According
to
a
recent
study
by
BCG
Attorney
Search,
the
four-day
mandate
for
office
attendance
is
becoming
the
norm
in
Biglaw
—
although
not
all
firms
are
fully
transparent
about
their
expectations.
The
report,
“Remote
Work
in
Law
Firms
2025–2026,”
finds
that
68%
of
major
law
firms
require
attorneys
to
be
in
the
office
four
days
a
week.
Another
12%
mandate
full-time
attendance,
while
just
8%
allow
lawyers
to
work
fully
remotely.
However,
it’s
not
always
easy
to
know
just
what
a
firm’s
*real*
expectations
are.
According
to
the
report,
73%
of
law
firms
provide
“vague
or
misleading”
descriptions
of
their
policies,
and
89%
of
the
associates
surveyed
say
there
are
unwritten,
cultural
expectations
that
exceed
the
stated
policies.
The
report
includes
a
ranking
of
firms
based
on
their
friendliness
to
remote
work
and
offers
tips
to
lawyers
seeking
to
verify
a
firm’s
true
attitude
toward
office
attendance.
Remote
Work
in
Law
Firms
2025-2026:
Transparency
Report,
Policy
Rankings
&
Negotiation
Playbook
[BCG
Attorney
Search]
[Hat
tip:
JDJournal]