Priorities for New Lawyers are Changing. Can the Legal Industry Keep Up?
As the legal field continues to move forward, it is well-primed to place greater value on technological advancements, diverse leadership, and healthy work cultures over settling for the status quo.
October 14, 2019 at 07:00 AM
9 minute read
Every lawyer can tell you exactly why they went into the practice of law: be it to build a career in a respected profession, to keep up a family tradition, or perhaps (sometimes to their disappointment later) because they were influenced by a Hollywood era that glorified lawyers. Whatever their reason, like many before them, today's lawyers leave law school ready to roll up their sleeves, build trust, and carve out the reputation they need to succeed at top law firms.
Yet the legal industry these lawyers are joining is evolving, and now increasingly hosts a new cohort of professionals—those shaped by technology and innovation, and who value diversity, mentorship, and efficiency over homogeneous workplaces with minimal coaching and exhausted capacities.
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