My own view is that a weighting in favour of sharing current awareness is preferable, especially for more
senior research lawyers, who may be able to offer some personal takes on legal news or draw parallels and connections with previous law and other elements of the law.
Not exact matches
Mueller has also recruited James Quarles, who specialized in campaign - finance
research for the Watergate task force, according to Wired; Michael Dreeben, considered by some to be «the best criminal appellate
lawyer in America»; and Aaron Zebley, a former
senior counselor in the DOJ's National Security Division specializing in cybersecurity.
«Our concern is that [Harris] can't devote her full - time attention to her job as deputy mayor,» said Gene Russianoff, a
senior lawyer for the New York Public Interest
Research Group.
Senior lawyer hiring by international law firms in London fell last year for the first time since the financial crisis, according to
research carried out by Legal Week.
If this poll shows ambivalence among associates about partnership and concerns about how the process works, earlier
research bears out that the remoteness of partners and tough demands made of
senior lawyers are turning junior
lawyers away from the traditional career goal.
The
research, which surveyed more than 100 general counsels and
senior lawyers at 55 independent law firms across 41 countries, revealed what today's global client is seeking from its legal provider.
The
research, which surveyed more than 100 general counsel (GC), and
senior lawyers at 55 independent law firms across 41 countries, revealed what today's global client is seeking from its legal provider.
New
lawyers must be able to communicate the results of their
research in terms that more
senior lawyers can understand.
When
senior attorneys complain that new
lawyers don't know how to
research in books, it isn't always clear whether their complaint is about the
research process or the result.
Mike Barry, one of five executives and the
senior vice president of
research and development with Aderant, the world's largest legal software provider, was speaking to
Lawyers Weekly on global technical and competitive trends in the legal profession.
New
research shows almost half of
senior in -
lawyers have taken on new responsibility for cyber threats
There is a reason most law firms bill their students at a much lower rate - a
senior legal
research lawyer can be more effective and efficient than a student.
2) More and more firms are recognizing the value of
senior lawyers dedicated to legal
research and analysis.
Being a young
lawyer can also sometimes mean being assigned with lengthy
research assignments or voluminous document review for
senior counsel, while also balancing the responsibility of your own case load.
Last year's Best Legal Advisers
research generated responses from 1,000 GCs, in - house
lawyers and
senior executives from top UK and international companies, resulting in a list of the top 20 best legal advisers.
Many
senior lawyers believe the sheer volume of modern electronic communication is bad for partner productivity, with almost 90 % acknowledging the challenge of «information overload», according to new
research.
It is a mistake to assume that
senior lawyers who have (presumably) been taught how to do
research in the officially sanctioned linear fashion and decided not to are not practicing correctly.
As part of a recent piece of my own independent
research I asked
senior in - house
lawyers and heads of legal: «If you read a publication that doesn't seem to offer an insight or grip the issue, does it affect your view of that practice group?».
Its
research found that
senior in - house
lawyers have seen their pay rise by # 8,130 this year.
He is also
Senior Editor of LawReader.com, an online legal
research library, which is used by over one thousand Kentucky
lawyers and numerous County Law Libraries and Public Libraries.
com Big Law vs New Law: The Struggle in Finding Good Legal Advice The
research, which surveyed more than 100 general counsel (GC), and
senior lawyers at 55 independent law firms across 41 countries, revealed what today's global client is seek - ing from its legal provider.
The
research, which surveyed more than 100 general counsels and
senior lawyers at 55 inde - pendent law firms across 41 countries, revealed what today's global client is seeking from its le - gal provider.
And in many situations — believe it or not — the student or junior
lawyer may have better
research skills than the
senior lawyer and bring a perspective to the problem different than the assigning
lawyer.
Most
senior lawyers do not assign easy problems (if the problem were easy, they likely wouldn't need you to
research it).
While
senior - in house
lawyers are well - paid, the
research reveals that money is not necessarily their primary motivation in the workplace.
Senior in - house
lawyers have seen their pay rise by # 8,130 this year, according to the latest
research from specialist legal and compliance recruiter Laurence Simons.
Senior in - house
lawyers have seen their pay rise by # 8,130 this year, according to the latest
research from...
The proposed «operations centre» would house a large team of support workers, including
senior lawyers and media - monitoring professionals, as well as experts offering
research - based information and guidance to party workers.