Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms are starting to embrace virtual offices—but will it last?
Business of Law Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms are starting to embrace virtual offices—but will it last? By Danielle Braff Illustration by Sara Wadford/Shutterstock Blame it on the pandemic. Law offices throughout the country are finally tiptoeing into the virtual world. For most professions, this is nothing new: More than half of professionals worked remotely at least half the week before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, according to International Workplace Group research. But law firms always do things at their own pace. According to the 2019 ABA TechReport, roughl...