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Has Your Biglaw Firm Done Right By You During The Pandemic?

Or is there some room for improvement?

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[L]aw firms need to think about ways they can help lawyers further along in their careers continue business development activities remotely. And for all lawyers, law firms need to remain focused on mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic impacts not only the physical health of attorneys, but also their mental health, as they could be dealing with anxiety, isolation, financial hardship, personal losses and any number of other mental health challenges. These are issues many law firms have not tackled head-on yet, likely because law firm leadership has hoped (like the rest of us) that we would all be back in the office by now. But as we are staring down months more of working from home, it is time for law firms to take this issue more seriously and come up with a plan to make sure their young lawyers do not fall behind.

— an excerpt from an essay written by the Young Lawyer Editorial Board of the American Lawyer, assessing how Biglaw firms have fared in their response to the pandemic. “Firms have largely done well by young lawyers during the pandemic,” they write. “But as it continues, changes are needed.”

Staci ZaretskyStaci 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.

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