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National Law Journal

The 2022 NLJ Awards: Professional Excellence—DC Rising Stars

We are pleased to present our 2022 D.C. Rising Stars. Selected from a competitive pool, our 40 honorees represent a cross-section of practice areas.
1 minute read

International Edition

Partner Regrets Are Bigger Than We Think

Everyone has caveats when discussing regrets but that is only natural, writes the London Lawyer. Plus: The Canary (Wharf) in the Coal Mine.
6 minute read

International Edition

Judges Known for Sexual Harassment Should Be Identified, Courts in Victoria Australia Urged

The report by retired judge Julie Dodds-Streeton KC did concede, however, that it is difficult to take strong action against judges given their 'constitutionally-protected status'.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Publix Ignored Every Red Flag': Supermarket Sued After Killing of Toddler, Grandmother

"In an age of active shooters, this store chose not to have security despite the multiple gun deaths in their stores in recent years," Sean Domnick, a shareholder at Domnick Cunningham & Whalen, said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

An Unlikely Source of Insight for Female Attorneys: LawyerTikTok

Female attorneys are leaving the practice of law. Although this isn't a new problem, it's a problem that has plagued the legal profession for decades. Many departures go unexplained and leave legal employers reeling. While answers may be hard to come by, I suggest that legal employers look to an unlikely source for information: TikTok.
9 minute read

International Edition

Largest UK Firms Ramp Up Number of Black Lawyers in Latest Trainee Intake

HSF and Clifford Chance had the highest percentage of Black trainees in their latest intakes, recording 16% and 14.3% respectively, compared with the UK national proportion of 4.1%.
4 minute read

International Edition

Regrets? Maybe A Few, Say Older Partners Looking Back at Their Work-Life Balance

As the junior lawyer 'entitlement' debate rages on, some senior members of the profession are looking back on their careers with wistfulness for what might have been.
11 minute read

International Edition

How the War for Talent is Putting African Law Firms in Jeopardy

'The market gets really hot overseas and they target young South African lawyers because they know that they are well trained here', explained one local firm leader.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Few Words to New Lawyers

Peter Lederman shares his admonitions to young(er) people approaching the practice.
5 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Take Ownership Over Not Only Your Work, But Also Your Career,' Says Emilia McKee Vassallo of Ballard Spahr

"'Be patient and kind to yourself.' It is easy in your early career to think that you are not making progress fast enough and then to be really hard on yourself. But you have to walk before you can run, and you have to run before you can sprint."
8 minute read

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