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How BigLaw Has Discovered Virtual Law Firm Internships To Entice Potential Lawyers

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 The virtual work environment has changed with law firm internships now differing following the pandemic-related changes with law firms offering virtual law firm internships for undergraduates and JD students. The situation with law firm internships is seeing virtual internships, often provided via an online platform called Forage, previously called InsideSherpa, which provides the virtual interns […]

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UK Lawyers To Have Easier Access to New Zealand Legal Practice

The recently signed trade deal between the UK and New Zealand will permit UK lawyers to work more easily in New Zealand as it drives collaboration between legal regulators The Department for International Trade said the UK’FTA  with New Zealand will improve business travel arrangements and allow professionals such as lawyers and architects to work abroad more easily.

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Jim Farmer’s Legal Heroes – And How The Power List Overlooked A Busy Barrister

John Bowie – Jim Farmer QC is unquestionably one of New Zealand’s most prominent and successful barristers, a position he has enjoyed for a considerable period as he dealt with some of the biggest cases before the New Zealand courts.  More significantly perhaps, he also remains something of a figurehead in the expanding world of

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Oops! The One-Word Mistake That Could Cost These Big Law Firms $300 Million

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What a difference a word makes – particularly if its the wrong word in a multimillion dollar contract and two Big Law firms are on the hood for as much as $300 million. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton allegedly made an error in a 2014 deal that split assets of

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The Callinicos Calamity: Judicial Discord and Constitutional Issues Raised By A “Scandal”

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The issues over the the alleged bullying behavour of Napier Family Court Judge Peter Callinicos has lead to complaints to the Judicial Complaints Commission and an unseemly scrap among the brethren in the judiciary. The complaints surround two cases in particular, one involving the custody of a Maori child and one a domestic abuse case

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How The Pandemic Helped Big Law Giant Baker McKenzie Shatter The $3 Billion Barrier

Baker McKenzie has broken through the $3 billion revenue barrier.  Already the largest law firm in the United States by lawyer head count, it has announced revenue increases of 7.8 per cent in its latest report.   The revenue growth makes Baker McKenzie similar to other law firms that have experienced double-digit growth helped in

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Women Storm The LawFuel Power List of New Zealand’s Most Powerful Lawyers

More women than ever make the top 50 most powerful and influential lawyers in New Zealand on LawFuel list The top fifty in LawFuel Power Law list of the country’s most influencial lawyers in the Power List includes more women than ever, with 23 women making the list, the highest in the five years’ the

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An Embarrassment of Judges: The Wanaka Escapees See Red Faces And Anger All Round

>> Latest law jobs on the LawFuel Network – In-House, Law Firms, NGOs – Daily Updates Lawyer Hannah Rawnsley actions in fleeing to Wanaka with partner William Willis has embarrassed at least two District Court judges, being her partner’s mother and the co-owner of the Wanaka house, District Court Judge Josephine Bouchier. fled alert level

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Prince Andrew’s Star Lawyer – The Hollywood Celebrity Lawyer Prince Andrew Is Using For His Legal Drama?

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“. . it’s never a good day for my clients if they need to talk to me” When it comes to choosing a celebrity lawyer, Prince Andrew has gone to the top shelf with his selection of the Hollywood lawyer he is using to represent him in his impending civil lawsuit over sexual assault allegations.

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