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Top 10 stories for graduates and young lawyers in 2024
Here, Lawyers Weekly counts down the most-read stories pertaining to the day-to-day experience of legal graduates and young lawyers in 2024.
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10. The Great Break-up and its significance for emerging women lawyers
With the Great Break-up gaining traction in the professional world, Anna Lozynski sheds light on the complexities and motivations behind the movement, which has seen an unprecedented number of women professionals leave their roles to prioritise their wellbeing.
9. Advice for new law students from a recent graduate
So, you got into law school. Congratulations! You have a hell of a ride ahead of you. There will be tears, very late nights, and lots and lots of coffee, writes Nicholas Waight.
8. Important skills for young legal professionals in an evolving landscape
As the legal industry continually evolves, law students will face a multitude of challenges and opportunities. Here, final-year and award-winning law students outline the key skills needed to mitigate those challenges – and discuss the endless possibilities for young lawyers in 2024.
7. ‘Graduates are rejecting the traditional law firm practices’
While the employment market is overall positive for legal graduates, new lawyers can be “very discerning” about what they want from their employer despite higher competition for entry-level roles.
6. Young lawyers are still going through hell
The legal profession must rise from the ashes of its own toxic culture, particularly as it pertains to young lawyers, writes Stefanie Costi.
5. Judge reprimanded for love letter to junior staff member
A United Kingdom judge and president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal was reprimanded for giving a love letter to a junior colleague.
4. How junior lawyers can put themselves out there
The immediate past president of the Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) has shared how new-to-industry lawyers can put their best foot forward by maintaining an authentic and genuine online presence.
3. Being mindful of junior practitioners in the courtroom
For three Victorian judicial officers, there is a juggle between making sure the job is done and creating a healthy space for junior practitioners to improve their confidence and advocacy skills.
2. Where lawyers under 40 want to work right now
Following the recent release of the 2023–24 Top 25 Attraction Firms ranking, Lawyers Weekly has broken down the data by age – here, we reveal which of the nation’s biggest practices are most appealing to lawyers in their early-mid careers, if they were to leave their current employers.
1. Top 25 Attraction Firms revealed for 2023–24
Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Agile Market Intelligence, is thrilled to unveil the law firms that practitioners, if they were to leave their current employers, would be most attracted to.
