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Firms should consider the additional approach of enhancing associate opportunities to participate in meaningful non-billable work and to have such work credited in the same way that billable work is credited. Such opportunities could include traditional pro bono work, as well as engagement in diversity and student pipeline initiatives and nonprofit board service.
— Roger Juan Maldonado, president of the New York City Bar Association and a partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, offering a suggestion on how Biglaw firms can combat associate burnout, in addition to increases in paid leave time and partner transparency.
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.