Law Firms Promote Flexible Work Arrangements Lawyers Don’t Use

Even though many Big Law firms tout progressive flex-time, reduced hours and telecommuting policies, most of their attorneys aren’t taking advantage of them, according to the Diversity and Flexibility Alliance, a think tank focused on diversity and inclusion in the legal industry.

In a survey of 28 Big Law firms published Wednesday, the alliance found that nearly all (26) have formal flexibility policies with least one type of reduced hours or full-time flexible work arrangement. Seventeen offer flexible start and end times, and fifteen offer telecommuting and annualized hours.

But only 8.8 percent of lawyers at firms with reduced hours policies ...