If you are a New Zealand lawyer reading this article, you are part of an inter-generational cohort turnover in the New Zealand legal profession. What does this
mean? I am referring to the fact that the generation of baby boomer lawyers are generally reducing their level of practice, becoming consultants (instead of partners) and/or retiring. Simultaneously, the incoming generation of younger lawyers are moving towards or are stepping into partnership and other leadership positions. This is inevitable and predictable. Nevertheless, many lawyers are in denial about this and many law firms are not addressing the issue of succession planning. Denial and inaction are not strategies.