What Advice Top Lawyers Like Amal Clooney Give First Year Law Students
Law School ‘newbies’ are faced with a range of issues and downright fears when it comes to determining whether they have made the right choice about going to law school in the first place, let alone...
View ArticleReputation Management for Lawyers – 7 Key Tips
Elena Tahora* – Reputation management for lawyers is now more crucial than ever. With so much information available on the internet, it’s easy to get lost in the crowd. So, how do you work on a...
View ArticleSusskind’s New Future of Law Book and the Questions Law Recruiters Don’t Like
Law firm futurologist Richard Susskind has stirred the legal pot many times with his Book “Tomorrow’s Lawyers” and with lectures and writings about the future law firm. His book’s second edition is...
View ArticleTop Career Tips From a Millionaire Former Lawyer and Top Lady QC
The ‘squiggly line’ move towards a successful career is something suggested by a multimillionaire former lawyer and by top QC Miriam Dean. Ms Dean is the woman lawyer who was Russell McVeagh’s first...
View ArticleThe Law Firm That Started in a Coffee Shop And Liberated Lawyers From Timesheets
So how about this for a law firm business plan? – no time sheets, no traditional partner structure, full profit-sharing . . and an objective to be one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK. For...
View ArticleJim Farmer QC on Pro Bono Work and the Legal Lifestyle
Jim Farmer QC is a voice worth listening to beyond just the courtroom. His occasional blog offerings provide sage advice on everything from the state of the law to legal lifestyle issues. His latest...
View ArticleMixing 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...
View ArticleThe Personal Payoff For a Young Kiwi Lawyer Passing the ‘Tortuous’ California...
Clerking for a Supreme Court Justice to working on Death Row are career extremes even for a young lawyer just embarking on his legal career, but the California Bar is “pure torture” but for this young...
View ArticleMayer Brown Promote 31 Worldwide
Chicago, 20 November 2017 – Mayer Brown announced today the promotion of 31 lawyers worldwide to partner. The appointments take effect January 1, 2018. “It is my pleasure to welcome these outstanding...
View ArticleKensington Swan Appoints Two New Partners.
Kensington Swan is delighted to announce the promotion of Marija Batistich (pictured left) and Charlotte Parkhill as Partners with effect from 1 January 2018. Marija joins partners Nicky McIndoe and...
View ArticleSome Great End-of-Year Questions For Clients
Wicker Park Group – We’ve written countless blog posts about the importance of talking with clients “off the clock” to seek feedback and gain a better understanding of their businesses, strategic...
View ArticleLawFuel Power List 2017 – New Zealand’s Most Powerful Lawyers
[/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_row][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_column] 43. David Wetherell A co-founder of his powerful boutique firm Mayne Wetherell since 2004, David Wetherell continues to grow his...
View ArticleAustralia’s Most Powerful Lawyers
Among Australia’s most powerful lawyers, a LawFuel Power Selection of some of the most prominent – Allan Fels Professor Allan Herbert Miller Fels AO is regarded as the country’s leading regulator. An...
View ArticleMike Heron: The Kiwi QC Who Is Changing The Way We Think About The Law
Leading QC Michael Heron is once again rising in LawFuel’s “Power List” with a career spanning success in private and public practice after relinquising one of New Zealand’s most senior legal roles in...
View ArticleThe 9 Minutes a Day Routine Using LinkedIn to Grow Your Law Practice
Using LinkedIn to grow your law practice is one of the most sure-fire things any small (or larger) firm can do to create new work. Following some simple steps for the massive social network can pay...
View Article6 Non-Traditional Career Paths For Lawyers
Whether you have just graduated, or you have been practicing law for many years, you may find yourself wondering where you want to be in a few years’ time. After all, a law degree is extremely...
View Article3 Things Judge Judy Can Teach Women Lawyers
Sandra Mahoney* I deal daily with women in the law who make the oft-heard complaint about the lack of fairness and parity with their male colleagues in the law. One – in fact three, things – that...
View ArticleKensington Swan makes five new senior appointments
Kensington Swan is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Special Counsel and two new Senior Associates, effective from 1 January 2018. These promotions are effective from 1 January 2018, and...
View ArticleDavis Polk Welcomes Private Funds Counsel Scott Beal
New York, January 29, 2018 – Davis Polk today announced that Scott Beal has rejoined the firm as counsel in its Investment Management Group in New York. Mr. Beal most recently served as General Counsel...
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