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Enter the dragon: How to work with Asia

5 March 2010 | Working successfully with Asia requires more than certain legal expertise. The relationship has to change, writes barrister William Lye


Human rights under threat

26 February 2010 | Human rights are set to be breached by security measures outlined in the Government's Counter Terrorism White Paper, leading lawyers say.


The problem of partnership

23 February 2010 | Being a partner no longer necessarily means having a say in how the business is run, among other things. Michael Bradley asks, what is partnership now, anyway? 1 comment


Time to bring out the claws

22 February 2010 | Mimi Fong, managing director of recruiter Amicas Global, says the Chinese new year heralds a new beginning for job hunters.


The law: All guff and discontent?

19 February 2010 | Is there a way around the high levels of discontent experienced in the legal profession? Leadership expert Andrew Hughes writes.


Bring back the great dissenters

19 February 2010 | The current chief justice has garnered a new era of harmony on the country's highest court, according to new statistics released by the Gilbert + Tobin public law centre. But Kate Gibbs questions the cause. 1 comment


A vulnerable profession

16 February 2010 | The nature of the top-tier law firm has fundamentally shifted, writes Nick James. 1 comment


Implications of Allen & Overy's Entry Into Australia

08:00 AM | Shocking Australian law firms last week was the news that Allen & Overy would be entering the Australian marketplace. What does it all mean, asks Ted Dwyer 4 comments


Who's sorry now? The GFC that wasn't

9 February 2010 | In the turmoil of the GFC, firms have rid themselves of precisely the people they're going to need in an upswing. Michael Bradley talks post-recessionary planning and how it all went wrong 1 comment


Can't get no (job) satisfaction

8 February 2010 | High stress, long hours, no news there. But as the interminable burden of lawyering continues to take its toll on individuals, isn't it time the profession changes the way it works? Kate Gibbs writes 1 comment

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