Well, apart from agreeing with Larry, it's surely more to do with your work
practices, systems, building size and shape and the cost per sq metre for
floor space etc. If you were in central London I suspect you'd be more
interested in tight controls, working electronically and offsite
storage than if you were based at Gulargambone (a small Australian town near
the Back of Bourke).

I once consulted with a government regulator moving into new buildings all
round Australia, they told everyone including the lawyers they could have 2
x 2-drawer filing cabinets maximum each. Some lawyers resigned.

Where I am now we are moving 1400 people into a new building in a bit over a
year. All staff, from the MD down, have been told (by the MD) they will have
about one linear metre at their desks. The rest is in my compactuses, or
offsite under my control, or going electronic.

For those parts of the world who haven't yet moved to the metric system, a
rule of thumb says one sensibly-packed filing cabinet drawer is about
0.5linear metres of paper.

For another consulting job I interviewed 10 judges, all had the classic
office with a wall of leather bound law reports. All of them agreed that all
the leather bound reports were available on line, and that the cost of the
loose-leaf updating was unjustifiable. Nine of them however still insisted
on having the leather bound stuff. When I asked the tenth why his response
(shred the lot, it's all on line) was so different from his fellow judges,
he looked at me and said "They're old".

But we don't have a standard per lawyer, sorry.

Regards

Glenn

Glenn Sanders MRMA
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These views are mine alone. They may or may not be those of any
previous or present employers or clients. I don't know. If I'd asked
and they'd agreed, I would have signed it "Harry Peck and Co and
Glenn". Or whatever. But I haven't, so I didn't.

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