LawFuel says – Following the 2018 Annus horribilis Russell McVeagh has had the spotlight shined upon it and needed to overhaul its culture to remove the stigma of its sexual harassment scandals. However it remains firmly entrenched as one of the country’s pre-eminent law firms, demanding the most of its lawyers and generally compensating them generously. […]
LawFuel says – Like all the large law firms, MinterEllisonRuddWatts creates a work hard environment, although there are reports of a culture that remains open to improvement. Although the NZ firm has stars like LawFuel’s former Lawyer of the Year Stacey Shortall, the firm continues to demonstrate a strong move towards technology innovation. MinterEllisonRuddWatts says
LawFuel says – Meredith Connell has long changed since its days as Crown Solicitor, which it retains, but which has seen strong growth in its work as a commercial law firm. Graduates report favourably on the culture and work quality the firm produces with generally generous pay scales and benefits. Meredith Connell says – Summer
LawFuel says – A smaller ‘Big Law’ firm, Lane Neave has worked on building a boutique culture, which largely works according to our reports. The firm has developed some good clerking programmes and generally provides a good alternative to the bigger rivals without the stress. However the firm has ambitions to grow its national presence,
LawFuel says – Kensington Swan has developed something of an enviable workplace culture, both more relaxed on the one hand and inclusive on the other. Reports indicate that while the firm has had some ups and downs in terms of its development, its culture remains strongly inclusive and less pressured than the ‘Golden Triangle’ firms.
Yale University tops the US & World Report Law School rankings for 2020. Graduates from the top law schools have consistently high bar passage and employment rates, among other factors. Again this year, Yale University is the best law school in the country. Stanford follows at No. 2, and Harvard rounds out the top three. Next in the list is the University of
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Whenever we think of legal staffing support, we think of small legal teams or lawyers. However, legal teams of all sizes need support legal staff whenever they are faced with litigation and trying cases in court. This is due largely to the fact that there are so many moving parts during litigation. Through the services
Facebook Google+ Twitter LinkedIn LawFuel Contributor* The shift from the New Zealand legal market to the UK’s can be daunting for young Kiwi lawyers. Despite being now a well-trodden path, there are plenty of pitfalls and lessons to be learned. Below, a Kiwi who has recently gone through the experience provides some thoughts on the
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Christmas time means Christmas bonuses for lawyers and among the big bonus winners this year have been – surprise, surprise – Cravaths, who have announced some juicy bonuses last month, rising from $15,000 for this year’s class to $100,000 for the 2010/11 classes. But the major bonus announcement has also been matched now by Schulte
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November 19, 2018 Firm Teams with pymetrics to Address Implicit Bias in Recruiting Process; Joins with Werk to Build a More Flexible Culture Through Data NEW YORK—November 19, 2018—O’Melveny announced today that it has become the first US law firm to adopt two cutting-edge technologies that address critical diversity and inclusion issues: pymetrics will enhance
