Sentences with phrase «for junior lawyers»

This «extended apprenticeship» model worked quite well so long as there were positions for junior lawyers to fill.

Performance reviews for federal lawyers occur twice a year for junior lawyers and once a year for other counsel.

This presents yet another opportunity for junior lawyers as they seek out new career paths within the legal world.

There are separate resume templates for junior lawyers as well.

Also, it is worth pointing out that lawyer automation technology can actually be good for junior lawyers.

Satisfaction with partnership prospects was the second - lowest rated criterion out of 37 separate criteria in the report, despite being rated as one of the most important for junior lawyers.

As those are the majority of the «jobs» available for junior lawyers these days.

It's not unusual in bankruptcy for junior lawyers to interact with clients and draft legal documents.

However, we understand that there are opportunities at associate level for junior lawyers to fly the nest.

Corporate clients often are no longer willing to pay high hourly rates to law firms for junior lawyers to do routine work.

She brought in work that was above her level of expertise, which is unexpected for a junior lawyer.

I would like to apply for the junior lawyer position now available in your office by submitting this letter with resume.

This is a perfect opportunity for junior lawyers that want to start their own business, but still have the support of an experienced law firm.

Elsewhere, Slaughter and May has just elected to hold mid-year associate salaries following a previous pay boost in January, while Clifford Chance (CC) has brought its pay for junior lawyers up only to match inflation... while coming over uncharacteristically coy on the subject.

The latest to go is London giant Linklaters, which has nudged up its base rate for junior lawyers by # 1,000, handing newly - qualified (NQ) solicitors # 82,000.

Alongside reduced trainee intakes, the number of jobs for junior lawyers took a dramatic dive in the immediate post-recession years.

Julia Vanoli, learning and development manager and lead career coach at the House of Commons, offers some career advice for junior lawyers

YLAL has responded to this consultation voicing our deeply held concern that further cuts to remuneration for legal aid work will undermine the quality of legal help which our clients receive, cause more good legal aid firms to go under and make life more difficult for junior lawyers, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, who are struggling to enter the profession.

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has hiked salaries and bonuses for junior lawyers to take the maximum total compensation for top - performing newly - qualified (NQ) lawyers to # 90,000.

No sooner had some of the UK's largest law firms narrowed the UK / US pay gap for junior lawyers by upping combined pay and bonus for NQs to around # 85,000, than New York ushered in its first associate pay rises in nearly 10 years.

Cravath fired the starting gun yesterday, confirming a rise for junior lawyers in New York and London that takes base salary to $ 180,000 (# 123,600) for first - year lawyers.

We are also concerned that changes to the way in which the fund is administered do not have negative consequences for junior lawyers, particularly in terms of ensuring that sponsored training contracts and other mechanisms designed to ensure quality supervision and career progression for legal aid lawyers do not fall by the way side.

When Trinity Western University first suggested it should have a law school, I emphasized here all the market reasons they should not; there are enough law schools already, not enough articling positions, and too much job competition for junior lawyers.

We have memos describing what needs to be done, but they're too long for our junior lawyers to remember.

Nominations for the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) 10th annual Pro Bono Awards have been opened.

Somewhat ironically, Tomorrow's Lawyers is written for junior lawyers, those who have the least ability to effect the change described in the book.

NGUYEN: I was speaking to the managing partner of a smaller boutique firm yesterday and he was saying he has no billing targets for his junior lawyers.

We do not wish to duplicate work or efforts made by such groups, but we believe it is crucial for junior lawyers working in (and wanting to work in) the legal aid sector to have their own voice.

The Texas Young Lawyers Association recently launched an online resource for junior lawyers.

The fiddling with associate compensation comes as City leaders are caught between contrasting forces of disapproving general counsel on one hand and US - based law firms, which are continuing to hike salaries for junior lawyers, on the other.

She is involved in Lloyds Banking Group's internal mentoring programme and is also active in running client care training programmes for junior lawyers.

When it comes to assignments for junior lawyers, «generally it's a free market thing — you do something for someone and you just end up mostly working with them.»

In an unusual move, given that it has for years been established practice for major law firms in Wall Street and the City to disclose pay bands for junior lawyers, CC declined to comment, confirm or deny any specific figures when contacted.

He says the question at this early stage of AI development is whether it will «remain limited to descriptive analysis or whether it will be capable of evaluating rules and events», and then whether it will be a tool for junior lawyers to use or something which replaces them.

Besides newly created roles at the mid to senior level to establish the legal function in APAC, we also see expansion or replacement position roles for junior lawyers.

In order for junior lawyers to be most productive, lawyers tasked with managing projects and the performance of others can benefit from tailored workshops focused on the core skills necessary for competence as a manager and leader.

But the demand for junior lawyers did not plummet as a result.

Unless judges and lawyers with power, influence and experience step forward to cut paths and open doors for junior lawyers, those paths and doors will remain closed to many and we won't soon see the benefits of a judiciary that reflects the diversity of Canadian society.

It's not enough that there are some who claim there are already too many law schools in Canada, too few articling positions, and too much competition in the job market for junior lawyers.

Bloomberg Law released an interesting video with Lee Pacchia interviewing Steve Sunshine, partner at Bryan Cave on the program he initiated for junior lawyers in his firm on business development.

There can be a «lack of structure for junior lawyers», and one complaint centres on the «disorganised qualification process».

All of these developments seem likely to diminish BigLaw's need for junior lawyers, both immediately and in the longer term.

It has grown to become the UK's leading news source for junior lawyers and law students, and has been described by The Sunday Times as «Popbitch for lawyers» and The Telegraph as an «irreverent, must - read tabloid law website».

Slaughter and May has announced that it will hand out end - of - year associate bonuses of up to 16 %, alongside an increase in pay rates for junior lawyers and trainees.

In this article, Julia Vanoli, learning and development manager and lead career coach at the House of Commons, offers some career advice for junior lawyers

has responded to this consultation voicing our deeply held concern that further cuts to remuneration for legal aid work will undermine the quality of legal help which our clients receive, cause more good legal aid firms to go under and make life more difficult for junior lawyers, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, who are struggling to enter the profession.

It takes about five years for a junior lawyer to really nail that, but once it becomes second nature, the opportunities at Slater and Gordon are endless.

Clifford Chance followed the lead of magic circle rivals Linklaters and Allen & Overy by rolling in base pay and bonuses for junior lawyers to create a package that, while on the face of it is only # 1,000 more than the maximum available last year, guarantees virtually all of its NQ lawyers a salary of # 85,000.

It's difficult for young lawyers to get that experience today, partly because fewer cases are going to trial and partly because some insurers don't want to pay for junior lawyers to sit second chair in the courtroom, says McCarthy, a partner at McCarthy Bouley Barry & Morgan in Waltham, Massachusetts.