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The Cool Kids Push Back: The Millennials Reshaping The Legal Profession

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We know Millennials have taken a different attitude to work than the generations before, but according to legal futurist Mitch Kowalski the ‘cool kids’ are reshaping the entire profession. Speaking at a conference organised by the New South Wales Law Society, Kowalski said the Millennials are abandoning the traditional law firms and seeking out firms […]

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The Judicial Fishing Expedition: “On what planet is that okay?”

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Randerson to Pinochet And the Reverberating Judicial Fishing Epedition – Did Our New Chief Justice Just Get a “Fail” on the Fishing Expedition Case? John Bowie – Up here in Rarotonga, where I’m currently warming my bones, there remains a banana-republic taint that provides the island the sort of charm expected in small, tropical countries.

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Kensington Swan to Combine With Major Global Firm

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Kensington Swan has announced that it is to join with Dentons, the largest law firm in the world by partner numbers and the sixth largest in revenue terms. The move will provide a significant shakeup to the New Zealand legal scene, following DLA Piper’s link to the global network. In a press release today, the

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Jones Day Responds to Gender Bias Lawsuit Sayings It’s a “Distorted Picture”

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In Jones Day, the Big Law firm under intense attack in a $200 million proposed gender discrimination class action, has delivered its first detailed response to claims that it systematically discriminated against women, saying it was a “distorted picture” of the truth. LawFuel has reported earlier on the ‘spreading virus’ of lawsuits against the firm and

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Gender Diversity in Law – Here’s One Firm Going Beyond the Lip Service?

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Stepping Up The Diversity Pace There is great huffing and puffing about what law firms are doing in the diversity space and Whitney & Dorsey have not exactly lead the pack, ranking at 141st place for Am Law’s 2019 Diversity Scorecard recently. But times are changing and the firm is now introducing a new ‘diversity hours’

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The LawFuel Gender Survey: Which Are New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Law Firms?

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The LawFuel Gender Survey: New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Law Firms A Power List Feature – Our Power Sponsors LawFuel Power List Survey:   The Gender Survey list is based on all partners, equity and salaried, although the more significant list is the percentage of equity partners who are female (shown in our second list). We have

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High Profile London Mishcon de Reya Considers Stock Market Listing

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The law firm best known for representing Princess Diana in her divorce, represented by the firm’s Deputy Chairman Anthony Julius (pictured) is considering a stock market float that could value the firm at several hundred million pounds. The wealthy law firm, currently employs more than 900 people with over 500 lawyers and is part of

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