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Lawyers Pick Up Summer Program Cash – But Either Virtual Or No Programs On Offer

Headlining, Law Firms, Law Job News / May 18, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has seen many law firms cancel their summer intern programs, but many firms are continuing to pay their associates as much as $3600 a month despite reducing their summer intern programs. The pandemic has created a range of reactions from law firms, which would normally see market leaders set the framework for […]

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Law Firm Paycuts Everywhere & The Key Question: “Do We Have Too Many Lawyers?”

Headlining, Law Firms, Law Job News / April 28, 2020

Law firms are increasingly cutting salaries to get their way through what one law publication terms the ‘coronapocalypse’. The largest law firms in the world are chopping pay, bonuses and leave with the trend continuing even as many are seeing light at the end of the dark Corona tunnel. But some key questions about how

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The Bigger the Better? Understanding the Biglaw Salary Scale

Law Firms, Law Job News / April 15, 2020

You have no doubt heard the term Biglaw, but may not be able to place your finger on an exact definition. You are not alone in that. Biglaw is an industry-specific nickname for high-revenue law firms with large headcounts. It can also refer to smaller firms that pay their lawyers a market rate salary, or

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How COVID-19 Will Create Law Job Winners and Losers – The Places to Be (And The Places to Leave)

Law Job News, Law schools / March 28, 2020

The COVID-19 virus has shaken the world economy like a war – and indeed it is a war – and the law profession and law job searching will be equally changed by these events. So far as legal recruitment and law careers are concerned, the full effects of the COVID-19 virus are still far off.

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LawFuel Law Firm Reviews

Law Firms, Law Job News, New Zealand Law News / March 22, 2020

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5 Tips to Make the Most of Your First Internship at a Law Firm

Career Advice, Law Job News / March 7, 2020

Rhonda Martinez* Many students worry about how they are going to spend their time at a law firm as interns. They want to impress employers and prepare for recruiting. Getting a good job is the main point of education so you should make sure that employers will see you as a good candidate. Although your

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Vault Rankings – The Top Rated US Law Firms For Compensation, As Recommended by Associates

Big Law, Career Advice, Headlining / February 6, 2020

The annual Vault rankings are always keenly awaited and with 20,000 Associates ranking US law firms this year the rankings remain of keen interest. But which firms rank tops? The top ranking 10 US law firm as ranked by Vault follow – Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP With two centuries under its belt, Cravath, Swaine

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The 'Unfiltered' View of Linklaters – By A Staffer's Video Log

Law Firms, Law Job News, LawFuel Career Page, NZ Top in LawFuel, UK Law / December 26, 2019

Eve Cornwell is a trainee at Linklaters, London office and has released a much-watched, ‘unfiltered’ view of the Magic Circle firm’s office with a video view of everything in the firm’s London HQ – with the blessing of the firm, who want to lift the lid on working at Big Law, London. Everthing from the

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The Kiwi Lawyer Boldly Going Where No Woman Has Gone Before

Headlining NZ, Law Job News, LawStars, New Zealand Law News, Power List / November 28, 2019

Going Boldly Where No Woman Lawyer Has Gone Before . . The Space Lawyer New Zealand’s booming space industry has produced one of the world’s first Space lawyers. Rachel Moore & Kate Green spoke with Dr Maria Pozza Maria Pozza is New Zealand’s only space lawyer. Far from talking to aliens, she spends her time,

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Cleary’s Firing of Corporate Team Shows Increasing Aggression in Market for Legal Talent

Headlining, Law Firms, Law Job News, Lawyers / November 2, 2019

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s firing of a four partner team that planned to move to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a further example of the increasing aggression for legal talent shown in the competitive corporate legal market in the US. It has also provoked some criticism for the impact it will have on Clearys – and potentially

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