For generations, law firms have been recruiting top students straight from school, with the goal of grooming them to someday become partners. While that's still the objective for firms, some students have a different plan.
A partnership is no longer considered the brass ring for many millennials. Instead, they see a position at a law firm as a launching pad to a more varied long-term career.
"It's a different marketplace. The era of everyone coming into Bay Street law thinking their career trajectory is to be a partner in 10 years is no longer applicable," says Craig Lockwood, at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
Read more in Lexpert's student recruitment at www.lexpert.ca.