Who’s Cuddly Now? Law Firms?

• Posted by Geoffrey G. Gussis on January 31st, 2008


• Filed in Careers (In-house Jobs), Weird/Wacky/Funny

If the New York Times is reporting it, it must be true (right?) - law firms are apparently becoming kinder and gentler.  Will this lead to a mass exodus from corporate law departments?

IN the last two decades, as working schedules became flexible, and even accounting firms, of all places, embraced the mantra of work-life balance (at least on paper), there was one unbending, tradition-bound profession: the law.That is why it is so remarkable to watch the legal world racing — metaphorical black robes flapping — to catch up.

Over the last few years and, most strikingly, the last few months, law firms have been forced to rethink longstanding ways of doing business, if they are to remain fully competitive.

Read on at Life’s Work - New York Times.