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A BigLaw firm has introduced a new parental leave policy that will be open to all staff regardless of their gender, parental role or when they started working at the firm.

Share A handful of Australia’s leading mid-size law firms are ramping up their recruitment of the country’s top graduates as they continue their aggressive push into the top-tier market. At the same time, junior recruitment at most big six legal outfits is lagging behind pre-pandemic levels, despite those firms committing to maintain a pipeline of talent last year, the latest Australian Financial Review Law Partnership Survey revealed. The exception is Allens, which took on 101 graduates, f...

Multinational law firm King Wood & Mallesons will start to look for a new chief executive partner in the coming months, with Berkeley Cox stepping down.

Lawyers working long hours for demanding clients are at the same risk of fatigue-related injuries and illnesses as paramedics, nurses and other shift workers, the watchdog says.

Lawyers in line for generous pay rises Tess Bennett Share Lawyers are set to receive generous pay increases this year, as skills shortages across the broader professional services sector are likely to accelerate wages growth faster than employers had planned for. After pausing salary increases in 2020, law, accounting, property and consultancy firms are bringing forward mid-year salary reviews and making aggressive counter offers to retain workers. Louise Hvala says salary increases are being d...

While revenue for law firms has been flat over the past year, the savings made on expenses in 2020 will help most report double-digit profit growth after June 30.