Millennials will soon outnumber the Boomer generation in the legal profession. Millennials (the generation that attained early adulthood after the year 2000) will make up 50% of the workforce by 2020. A report into the legal market commissioned by LOD and conducted by Jordan Furlong states that ‘Millennial lawyers are going to rewrite the DNA of law firms’.
25 May 2017
Millennials to dominate legal profession by 2020
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Anthony Collins—20 promotions
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Sidley—Elaine Whiteford
Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London
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NEWS
The 25th Pro Bono Week begins today until 6 November, with events hosted by law firms, chambers, law schools and charities across the UK
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