Associates At Freshfields Outline 'Best Practices' For Law Firm Work

We're all well aware of the efforts firms are making to improve the lot of Associates - in an effort to avoid attractive entreaties of rival firms. Instance: Freshfields London have hosted their first Associates-only conference and they're now working on developing a 'best practices' group to spread across the firm. This "we're listening to you" attitude will doubtless be followed by the appropriate action by the firm which saw partners and 200 Associates listen to key areas of associate-interest, including career paths, pay, work-life balance, appraisals, training, knowledge management and business development.

Let's watch what happens . . at Freshfields and other large, law employers. It's an Associate-Advantage world out there.