Firm Power Struggles Are Now Starting in Law School (Corrected)

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. This week, we look at the power dynamic between today’s law firm partners and tomorrow’s employees. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox on Thursday mornings. Programming Note: Big Law Business will be off next week.

Law firms are used to internal power struggles. Countless partners have left their firms due to client conflicts or in protest of management decisions about which side to represent in a particular case.

Sometimes the power dynamic between partners is so obvious there ...