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How Law Firms Can Have Their (Hybrid) Cake and Eat It, Too

Lawyers, especially young lawyers, want to work from home. But there are downsides, such as a decrease in networking and personal relationships. How can technology help balance these out so that attorneys and law firms can have their cake and eat it too.

6 minute read December 01, 2022 at 01:27 AM
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AshLea Allberry
How Law Firms Can Have Their (Hybrid) Cake and Eat It, Too

Let's be clear, lawyers want to work from home (WFH). In fact, young lawyers feel so strongly about remote work that 44% of them would leave their current jobs for a greater ability to work remotely elsewhere, according to a new report by the ABA.

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