{"id":149029,"date":"2026-04-17T08:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/17\/has-legal-industry-upheaval-changed-your-career-goals\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:18:12","slug":"has-legal-industry-upheaval-changed-your-career-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/17\/has-legal-industry-upheaval-changed-your-career-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Legal Industry Upheaval Changed Your Career Goals?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/has-legal-industry-upheaval-changed-your-career-goals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Has Legal Industry Upheaval Changed Your Career Goals?\u00a0<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1188952754-620x372.jpg?resize=620%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79373\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As AI and other factors <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/ai-wont-replace-lawyers-but-can-create-critical-shortage-of-good-ones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/stats-of-the-week-is-fomo-fueling-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">uncertainty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/did-baker-mckenzie-just-give-biglaw-permission-to-blame-ai-for-mass-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">for<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/clients-and-genai-lawyers-better-be-ready-to-deal-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">law<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/less-hours-worked-fewer-lawyers-needed-dealing-with-the-new-ai-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">firms<\/a>, we\u2019re looking to our readers to weigh in on their own career goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Does the risk of \u201ccognitive offloading\u201d alter your plans for AI adoption? Does working from the office appeal to you more than it did last year? Are law schools and law firms doing enough to develop the necessary skills for young lawyers to succeed?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please take this (always) brief and anonymous survey to help us benchmark the industry in 2026. We\u2019ll be sharing the results in a report later this year, and respondents will have a chance to receive a $250 gift card.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmedia.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_emPAAqtUi5fSo8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/button_take-the-survey.png?resize=283%2C62&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82999\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post Has Legal Industry Upheaval Changed Your Career Goals?\u00a0 appeared first on Above the Law. As AI and other factors drive uncertainty for law firms, we\u2019re looking to our readers to weigh in on their own career goals.\u00a0 Does the risk of \u201ccognitive offloading\u201d alter your plans for AI adoption? Does working from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":147566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/button_take-the-survey-p45tq0.png?fit=283%2C62&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}