CL Talk

Leena Yousefi proves pay transparency and the 4-day workweek work

Dec 19, 2023

        

Leena Yousefi’s innovative approach to pay and workplace management has sparked unprecedented interest from our readers this year. We spoke to her about how her approach is working, and she tells listeners about the difference between transparency and uniformity, why the four-day work week is not for lazy lawyers and how her firm has tripled in size and doubled its revenues. 

See here for a full transcript of the interview

See also our coverage of YLaw in previous articles:

Leena Yousefi takes radically transparent turn for pay at her Vancouver family law firm

How law firms have implemented a four-day workweek without losing productivity

The traumatic effect of protection orders in family law

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Frédéric Duguay in conversation on the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s shifting mandate

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CIB’s chief legal and information officer talks housing, Indigenous equity, trade and AI

Paul Saunders on rebuilding junior lawyer training in the age of AI

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The Stewart McKelvey strategy chief joins CL Talk to unpack AI, mentorship, and the new skill set juniors need

Professor Maura Grossman on how courts can confront AI-generated evidence

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The legal academic speaks about a tool she is developing to flag suspect audio, video and documents