Extract from Rhys Dipshan’s article “Law Firms Are Turning to Online Training Platforms as Apprenticeship Model Falters”
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The Shift: Law Firms Are Turning to Online Training Platforms as Apprenticeship Model Falters
The pandemic upended how law firms train their employees—no longer could associates learn from partners at the office, but instead, had to rely on webinars or Zoom. Many, however, bemoaned that something valuable was lost through teaching staff remotely.
Fast forward to today, and while the pandemic is in many attorneys’ rearview mirror, training in law firms hasn’t snapped back to how it was in the days before COVID-19. Increasingly, law firms are turning to legal education startups that marry digital, remote training with more hands-on instructions, to teach their staff and hone their skills.
This shift is the result of a few converging trends—the need for associates to learn new technology skills, the demand for additional training as the market becomes more competitive, and by extension, the lack of time partners have to teach their colleagues.
