What is the name of your state?
Atlanta, Georgia. Tho I'm not native, I'm actually from Latin America but moved in like a decade ago and just recently started working for the firm. I know the questions isn't exactly on the right lane but I couldn't tell which forum was more appropriate for my question.
This is a Legal site for legal questions...so this site is not for discussing or opining on a random legal firms hiring practices.
A website that answers business questions would be more helpful to you than a website that answers legal questions.
Whether it's a good idea depends on the firm — the size of the firm, what kind of law it handles, what work these remote workers will do, the degree to which the firm is able to exercise proper supervision of their work, the overall cost of this arrangement, and what effect it may have on the morale of those that are coming into the office. Every firm will have a different mix of those factors, so for some it might be great and others it may turn out to be nothing but trouble.
In other words, it’s a business decision.
Well, except assistants aren't usually licensed to practice law. They are clerical staff. I think that you were thinking "associates" rather than "assistants".
No. I was actually thinking of paralegals.
At the moment CA is the only state where paralegals are regulated at all. There are some states looking at that, but none have implemented it so far. They are just high level/highly trained clerical staff everywhere but CA at this point.
I question what sort of “legal assistants” Johnnylawyer’s firm plans to hire for remote work that won’t require attorney supervision then. Not that it really matters. I am confident that Johnny’s law firm will be able to figure things out without a forum’s help.
That is certainly true.
At least it should be true. I’d have concerns about the law firm otherwise.