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Top Tips For Dealing With Millennials in Law Firms

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There’s a new generation in town and they are steadily becoming your employees. But, contrary to popular belief, millennials don’t overtly want to be treated differently, and instead, are looking to assimilate into your workplace with as little fuss as possible. Characteristics associated with this generation include different ways of communicating and differing expectations from […]

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Government Internships

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The Public Defence Service The PDS offers a Law Graduate Programme  provides recent New Zealand university law graduates with an opportunity to gain practical experience in a criminal defence practice environment. Law graduates have the opportunity to develop their legal skills to enable them to practice as a criminal defence lawyer. As a PDS law

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For Criminal Lawyers: The Attractions of the Public Defence Service Legal Career

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There was a time, not long ago, when the options for developing a career in criminal law were strictly limited and constrained by a variety of factors, not the least of them being opportunity. That is no longer the case. The largest criminal law practice in New Zealand is an organisation that provides a combination

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Former PM Helen Clark To Speak At Arbitrators’ & Mediators’ Institute Conference

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  WELLINGTON — The Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand is absolutely thrilled to announce Helen Clark will be a keynote guest at next month’s national conference in Wellington.   Ms Clark, a three-term prime minister and the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme until last year, has been a strong voice for

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Fulbright Hat Trick for Chapman Tripp

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​Chapman Tripp is proud to announce three Fulbright scholars: Rachael Jones, Lizzie Christmas and Guy Jones, who received their awards at a prestigious ceremony at Parliament last night, hosted by Deputy Prime Minister Rt. Hon Winston Peters. Fulbright New Zealand offers a range of exchange awards for New Zealanders and Americans to study, research, and

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The Australian Legal Whiz Behind The Law Whiz AI App

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April Arslan is not used to waiting around . . for anything.  The Melbourne-based lawyer running her own firm, Arslan Lawyers, has an international client base working with top senior barristers in high-end commercial litigation. LawFuel spoke with April about her new app, Law-Whiz, designed to remove the divide between barrister and solicitor and more

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Russell McVeagh’s Departing Partner & Solicitor in the Wake of the Sex Abuse Allegations

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Tom Burnett All publicly involved in the Russell McVeagh sexual harassment incidents from the now infamous 2015/16 summer clerk season, have claimed privacy as the reason why they cannot talk about the harassment perpetrators. One of the alleged offenders was a partner who was released from the firm and another was a senior solicitor or

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Law Firm’s ‘Work Hard Play Hard Culture’ Ends After “Disgraceful” Sexual Harassment Issues

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The report into Russell McVeagh’s sexual harassment issues by Dame Margaret Bazley over incidents that occurred in 2016/16 involved an ‘out of control’ team and a widespread failure in the firm’s management and code of conduct. The Bazley report said the firm’s  ‘work hard, play hard’ culture that had involved excessive drinking and related issues, along with

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