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BigLaw agency decides 3 days per week in workplace isn’t sufficient; is it changing into pattern?
July 2, 2025, 9:24 am CDT
A&O Shearman is requiring its U.S. attorneys to be within the workplace 4 days per week starting Sept. 2, citing a “broader shift” to related insurance policies within the authorized business and amongst its purchasers. (Picture from Shutterstock)
A&O Shearman is requiring its U.S. attorneys to be within the workplace 4 days per week starting Sept. 2, citing a “broader shift” to related insurance policies within the authorized business and amongst its purchasers.
The legislation agency presently requires three days per week within the workplace, Regulation.com studies in its story on the announcement.
The announcement stated the change stems from the “important function in-person interplay performs within the skilled improvement, mentorship, coaching and teamwork of our individuals.” The agency stated it would proceed supporting a “versatile working atmosphere” together with the change.
Regulation.com studies that almost all companies take a hybrid method to workplace work. The typical is 2 to 3 days per week at many companies.
However a number of companies are asking their attorneys to be within the workplace 4 days per week, based on Regulation.com and a March 4 report by Reuters.
Reuters, Regulation.com and Above the Regulation (right here and right here) establish these companies as amongst these anticipating 4 days per week within the workplace:
• A&O Shearman (in September)
• Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Hogan Lovells (in September)
• Latham & Watkins (in New York)
• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
• Ropes & Grey
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Sidley Austin
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges
• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
• Vinson & Elkins
Sullivan & Cromwell, in the meantime, expects 5 days per week within the workplace, based on a revision in its workplace handbook.
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