A Corporate Lawyer's View On Redefining Career Success
In a thought-provoking article featured in Bloomberg Law, Brittany Johnson, the Corporate Counsel Director at Starbucks, delves into the changing dynamics of legal careers and how newer generations of lawyers are reshaping the definition of success within the legal profession.
she discussed various aspects of leadership, balancing parenthood with work, the evolution of legal careers, overseeing a global practice, and the unique experiences of in-house lawyers. In her article, she emphasizes that the legal field has the potential to connect with and support the emerging generation of legal professionals.
Johnson makes a compelling case that today's early career lawyers are not lacking in work ethic or ambition; rather, they are redefining their identity, no longer solely tethered to their chosen profession.
Instead they are looking at new ways of defining 'success', including changing their career goals (like partnership expectations) and how there needs to be 'generational fluency' to permit younger lawyers to reach career satisfaction in ways that are different from what has occurred prevously.
