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PAR: Reduced Hours Better Than Layoffs

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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PAR: Reduced Hours Better Than Layoffs

The Project for Attorney Retention says reducing associate working hours will save a firm more money than cutting associate positions. PAR is an initiative of the Center of WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, and advocates for reduced hours as a way for law firms to retain [...]

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Reduced Hours for Associates Instead of Layoffs?

Monday, January 12, 2009

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Reduced Hours for Associates Instead of Layoffs?

The Project for Attorney Retention (PAR), an initiative of the Center for WorkLife Law at University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, is suggesting to struggling law firms that they cut associate hours rather than laying off lawyers completely. “I think if firms aren’t thinking about such a program, they really should,” consultant Charles Santangelo told [...]

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