During what we hoped would be the tail end of the pandemic, we witnessed war, an energy shortage that has led to record inflation and a cost of living crisis, all of which set the backdrop to the legal industry’s own selection of woes: worsening relations between partners and associates, talent shortages and the ensuing salary war, and multi-million dollar client disputes amid a flatlining deal market.

Here are the five things that made 2022.

1. Ukraine

A resident stands with her dog next to a destroyed building after a bombing in a neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine.