Law practice has, more often than not, been defined by generational gaps, and their navigation. In part, that’s because old lawyers tend not to retire, but to just fade away. That means that the generation gulf can be wider in law firms than in most other professions. It’s definitely not unheard of for a nonagenarian lawyer to be sharing an office with a 20-something fresh out of law school. Because that’s the case, issues related to generational preferences are more advanced in the legal industry than elsewhere.
And, things are about to get weird.
