Sentences with phrase «millennial generation of lawyers»

An entire Millennial generation of lawyers resists the whole idea of fixed office face time.

Not exact matches

Over at Idealawg, Stephanie West Allen plays host to a robust debate over whether Generation Y lawyers — or «millennials,» lawyers under 30 — who seek work / life balance to the exclusion of focusing on client needs are unrealistic slackers or serious professionals with different priorities than previous generations.

The same could be true of the next generation of lawyers and their current legal research professors.2 We have likely reached a point at which our frames of reference diverge sufficiently that we don't share a common reference point for approaching the structure of legal research.3 Arguably, the tech - saturated millennials need a solid research foundation more than any generation before them.4 Yet many of them regard our legal research instruction as cumbersome or outdated.5 Having grown up using intuitive electronic devices, and using them to good advantage, 6 many modern law students resist legal research methods that require rigidity, formality, or — worst of all — a trip to a print library.7 Indeed, many of them are downright «mistrustful both of physical libraries and of those who extol their virtues.»

For law firms wringing their hands about how to manage the millennial generation — or asking why they should adapt to this crop of young lawyers in the first place — here's the bad news: If you're still clinging to traditional models for training associates and running the partnership, you've already fallen behind.

The traditional models of adversarial advocacy, all - or - nothing representation and the billable hour that have proved profitable — albeit to a diminishing extent — for this generation of lawyers are not acceptable to sophisticated millennial consumers.

This role of the «modern lawyer», he noted, isn't solely filled by the practitioners from the millennial generation.

What was interesting and clearly refreshing about the Millennials and differentiates them from past generations of lawyers was their:

It found that the top perceptions of millennial lawyers included the knowledge that they will bring technological advancements faster than other generations and they want a high level of involvement in the decision - making of legal departments.