WORKING LIFE

Countdown to Copenhagen for young climate change lawyer
Firms, workloads make leaving work on time a near impossibility
A story for students wanting a taste of working life in Australia -- with the legal profession among the most overworked in the country, a plan to encourage workers to "Go Home on Time" last ... [more]
Lawyers to be trained for mental health work
Legal practitioners will be called upon to assist people with mental illnesses under an initiative to be launched ton Tuesday by the NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos. The scheme, which will be unveiled ... [more]
Plain sailing: lawyers favour keeping it simple over legalese and Latin
Thirty page letters of advice strewn liberally with legalese and Latin have become the legal cliché, but they simply won't cut it in today's commercial world. Zoe Lyon investigates the benefits ... [more]
Explore the law: getting experience in different practice areas
While it helps to specialise, exploring other areas of law will be a great career advantage, writes Ben Carter. Lawyers usually become very specialised soon after they start their careers. Although there ... [more]
 
 


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