AmLaw Daily has reported that an attorney in the London office of Cleary Gottlieb has suggested that “out of office” messages on one’s e mail accounts are unacceptable and lawyers should never be unavailable unless they are on an airplane. In the latter instance, the lawyer should identify the time zone he or she is traveling to and future availability. Apparently referring your correspondents to another lawyer isn’t enough. Crazy.
Meanwhile, over on this side of the pond, and back in the real world, the Rutgers Center for Women and Work has released a survey confirming what we thought: women lawyers are increasingly switching firms in search of more flexible work schedules. Of those lawyers who changed firms, 70 percent said their former employers did not offer options such as working from home or working part-time. But is the woman lawyer's pursuit of flexibility sincere or an innocuous label that can be attached to an untenable law firm situation?
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