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Too Many Lawyers. Here’s One Solution
July 7th, 2015
A large part of the law business is in crisis. Lawyers and judges bemoan a “justice gap”: millions of Americans who need legal services but can’t afford them. At the same time, many law school graduates can’t find legal ...
India in talks with lawyers to open up legal services sector to foreigners
June 30th, 2015
The Indian government has started talks with the Bar Council of India and other stakeholders on its proposal to open up the legal services sector to foreigners in stages. Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher told reporters that discussions are also ...
Nine out of 10 lawyers save more than £250 a month regularly
June 29th, 2015
Lawyers are sensible savers but need to be smarter to fulfil their ambitions Most lawyers are regular savers but need to plan properly if they are to achieve all their saving goals, according to new research. Wesleyan, the specialist ...
Lawyers facing up to Grexit
June 22nd, 2015
If Greece goes bust, what will happen to client money? “As the spectacle of potential Greek bankruptcy unrolls before our eyes, we should put ourselves in the shoes of our Greek lawyer colleagues.” The main impact of the crisis ...
FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia 2015
June 15th, 2015
Following the success of the first awards programme for Asia-Pacific in 2014, the Financial Times is delighted to announce the 2015 Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards. When FT Innovative Lawyers was established in Europe almost a decade ago, it sought ...
Third of lawyers say no to partnership in favour of work-life balance
May 21st, 2015
Perception of the legal profession’s glass ceiling not seen as a main impediment to law firm leadership roles Work-life balance and stress are the primary reasons lawyers are not aspiring to partnership, new research has found. The 2015 Salary and ...
Demand soars for lawyers in Hong Kong and Singapore
May 6th, 2015
Legal and compliance jobs top the list, according to the Robert Walters Asia Job Index. Data for Q1 shows legal and compliance job advertising growing 38 per cent, year on year, in Hong Kong and 30 per cent in ...
Lawyers are more faithful to their roles compared to 2014
April 24th, 2015
Millennials, however, are likely to look for a new role within six months of first job Law firms might have to ‘turn on the charm’ in year three of their employee’s career, a new report has revealed, as lawyers ...
Lawyers warned that legal automation could dull their brains
April 23rd, 2015
Lawyers need to be careful not to lose some of their ‘deep human talent’ in the coming years as software systems take over many of their traditional tasks – a process which has dulled human expertise in other sectors, ...
EU lawyers: EU cannot maintain protection against Chinese imports
April 3rd, 2015
EU lawyers say EU cannot ignore rules on China‘s new WTO status EU yet to decide, could favour China to win favour with Beijing European fears of being forced to lower tariff defences against cheap Chinese imports have grown following a confidential ...
