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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to communicate with the associates or have someone else do it and say they need to be on the office more and have more billable hours.  If they aren’t in the office more during the on office days what do you think they are doing when they are WFH.  If they can’t meet targets or billable don’t let them WFH.

[b]I don’t work in law [/b](m[b]y husband was an associate at Cravath 20 years [/b]ago but isn’t in big law anymore) but in most other fields if people aren’t getting what needs to get done the WFH benefit gets stopped.  Making $300k and working only 10-6 is ridiculous for an associate.  My husband worked night and day and weekends when he was an associate at Cravath.  [/quote]

So you have nothing relevant to contribute here. [/quote]

This is something my jerk of a Big Law Partner uncle would say… about everything.

I come from an entire family of lawyers (big law partners and in-house) and every holiday meal for my decades of life have all revolved around the law.

More and more people I know are leaving big law due to hours or move laterally like the above for better work/ life balance.  It is happening in many industries.

Some also leave because they aren’t trained properly and don’t see themselves getting (or want) partnership.  Maybe you need that as your sales pitch?  Do equity partners have good work life balance?

Is there a way you could mentor some of these lateral associates?  Are they bored?  Do they see this niche field as not being long- term? Can they pivot if they need in future?  Have you spoken to any of them to see their thoughts on leaving?  Is there a partner that makes them uncomfortable?  
These are for you to think about.

Or don’t read my post since I’m not a lawyer and don’t know anything! [/quote]

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