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The Law Career Pathways Showing There Is More To A Legal Career Than Being A Lawyer

The Law Career Pathways Showing There Is More To A Legal Career Than Being A Lawyer

Having a law career does not mean you have to be a lawyer and now, more than ever, there are multiple opportunities for lawyers who do not seek to practice law but are looking for a law career pathway beyond getting behind a desk with a law firm. Career opportunities for those with a law […]

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Law Careers – How to Become a Trademark Attorney

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Becoming a trademark attorney is similar to becoming any other professional; you need a degree. You also need to garner relevant practical experience in trademark law. In the U.S., trademark attorneys are often assigned to the U.S. federal court system. So, the attorney has to be licensed to be able to serve clients and represent

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How Some Gen Y Lawyers Are Steering Their Law Careers Around Their Personal Values and Leaving Big Law

Alina Lee, solo practice small law firm

Alina Lee is one example – a lawyer who left Big Law to settle for a Small Law Alternative Alina Lee did well working for Big Law and then in-house at a corporate legal department, but at age 30, she’s started her own firm, Your Ad Attorney, motivated by a desire to practice law how

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7 Developing & Lucrative Non-Law Careers For Lawyers

7 Developing & Lucrative Non-Law Careers For Lawyers

Dan Garner – The pandemic and increasing law career options mean more lawyers than ever are seeking non-law careers, a law degree providing an ideal base for developing work in a wide range of fields, but there are some developing areas of opportunity for lawyers, with seven we have identified below. We have written on

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Top QC’s Advice to Law Job Seekers in The Changed Law World

Top QC's Advice to Law Job Seekers in The Changed Law World

Susie Paul – Jim Farmer QC is used to giving advice to tough commercial clients, but he also has some tough advice for those seeking law jobs in the COVID world we now inhabit. As we recently reported the law jobs situation is significantly more difficult now with the COVID crisis, but the best thing

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New Zealand Legal Careers: Making A Difference With Community Law Work

New Zealand Legal Careers: Making A Difference With Community Law Work

  Legal roles in community law frequently arise and provide lawyers with an opportunity to engage with local communities in a way that can provide extraordinary work satisfaction for lawyers seeking to make a difference with their work. A case in point was highlighted with a recent LawTalk profile of Canterbury Community Law leader Jamie-Lee

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The Secrets Young Law Career Blogger Rosie Watterson Is Revealing To Scoring The Right Law Job

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   Solicitor and blogger Rosie Watterson publishes the popular UK blog Apply.Shine.Win which provides practical advise to lawyers seeking a training contract with a firm and law career tips. Receiving a strong and growing readership via witty and insightful observations on working for a firm, Rosie Watterson has become an increasingly visible and listened-to

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Simon Bridges’ Advice For Young Lawyers (And Other Tips on the Law)

Simon Bridges' Advice For Young Lawyers (And Other Tips on the Law)

National’s new leader has a background in Crown prosecution behind him, but started legal life working for Kensington Swan before moving to Tauranga and handling prosecution work. He obtained his law degree from the University of Auckland, completing a BA (Political Science and History) and a LLB (Hons), as well as receiving a senior law

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Mixing Passion and Work: Alternative Careers for Law Professionals

Mixing Passion and Work: Alternative Careers for Law Professionals

Law practitioners aren’t immune from the drive to seek change once in awhile. People quite often discover that their career path isn’t working out anymore. Some don’t start feeling this way until they’ve been working for 20 years. Some people realize it before they graduate. Either way, your schooling and your experience isn’t wasted. If

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