Last year I was very fortunate to have a talented young corporate lawyer with a sterling law firm background do a secondment with me in my in-house legal department. At one of our one-on-one meetings a few weeks into his new job, he recounted his struggle to gain the trust of business people, manage…
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The Importance of Networking for Lawyers
In the first part of her series, she touches on the importance of networking as a skill, and why all lawyers should…
What’s It Really Like to Be a Barrister?
Becoming a barrister is often considered one of the highest achievements for a person’s legal career and most are…
In this second article in his series on resilience and wise leadership in the legal profession, leadership coach Tim Segaller discusses with Lawyer Monthly how mindfulness skills can help lawyers’ negotiation and litigation skills.
My previous article looked at how law firms can respond to the…
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5 Essential Skills a Law Degree Can Develop
Studying law isn’t about being able to name the fifty most influential cases in contract law or reciting the Human…
What’s It Like Applying for a Large Law Firm?
Here Toby Horner and Yasmina Kone discuss the Clifford Chance complete application process.
If you’re looking to ramp up your hiring efforts this summer then now is definitely the right time, as new data from CV-Library, reveals that applications for legal jobs jumped up by a staggering 19.9% in the second quarter of 2019.
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Legal Employers Favour Workers That Are Willing to Upskill & Adapt
New research from leading job board, CV-Library, reveals the key skills that legal employers are favouring right…
What Legal Technologies Do Students Need to Be Aware of?
Legal tech is quickly becoming a top priority in the legal sector, and more so for the future generations of legal…