It’s
wild
what
a
difference
five
years
makes.
In,
say,
2019
(notably
pre-Covid),
if
you
said
the
new
Biglaw
trend
was
four
days
in
the
office
I’d
think
work/life
balance
was
finally
having
its
moment
and
firms
were
actually
making
progress
to
prevent
burnout.
But
it
is
2025,
and
requiring
four
days
of
office
face
time
is
a
stricter
requirement
than
most
firm
lawyers
have
grown
accustomed
to
over
the
last
five
years.
Four
days
in
the
office
is
definitely
the
new
trend.
The
latest
firm
to
announce
four
days
is
Duane
Morris,
a
firm
with
$694,188,000
in
gross
revenue
last
year
making
it
82nd
on the
Am
Law
200
ranking.
Earlier
this
week,
the
firm
announced
that,
after
Labor
Day,
they’ll
have
to
be
back
in
the
office
Monday
through
Thursday.
Read
the
full
memo
below.
Duane
Morris
isn’t
the
only
firm
on
the
four-day-a-week
train
Covington;
Davis
Polk; Latham; Paul
Weiss; Ropes
&
Gray; Simpson
Thacher; Skadden; Vinson
&
Elkins; Weil
Gotshal; WilmerHale; White
&
Case; Sidley; Hogan
Lovells;
and A&O
Shearman will
have
a
four-day,
in-person
attendance
policy
—
and
Sullivan
&
Cromwell has
taken
its
attendance
policy
one
step
further,
requiring
attorneys
to
work
from
the
office
five
days
each
week.
As
soon
as
you
find
out
about
office
attendance
plans
at
your
firm,
please email
us (Opens
in
a
new
window) (subject
line:
“[Firm
Name]
Office
Reopening”)
or
text
us
at
(646)
820-8477.
We
always
keep
our
sources
on
stories
anonymous.
There’s
no
need
to
send
a
memo
(if
one
exists)
using
your
firm
email
account;
your
personal
email
account
is
fine.
If
a
memo
has
been
circulated,
please
be
sure
to
include
it
as
proof;
we
like
to
post
complete
memos
as
a
service
to
our
readers.
You
can
take
a
photo
of
the
memo
and
attach
as
a
picture
if
you
are
worried
about
metadata
in
a
PDF
or
Word
file.
Thanks.
