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NLJ this week: A hybrid future? Pros & cons of remote working

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13 January 2023
Issue: 8008 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal services , Covid-19
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Remote working is here to stay for lawyers, whether firms like it or not. But, if firms don’t… what can they actually do about it? Writing in this week’s NLJ, barrister and journalist Veronica Cowan explores the extent of home working and surrounding attitudes to the practice within the legal profession.

Cowan also garners opinions from legal experts on what firms can do if they want more office attendance from their workforce, and whether clients are experiencing any difficulties as a result of their legal advisers operating from home. 

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Issue: 8008 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal services , Covid-19
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