[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] One of England’s top judges appears to have received a kiss on the cheek from a mugger who robbed him, according to reports. Sir Robin Knowles QC was not far from the Royal Courts of Justice when the incident occurred in September last year. The alleged mugger, robber and kisser was Terry Brown, 45,
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Myers-Briggs personality types that dominate so many people seeking new jobs, but knowing about the sort of person you are can also help you as a lawyer professionally – and personally. The Myers-Briggs test is designed to bring order to apparently random behaviour or thought patterns. You can see an overview of how
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Victoria University’s law school has scored a stellar guest lecturer, with US Chief Justice John Roberts visiting in July to teach a four day executive development course, the US Supreme Court in Historical Perspective.The University announced the visit today saying that Justice Roberts will also speak at an evening session in Wellington on 26
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jared Kushner is very much in the limelight and few may not know that the so-called “naive” political operative and son-in-law to Donald Trump is in fact a savvy business and legal operator. Now under potential FBI investigation for his alleged ‘back channel’ conduit to the Russians, Jared Kushner is someone who is also
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Altman Weil law firm survey raised eyebrows over the talk of “chronically under-performing” lawyers in their ranks and the fact that too many partners were not busy enough – but it also revealed some other threats and thoughts about the business of law. Over half of the partners surveyed in the Law Firms in
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] North Korea’s hermit status and belligerent behavior has created an almost vacuum when it comes to Westerners or ‘West-leaning’ lawyers who know anything about the country. But at least three key “Western” lawyers know the country more than others. There are – to the best of our knowledge – only three or four law
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A highly accomplished lawyer who has a lifetime of legal and prosecutorial experience behind him, makes Robert Mueller an ideal candidate to investigate the allegations of Russian involvement with Donald Trump’s election campaign. For Mueller, former WilmerHale partner (who represent Ivanka and Jared Kushner, incidentally) among other things, credibility is everything. “You are only as
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Big Law’s White & Case may call them “energy pods”, but to any tired lawyer they are sleeping pods . . and they love them, it seems. Coming in at $13,000 each, the . . what shall we call them? . . “sleep/energy pods” are designed to reward lawyers with the rest they need to
Job-hating is one of the most soul-destroying pursuits of mankind? But what can you do about it when you have all those “self imposed have-tos”? The Harvard Business Review carried an article from Mark Chussil that examined the concept of chasing security, the “have-tos” and the belief that maybe we can actually take everything with us.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What’s the best career advice you could receive? Better still, what’s the best advice you can actually use to advance your career satisfactorily? A recent article in Business Inside with Microsoft boss Satya Nadella saw the software giant’s boss pay credit to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck and his best-selling book, Mindset, which Nadella saw as helping to
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