Remote Working

Year in review: In Q3 2020, lawyer headcount contracted for first time since 2009

Leading up to the release of the “2021 Report on the State of the Legal Market” on January 12, 2021, we will reexamine the tumultuous…

Isaac Brooks January 07, 2021

Virtual client interviews: An effective way to engage clients & grow business (even during a pandemic)

Corporate clients commonly say that the lawyers in their outside law firms “need to understand my business.” But what does this mean? Having facilitated scores…

The Thomson Reuters Institute December 28, 2020

How to normalize work-family policies usage within workplace culture

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg kept a photo hanging in her judicial chambers that showed her son gazing at his newborn baby.…

Rangita de Silva de Alwis October 27, 2020

New Acritas report shows how the pandemic has changed the future of legal work

The COVID-19 pandemic, the ensuing lockdowns and economic crisis have given many people a chance to reflect on their lives. Further, the dramatic switch to…

Acritas October 12, 2020

Positive outlook on remote on-boarding for incoming associates (and lateral hires)

In March as the pandemic began to change the way law firms approached many of their most basic functions, many firms were compelled to make…

Dr. Sharon Meit Abrahams October 06, 2020

Lawyer productivity under attack: How to fight back

Remote working has proven to be largely a success — at least from the perspective of lawyer well-being. The impact of remote working on lawyer…

Jen Dezso September 14, 2020

It Takes a Village: ILTA>ON tackles remote law firm security

The realities of the pandemic not only forced the legal industry to work from home, it forced the annual conference of the International Legal Technology…

Peter Colin September 09, 2020

Managing the teleworking office

Over the past four months, and with only limited advance preparation, organizations all over the United States embarked on an unprecedented experiment in distributed, remote…

Conrad Jacoby July 28, 2020

The current status of the (virtual) courts

Likely the single most salient after-effect of the current pandemic on the legal landscape is its impact on the courts. Previously, the variance of their…

Joseph Raczynski July 22, 2020

Supporting ‘hot desking’ & office hoteling with technology

In a special edition of our Practice Innovations newsletter, we are looking at the immediate challenges facing the legal industry and the solutions and opportunities…

Sally Gonzalez May 21, 2020

How work gets done in midsize law firms: Identifying & overcoming changes in workflow

Like their larger competitors, midsize law firms are facing the formidable task of managing a legal workforce that has shifted almost completely to remote working.…

Thomson Reuters Institute May 20, 2020

How flexible work arrangements are enabling lawyers’ creativity

For many lawyers, the idea of creative expression seems like a pipe dream — a luxury reserved for people who don’t measure time against a…

Sara Eng May 13, 2020