Pandemic Generation of Junior Lawyers Win Power Amid Talent War

The hiring emails started arriving in Allison Skager’s inbox the first week of her first job after graduating law school.

Now, more than a year since she started as an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Los Angeles office, the inbox deluge still shapes her morning routine. When Skager logs on to start her workday from her apartment, she first deletes a slew of inquiries from headhunters.

Skager, who works in Crowell’s corporate and government contracts group, said she hasn’t really been tempted, even as LinkedIn shows friends at other firms jumping from position to position. Still, the constant reminder of ...