Could Biglaw Firms Use 'Core' Hours To Get Associates Excited About Returning To The Office?
Just don't force it upon them -- because lawyers really don't like that.
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Law firms are different from other businesses—they just are. Lawyers don’t want to be told what to do and when to do it.
We are professionals. We know that if we want to be in that office with our colleagues then that office is doing a good job.
[A]nything that is an unnecessary order can create resentment.
— Law firm consultant Alexa Ross, in comments given to the American Lawyer on the concept of “core” hours within law firms operating with hybrid work policies. Lawyers should “look forward” to coming to the office, she said, rather than being required to do so. “That increases productivity tremendously,” Ross said, “it also decreases attrition.”
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