Mitchell discusses Millennial, Gen Z shift in litigating on ALFA panel

Attorney Phoebe B. Mitchell spoke at ALFA International’s inaugural Future Leaders Forum in Louisville, KY on Sept. 22. Mitchell was a panel guest for a session titled, “The Future of the Jury Pool.”

“We discussed the future of the jury pool—specifically, what litigating looks like now that Millennials and Gen Z could possibly make up the majority of a jury,” Mitchell said. “How should attorneys tailor their arguments in order to speak directly to a Millennial/Gen Z jury? We also discussed Millennials and Gen Z as employees and what trends employers are seeing now that Gen Z has entered into the professional workforce.”

Mitchell spoke about the Millennial/Gen Z plaintiff and the differences between litigating against an older plaintiff where, for example, discoverable information is potentially on many additional platforms (all different forms of social media) when litigating with a Millennial or Gen Z plaintiff as opposed to an older plaintiff.

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