Trendspotting: Will More Biglaw Firms Mandate Additional Office Days For Lawyers?

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Obviously, too soon to tell, but I think it could [push more firms to up their in-office attendance requirements]. I think everybody watches what their peers are doing.

—  Lauren Drake, a recruiter at Macrae, in comments given to the American Lawyer, on whether more Biglaw firms will revise their office attendance policies to mandate that attorneys spend four days each week working from the office. “Just in the same way that firms are responding to what their clients are doing, I think they’re also responding to what the federal government is doing, because so many D.C. firms have practices before the federal government,” she said. Anna Sanders, a recruiter at VOYlegal for Am Law 200 firms, echoed Drake’s thoughts, saying Biglaw firms find “safety in numbers,” and may sell any changes to their attendance requirements as “aligning” themselves with the market.

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