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[T]he population of individuals who are going to be the majority of the profession in a few years, just have worse mental health, and they have more needs, different expectations and certainly different attitudes as well. The world has changed. The profession has changed. The people in the profession have changed.
— Patrick Krill, founder of Krill Strategies, who is an attorney and a licensed and board-certified alcohol and drug counselor, in comments given on the State Bar of Michigan’s On Balance podcast. As noted by Law.com, the differences within the legal profession between Gen Z and Millennials versus Gen X and Baby Boomers are “pretty stark.”
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