Before she studied law, Rebecca Kelly signed and managed local musicians. Such work may seem a world away from legal practice, but for Clyde & Co’s Australian managing partner, it offered pertinent lessons for leading a global law firm’s operation Down Under.
Landing that first role for law graduates now feels like navigating a labyrinth of scarce opportunities, rejection emails, and constant setbacks – but these three law graduates have found their way through the maze and now share the top strategies that helped them stand out and secure their first legal jobs in an intensely competitive market.
According to the nation’s first law officer, Australian lawyers have long been ahead of the game. In an exclusive chat with Lawyers Weekly, the Attorney-General reflected on how best practitioners Down Under can keep delivering for clients in a changing world.
International law firm Hamilton Locke has appointed a new managing partner, with the incumbent moving into the role of executive chairman.
In finding him guilty of professional misconduct for his behaviour in family law proceedings, an NSW tribunal was highly critical of a barrister for having a “loose and cavalier” attitude towards his legal obligations.
Legal gaps that may prevent law enforcement and security agencies from responding to terrorist attacks like the Bondi Beach massacre will be examined by the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, the commissioner said in opening.
As artificial intelligence adoption accelerates with no sign of slowing, Microsoft’s AI chief has sounded the alarm, warning that most white-collar jobs could soon be fully automated – and lawyers are firmly in the spotlight.
Queensland-based Mullins Lawyers has expanded its senior leadership team through two strategic appointments, bolstering its banking and finance and corporate practice areas.
For women in law who have long sensed that the rules feel different, that the day is longer, the margin thinner, the recovery heavier; this is not imagined, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
Global legal technology company Consilio has deepened its presence in the Australian and New Zealand legal sector by integrating with Australian e-discovery firm elaw to expand its regional capability.
