Law Firm Associates Have Never Had a First Year Like the Last. Here's What Some Learned. | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

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• These lawyers have built connections via screens rather than in-person.
• They've had to work harder to take the initiative.
• Disconnecting from the demands of work has also proved more challenging.

The water cooler, coffee machine and elevator have acquired near mythic status for those young attorneys who started Big Law careers in the COVID-era and have barely, if ever, stepped foot inside their firms’ offices.

Instead of chance encounters, they’ve experienced first years, conducted entirely virtually, that have been distinguished by intentionality. Relationship building, for better or worse, has taken place via screens.

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source: https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2021/09/27/law-firm-associates-have-never-had-a-first-year-like-the-last-heres-what-some-learned/

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