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Law Careers: From Courtroom to Boardroom

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Slaughter and May’s Steve Cooke Joins Brunswick in Strategic Career Pivot Law career changes are occurring with increasing frequency across multiple levels of the legal profession. The latest high profile change reported by the Financial Times is for Steve Cooke, the head of Slaughter and May is set to join Brunswick, a public relations group, […]

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Who Is Tracey Epps, The Lawyer Who Provided National With Advice On Their Controversial Tax Plan?

Who is Tracey Epps, the National Party tax and trade lawyer adviser?

Tracey Epps, the lawyer who provided the National Party with the legal advice regarding their controversial tax scheme on foreign house buyers is a former Chapman Tripp and Foreign Affairs international tax expert. Based in Wellington with her own firm, Epps has expertise spanning trade and investment matters including treaty negotiations and agreements. The National

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Law Firm Careers – How To Boost Your Odds and Score A Job At A Prestigious Law Firm

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20 Law Firm Career Tips To Land A Top Tier Law Job Are you a law student or recent graduate wondering how you can improve your chances of landing a job at a prestigious law firm? The competition can be tough, but with dedication and hard work, you can set yourself apart from other candidates.

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How James Bond Creator Ian Fleming’s Advice May Herald Your Own ‘James Bond’ Job

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Ian Fleming may be known as the creator of James Bond but when it came to work and career advice the famed author was someone who took risks in his own careers, ensuring that opportunities were not wasted but were grasped with both hands.   A reporter who had worked at Reuters, covering a Moscow

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

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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

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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

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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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