lawyers

First law firm to publicly mandate vaccine policy in UK office

Aug 26 2021 10:44am
‘Our goodwill has run dry’: Criminal lawyers sign open letter rejecting government plans to open courts on evenings and weekends

Over 500 signatories

Aug 6 2021 11:03am
Get jabbed before coming to the office, US firms tell lawyers

Davis Polk and Ropes & Gray to disable ID cards of unvaccinated employees, reports claim

Aug 6 2021 9:16am
City law firm donates £2 million profit slice to Covid charities

Simmons & Simmons cash contribution follows solid financial results

Jul 22 2021 9:34am

Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic

Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Jul 16 2021 10:24am
Quarter of junior lawyers expect to work from the office full-time after ‘Freedom Day’

WFH guidance to be dropped on 19 July

Jul 7 2021 1:44pm
Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes confirm new flexible working polices

Both offer 40% remote option

Jun 24 2021 9:13am
Bakers lawyers and staff given option to work remotely up to three days a week

Varied start and finish times too

Jun 15 2021 11:13am
Weil dishes out £8k Covid bonuses to NQ lawyers

Extra cash for trainees and associates too

Jun 14 2021 9:34am
GDL student numbers jumped by over a fifth during the pandemic

Covid disruption and SQE replacement contributing factors, report finds

Jun 3 2021 11:06am

US firm Paul Hastings tells London lawyers work from the office ‘by default’

From 7 September 🗓️

Jun 3 2021 9:24am
Eversheds lawyers to work from the office two to three days a week

New ‘blended working’ model applies to firm’s trainees too

Jun 2 2021 9:21am
CMS and Clydes thank lawyers with Covid bonuses

Extra 5% and 3% of salary at each firm

May 28 2021 12:15pm
Work from home 50% of the time, Dechert tells lawyers

Simmons also allows staff to work remotely — but for 60%

May 28 2021 9:26am
Slaughter and May to allow trainees to work remotely one day a week

New policy enables ‘majority’ of staff to work away from the office up to 40% of the time

May 26 2021 3:12pm
Pinsent Masons repays government furlough money

Fieldfisher restores lawyer and staff pay

May 26 2021 9:16am

Take a Covid-19 test before coming into the office, Skadden tells unvaccinated London lawyers

Internal memo urges staff to get jabbed

May 25 2021 12:54pm
SRA: Online exams here to stay

LPC providers given option to continue with proctoring measures post-pandemic

May 25 2021 10:55am
Trainees tell us what they love (and hate) about remote working

Junior lawyers reflect on their mixed experiences as they prepare to return to the office

May 25 2021 9:36am