Biglaw Back To Work: When Will Your Law Firm Reopen?

Lawyers have been working from home for a while thanks to COVID-19, but with a vaccine available, that may soon change.

The novel coronavirus continues its rapid spread across the country, with cases increasing exponentially by the day. It seems that each week, the U.S. sets a record COVID-19 death toll, breaking records set just the week before. Hospitals are edging ever closer to being overrun and state mask mandates are spreading almost as quickly as the virus itself. To say that things do not look good would be an understatement.

Thankfully, two vaccines have been approved for emergency use by the FDA, and at this rate, these shots can’t be administered soon enough. With hopes pinned high on the vaccine’s potential to put an end to the pandemic, it got us wondering what Biglaw firms intended to do. While some firms never shut down, most were quick to adopt policies that pushed their attorneys and staff into virtual workspaces, with many committing to keep business online until at least the end of 2020.

With vaccines on the horizon, just how quickly will law firms step away from remote work and formally reopen their offices? Will you be expected to return to work?

Help us help you. Please click the button below to take our survey on your firm’s plans during this unprecedented time. We’ll compile the data and let you compare and contrast between firms. As always, you will be kept completely anonymous. Thanks!

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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.