Pud has the full Clifford Chance Associates memo. The associates have some concrete suggestions to improve the quality of life at the firm:
- “Put plates and utensils in the pantries, so that people working late can avoid eating out of containers.
- “Have people submit nominations for staff members who have done a particularly good job, draw one nomination at random, announce what was written (perhaps in “Americas Today” or of a firm social) and give the winner $100.
- Bigger refrigerator on 52.
- Get rid of the shabby office furniture and buy ergonomically correct chairs. Many associates have commented that the chairs they have hurt their backs.
- ” Free shoe shines.
- ” Give out corporate accessories and toys.
- ” Give a prize to associates who publish scholarly articles.
- ” Let associates who publish articles publish them in their own names.”
And they’d like the 2420 billable hour requirement relaxed.
Dahlia Lithwick: Free the Baby Lawyers
