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Volume 1
 Number 5 |
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FOCUS ON
Generational Differences
Four generations of lawyers, from left to right: Sireesha Ghanta,
27; Paul Cadenhead, 79; Gabriel Azar, 24 and Paula Frederick, 47.
In her lead article author and generational consultant,
Lynne Lancaster, offers hope for bridging the sometimes
seemingly unbridgeable chasms between Traditionalists,
Boomers, Xers and Millennials. In her experience the
best law firms meet the issue head on and admit that
generational gaps do exist.
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From codes of ethics to dress codes, law firms are experiencing generational clashes that will have long range impacts on their future viability and profitability.
By Lynne Lancaster, Bridgeworks |
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"In 1937 our entire crop was confiscated for a $65 debt. I was 10. While I didn't know what lawyers did, I felt that a lawyer could have prevented that from happening. My vision of becoming a lawyer was born."
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"Law school graduates today seem to care more about the amount of money they can make as a lawyer without giving any thought at all to the substance of what they might do as a lawyer."
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"When I interview law students that have gone straight from undergraduate to law school, I'm always amazed that they know, or think they know, what they want without ever sampling the real world."
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"When someone asks a genuine question, it galls me when a person responds with a totally unsubstantiated answer rather than saying, 'I don't know that much about it.' That really doesn't help the questioner."
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