TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 26, 2021

Lawyers seldom feel that they can take a work-free vacation. Tight deadlines, understaffed projects, overpromised clients, and a culture that shuns vacation takers are often to blame, leading to increasingly longer hours for attorneys. And while employers may encourage lawyers to disconnect while they are away, encouragement may not be enough. A new article from Bloomberg Law argues that employers must go further by structuring firms and legal departments in a way that allows lawyers to take time off without having to manage work-related tasks while away. Designing a practice that allows for more vacation time may also make the workplace less stressful when lawyers are back in the office. The article offers four practical suggestions for how to better plan for truly disconnected vacations.