Good firms know that engagement is the key to keeping lawyers and make the effort to engage them. Begin by hiring the keepers. In all law firms, people equal wealth. Hiring long term and dedicated lawyers is one of three elements of every successful law firm. Each lawyer in your practice must be an effective leader.
Law firms can be excellent places to work and most have many resources to offer lawyers.
Gen Xers are waiting for firm leaders to tell them and show them, on a voluntary and regular basis, what those reasons are. This program stresses methods for encouraging GenXers to take personal responsibility for their own careers and remain at the firm. Mentoring increases profitability and career satisfaction for both the mentor and the mentee. An effective mentoring relationship can relieve partners of the recurring problems of lack of qualified junior lawyers to work efficiently and cost effectively, relieve partners of the mind-numbing work that is below their level of ability and leave partners free to further develop professionally. Successful lawyers tell us that mentoring is one of the most personally and professionally rewarding activities of being a lawyer.