Who will be at the Fair: Melbourne '07

IN THIS ISSUE: If you’re going to get the most out of the Victorian Law Careers Fair on 3 September, you’re going to at least need to know who’s there and what’s in their show bags. Say hello to your exhibitors

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Judges often travel to the beat of a drum different from that heard by legislators and the executive. Judges’ sights are, or should be, fixed on a different timeframe – one measured in decades or centuries, not responding to populist causes, wedge divisions or tabloid fury

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STUDENTS

Law firms match the best on graduate pay

LAW FIRMS and investment banks are not running neck and neck as the most generous paymasters for graduate roles, a survey in the United Kingdom has revealed.

Companies face facts about Facebook

LOVE IT or hate it, the social networking phenomenon Facebook, and other Web 2.0 sites, throw up a plethora of legal issues that businesses can’t afford to ignore

China whispers, we listen

Mallesons Stephen Jaques’ top man, Robert Milliner, talks about how Asia and Australia are intertwined, and what the Asian markets can tell us. Kate Gibbs speaks to one of Australia’s top chief executive partners

Making the road to partnership shorter

Gilbert + Tobin’s new corporate transactions group partner Adam Laura gave Lawyer2B an insider’s view on how to make partner in as short a time as possible

Hong Kong on the horizon for DLA Phillips Fox clerks

Forget the fancy business lunches, DLA Phillips Fox has gone one better this year, offering its summer and vacation clerks the chance of a two-week stint in Hong Kong.

LACHLAN HEATHERSPARKE HELMORESYDNEY

I was initially enrolled in a combined arts and computer science degree at the University of Sydney, but I realised after my third year I didn’t want to pursue computer science. I’d always been interested in law, so I took up a Bachelor of Laws at the University of New South Wales.

Nick Fisher, Kelly & Co Lawyers, Adelaide

I studied a bachelor of laws at the University of Adelaide, along with a bachelor of international studied and a diploma of languages in German.

MAGDA KHALILPHILLIPS ORMONDE & FITZPATRICKMELBOURNE

I studied science/law at the University of Melbourne. Combining my two fields of study with an interest in intellectual property, specialist IP firm Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick was the logical place to start my career.

Jordon Bennie, McInnes Wilson Lawyers, Brisbane

I’m currently in the firm’s insurance litigation team and I’m about to rotate into commercial litigation.
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