The vision of “success” that American law firms have fostered has not made lawyers happier. A recent article published in Attorney at Work, titled “The legal profession in transition” explores this topic further.
As one commentator put it, “[the profession] is supposed to be stressful and difficult. But there’s ordinary pressure, and then there’s what is crushing people, especially younger people, today and driving them out of the profession, never to return.”
Fortunately, new models of legal practice are gaining traction among practitioners, suggesting an evolving and evolved way of working that promises to restore the standing of the legal profession.
Read the full article to see what a fulfilling practice and life looks like to a new generation of attorneys.