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Law Firm Retreats

By Sharon Meit Abrahams
July 01, 2016

In years past, law firm retreats where huge, expensive splashes of luxury and fun for attorneys and often their spouses. It was a way of saying thank you to the attorneys for working hard, and to the spouses for putting up with their absentee partners. Then the economy tanked and many firms could no longer justify or afford such ostentatiousness. In today's economy retreats may still be happening, but many have been tailored down and changed to business meeting formats rather than just R & R. To get the most out of the time and expense investment, proper planning is key.

Why?

To have an jumping-off place, you need to understand the rationale for the retreat. If top management does not have a sound rationale for the retreat, then all the efforts will be misguided and people will not walk away with anything memorable or valuable. Is this a thank-you bash for a year's worth of hard work, or is it a planning session for another successful year? Is this retreat an opportunity for people who don't know each other to meet, or for old friends to sit around and tell stories from the past?

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