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Big Law • Sep 19 2021
‘I used to pray I’d be knocked off my bike each morning’
Herbert Smith Freehills partner and India Practice chair Chris Parsons says that speaking about his struggles with mental...
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SME Law • Sep 19 2021
Community and professionalism must be central to lawyers’ purpose
The status and authority of the legal profession have depleted over time, argued one senior lawyer. There are ways, however,...
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SME Law • Sep 15 2021
A country practice: Meet the lawyer who gave up his city job to build a firm in the bush
Rural and regional areas are lands of opportunity for lawyers who are willing to make a tree change, writes Stefanie...
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Corporate Counsel • Sep 14 2021
Opportunities abound to work in-house for a start-up
A combination of professional and environmental factors means that there are more pathways for lawyers to work as legal...
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Changing vocational pathways can be scary, but if it feels right, making the jump – and doing so in the right ways –...
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Not every lawyer can be or wants to be a thought leader, major influencer, or a big brand personality. And that’s perf...
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Even before COVID-19 struck, tech roles were shaping up to be the way of the future, said four professionals.
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Here, four professionals speak with Lawyers Weekly about how and why they opted to move away from what they were doing t...
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Starting one’s own practice is never easy, Mellissa Larkin reflects, but once initial hurdles are overcome, the freedo...
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Rainmakers who have more control, freedom and flexibility in their working lives are the ones who find that life is wort...
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Prue Burns – a former national law firm partner and banking transformation leader – spoke with Lawyers Weekly about ...
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Family lawyer and accredited specialist Mark Sullivan has now been in practice for four decades. Speaking to Lawyers Wee...
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The number of in-house legal professionals in Australia has grown by 82 per cent since 2011. What’s causing the uptick...
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After serving as GC for Australia’s largest gambling company for eight years, Julian Hoskins saw an opportunity to use...
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