remote-working
Ex-White & Case lawyer secures funding for virtual law firm
Cash injection courtesy of entrepreneurs group
Law firm partner workloads increase as remote working makes it more difficult to delegate to juniors and trainees, survey finds
Many outfits report rise in chargeable hours, especially at senior levels
RPC says lawyers can work from home permanently
Includes trainees
HFW boosts NQ lawyer pay 11% to £73.5k and rolls out new agile working policy
Rises for trainees too
Pinsent Masons keeps 63 of 72 autumn qualifying trainees
Womble Bond Dickinson and Watson Farley & Williams also record solid autumn results
Shearman offers lawyers 40% home-working option
New policy will see some support roles go fully remote
Quarter of junior lawyers expect to work from the office full-time after ‘Freedom Day’
WFH guidance to be dropped on 19 July
Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes confirm new flexible working polices
Both offer 40% remote option
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Top quality work with great work/life balance: Lawyers make the case for the North West
A panel of experts explain why the region’s thriving legal scene should be on students’ radar
Bakers lawyers and staff given option to work remotely up to three days a week
Varied start and finish times too
Eversheds lawyers to work from the office two to three days a week
New ‘blended working’ model applies to firm’s trainees too
Work from home 50% of the time, Dechert tells lawyers
Simmons also allows staff to work remotely — but for 60%
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
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
‘Has anyone had a good experience doing their TC remotely?’
I’m worried new home-working polices will harm my experience, one future trainee writes
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Newcastle’s thriving legal scene offers new opportunities for aspiring lawyers
Solicitors join legal education experts to discuss the opportunities available for TC hunters in the North East
Will office returns boost junior lawyer morale?
Mental Health Awareness Week: Heavy workloads coupled with lockdown isolation has left many trainees and associates struggling to cope
Ropes & Gray set to ditch 5-day in-office week for UK associates
US player latest to adopt more flexible approach to lawyering
Clifford Chance to allow lawyers to work remotely up to 50% of the time
New policy comes into effect once Covid restrictions are lifted on 21 June
Could junior lawyers be the next digital nomads?
City trainee Inshaal Ahmad weighs up the pros and cons of adopting a nomadic lifestyle in the post-vaccine world