[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Having received many inquiries in the last week from the public, lawyers and the media, the New Zealand Law Society believes it would be helpful to outline the process and character requirements for someone who wants to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. The Law Society
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Law firms love compliments for their professionalism, gender neutrality, Rainbow ticks and their efforts to save the planet – but now Anderson Lloyd have also become a ‘Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace’, earning the support and hearty congratulations from the Canterbury Breastfeeding Advocacy Service. Anderson Lloyd are believed to the first firm in New Zealand to be
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Well, just who are President Donald Trump’s new dream legal team? The Robert Mueller investigation of the Trump campaign’s links to the Russians and their moves to closely examine the Trump Organization’s links also has lead the president to push-back against the Mueller legal team, which also has it’s fair share of stars. So
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kate Harveston* If someone needs legal assistance, they’re not likely to turn to just anyone for help. When the time comes to hire a lawyer, just about everyone is going to look for a law firm that they genuinely trust. They want to know they’re putting their future in the hands of someone who cares
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The recent refusal by the Commerce Commission to permit the merger between Vero and Tower Insurance is an example of the key decisions being made by one of New Zealand’s most important regulatory bodies. It also demonstrates the need for lawyers to be ‘on their game’ when it comes to assessing the criteria that apply
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The glass ceiling remains a difficult – shattering even – experience for many women seeking to achieve equity partnerships in Big Law firms. Law360 has now compiled a ranking of the best law firms for women to become (equity) partners, surveying over 300 firms on gender diversity based on the number of female equity partners
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] North Korea’s hermit status and belligerent behavior has created an almost vacuum when it comes to Westerners or ‘West-leaning’ lawyers who know anything about the country. But at least three key “Western” lawyers know the country more than others. There are – to the best of our knowledge – only three or four law
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A highly accomplished lawyer who has a lifetime of legal and prosecutorial experience behind him, makes Robert Mueller an ideal candidate to investigate the allegations of Russian involvement with Donald Trump’s election campaign. For Mueller, former WilmerHale partner (who represent Ivanka and Jared Kushner, incidentally) among other things, credibility is everything. “You are only as
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Big Law’s White & Case may call them “energy pods”, but to any tired lawyer they are sleeping pods . . and they love them, it seems. Coming in at $13,000 each, the . . what shall we call them? . . “sleep/energy pods” are designed to reward lawyers with the rest they need to
Job-hating is one of the most soul-destroying pursuits of mankind? But what can you do about it when you have all those “self imposed have-tos”? The Harvard Business Review carried an article from Mark Chussil that examined the concept of chasing security, the “have-tos” and the belief that maybe we can actually take everything with us.
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