Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
I continue to believe that firms requesting four days in-office aren’t really expecting it or are likely to achieve it. But it’s the hope that, ‘The more days we ask for, the more days they’re likely to show up.’
— Jeffrey Lowe, recruiting firm CenterPeak’s market president of Washington, D.C., in comments given to Law.com, concerning whether Biglaw firms will become “more rigid” on their four-day office attendance requirements. The following firms now require attorneys to work from the office four days each week: A&O Shearman; Cooley; Covington; Davis Polk; Dechert (junior associates); DLA Piper (corporate associates); Goodwin; Hogan Lovells; Latham; Paul Weiss; Ropes & Gray; Sidley; Simpson Thacher; Skadden; Vinson & Elkins; Weil Gotshal; WilmerHale; and White & Case.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
I continue to believe that firms requesting four days in-office aren’t really expecting it or are likely to achieve it. But it’s the hope that, ‘The more days we ask for, the more days they’re likely to show up.’
— Jeffrey Lowe, recruiting firm CenterPeak’s market president of Washington, D.C., in comments given to Law.com, concerning whether Biglaw firms will become “more rigid” on their four-day office attendance requirements. The following firms now require attorneys to work from the office four days each week: A&O Shearman; Cooley; Covington; Davis Polk; Dechert (junior associates); DLA Piper (corporate associates); Goodwin; Hogan Lovells; Latham; Paul Weiss; Ropes & Gray; Sidley; Simpson Thacher; Skadden; Vinson & Elkins; Weil Gotshal; WilmerHale; and White & Case.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
The post Four-Day Attendance Mandates Meet Reality: Partners Hope Associates Show Up, But Aren’t Holding Their Breath appeared first on Above the Law.
