LawFuel Law Jobs Network – In-house legal roles in New Zealand continue to grow and to provide significant opportunities for lawyers seeking work in a variety of industry and government sectors. With around 28 percent of the legal profession in New Zealand involving lawyers working in corporate, government and related in-house positions, LawFuel has noted
Orrick Herrington are cutting staff numbers by 6 percent in another sign of the waning legal market
Viral LinkedIn Post Explains Why This Lawyer Left His Job – For A Life Eli Albrecht was until recently a senior associate with Gibson Dunn, handling M&A work, but turned down a partnership. In an Above the Law interview he explained that he achieved what he once thought was his dream job as a Big Law partner.
In the rapidly evolving world of national and global security, the importance of a skilled homeland security professional cannot be overstated. As national security threats become more complex, the need for advanced expertise and knowledge in this field is on the rise. Here are ten persuasive reasons why pursuing a master’s degree in homeland security
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, a major US law firm, has mandated that lawyers must work in the office four days a week, shifting from their previous three-day requirement. The firm aims to balance remote work benefits with in-person collaboration. This move reflects a broader trend in the legal industry as firms reassess office attendance policies following the pandemic.
BigLaw Layoffs Continue Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner recently made the decision to lay off 47 legal secretaries and administrative staff across its offices worldwide in a move that follows other BigLaw layoffs. Bryan Cave resulted from a major merger lead by two ‘power women’ attorneys in 2019. Out of the total number of employees affected,
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Law firms have been going through a turbulent time in recent days as economic conditions continue to look woeful and layoffs have taken what one legal blog – AbovetheLaw – describe as both “stealth” and “non-stealth” layoffs in the industry. In essence, this means that the major problems in layoff terms have been in the
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Among the top New Zealand law jobs listed on the top law jobs network at LawFuel are roles involving in-house roles, family law, insurance law, senior commercial law roles and litigation. The latest jobs include: Prosecution roles at both junior and mid-level in Nelson – “We are looking for prosecutors to join our team. Roles
Jimmy Singh* – On 17 July 2020, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released the statistics report on the average income based on occupation (and state) for income year 2017/18. The report is based upon millions of 2018 income tax returns in respect to millions individuals, and hundreds of thousands of corporations. In a nutshell,
The US Big Law firms breaching the $200,000 salary scale for associates has been the subject of a new Big Law salary scale survey in an AboveTheLaw report that follows the $200k limit breached by Millbank in June 2021. Millbank fired the first shot in the associate salary scale war as we have reported and
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