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Answer to question 5
5. Schedule creep at my firm
If your firm has a real part-time program, your answer is
c: isn't an issue for part-time attorneys because part-time attorneys rarely have to work more hours than they have agreed to work.
Many attorneys are reluctant to work part-time, and end up just
quitting their law firms instead, because they have seen that
part-timers at their firms end up working full-time for a part-time
salary. A firm that truly supports its part-time program will respect
its commitment to its part-timers and not expect them to work extra
hours.
One best practice we have seen is the use of a "part-time
ombudsperson" who reviews the hours of part-time attorneys and
works with the attorneys supervisors to eliminate or prevent schedule
creep.
Answer d: more money, is used at many firms to address
schedule creep, but it fails to prevent attrition because if the
attorneys wanted more money they wouldn't have moved to a part-time
schedule in the first place. (That said, extra work that can't be
prevented should be compensated with either time off or money to be fair
to the part-time attorney.)
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