As the pandemic recedes into the background of everyday life, many law firms and legal departments are pushing for a return to the good old days of water cooler chats and in-person huddles. Are their lawyers and staff on board? Not quite—at least when it comes to the younger crowd. A recent survey from the American Bar Association (ABA) reports that 44% of lawyers who have practiced for 10 years or less would swap their current job for one more amenable to remote work. Among older lawyers practicing for 41 or more years, only 13% shared this sentiment.
The divide between who’s ready to go back to the office and who wants to stay remote seems to have a generational component. Since face-time culture was a key foundational experience for them and they’ve seen the benefits firsthand, Baby Boomer and GenX populations tend to gravitate toward this arrangement.
Millennial and GenZ professionals, for their part, are more inclined to work remotely. This could be because they experienced remote work early in their career and have adapted well to it. In fact, without the soul-sucking commute and distractions inherent with an office setting, many lawyers have become proficient at working remotely. The ABA survey found that 90% of lawyers felt remote work had no bearing on the quality of their work, or even improved it. To sum it up, Millennials and GenZ attorneys have had a taste of freedom, and they’re not keen on going backwards.
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