There may be no single cure for growing attorney and staff disengagement in Big Law. But law firms are already trying a host of remedies, according to firm leaders and industry observers: experimenting with multiple in-office policies, pinpointing the most valuable interactions, and reorganizing teams to get the most out of them.

More broadly, leaders are also trying to spark a sense of pride and ownership in their law firms for the next generation, a sense they feel has diminished since the pandemic and as younger employees were already becoming more independent.