I
know
some
tryhard
is
going
to
complain
about
Biglaw
going
soft,
but
this
is
a
distinctly
good
thing.
Bryan
Cave
Leighton
Paisner
global
senior
partner,
Segun
Osuntokun,
told
The
Telegraph
he
advises
attorneys
to
avoid
sending
emails
over
the
weekend.
In
fact,
when
he
does
work
on
a
weekend,
he
schedules
any
non-urgent
emails
to
arrive
on
Monday,
not
over
the
weekend.
Osuntokun
said,
“I
know
that
if
I
send
an
email
to
a
team
member
on
a
weekend
and
I’m
not
expecting
them
to
do
anything
about
it,
they
won’t
know
that.”
He
continued,
“I
know
that
their
weekend
is
going
to
be
impacted
severely.”
What
a
refreshing
burst
of
humanity
from
Biglaw!
As
reported
by
Legal
Cheek,
Osuntokun
made
the
necessary
caveats
for
when
there’s
deadlines
involved.
According
to
the
report,
weekend
emails
are
acceptable
if
colleagues
have
agreed
to
communicate,
such
as
when
preparing
for
a
court
hearing
or
meeting
deadlines
for
time-sensitive
deals.
“We
talk
a
lot
about
how
we
treat
our
colleagues
as
we
would
our
best
clients
and
inherent
in
that
is
that
you
treat
people
with
respect,”
Osuntokun
added.
Not
to
tell
tales,
but
I
can
distinctly
recall
an
era
when
attorneys
would
use
the
schedule
email
function
to
compose
a
Friday
email
that
would
go
out
on
Saturday
to
make
it
look
like
they
were
working
over
the
weekend.
How
nice
that
a
Biglaw
firm
is
making
it
clear
those
sort
of
machinations
are
unnecessary.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
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