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, roughly 70% to 90% of law firms across all sizes—other than solo firms—primarily utilized traditional office spaces. For solo firms, approximately one-third were home-based.