As
law
firms
race
to
tighten
their
in-office
policies,
most
are
now
pushing
for
four
days
a
week
—
though
a
handful
are
taking
a
more
“modest”
approach,
asking
attorneys
to
come
to
the
office
just
three
days
a
week.
How
refreshing.
Arnold
&
Porter
—
a
firm
that
brought
in
$1,193,720,000
gross
revenue
in
2024,
putting
it
at
No.
51
on
the
Am
Law
100
—
recently
announced
that
come
2026,
it
would
be
making
“very
modest
adjustments”
to
its
in-office
policy,
specifying
that
all
attorneys
and
professional
staff
would
be
expected
in
the
office
three
days
each
week,
on
Tuesdays,
Wednesdays,
and
Thursdays,
during
normal
business
hours.
Leading
up
to
this
new
attendance
mandate,
A&P
will
be
in
“virtual
operating
status”
firmwide
during
the
week
of
Thanksgiving
(November
24-28)
as
well
as
the
final
two
weeks
of
the
year
(December
22,
2025
–
January
2,
2026).
As
part
of
a
memo
sent
out
this
week
and
viewed
by
Above
the
Law,
Sean
T.
Howell,
the
firm’s
CEO,
said,
“We
look
forward
to
spending
more
time
together
in
the
year
ahead
and
to
continuing
to
build
on
the
success
and
sense
of
community
that
make
our
firm
so
special.”
Quite
a
few
Biglaw
firms
are
now
requiring
four
days
in
the
office
firmwide,
including
the
likes
of
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. 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 (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.
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
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to
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