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 Elena Tsalanidis and Jessica Awad 01 Nov 2017

The Male Champions of Change (MCC) is a group of 122 Australian business leaders who have committed to closing the gender pay gap within their organisations. The group was established by Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick in 2010...

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 Andelka Obradovic and Audette Smith 01 Nov 2017

The legal sector is a tough market for any new graduate. Later lawyers may face unintentional barriers because of the traditional pathway in the legal profession which supports the progression of young lawyers entering their first career rather than those who have had prior careers...

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 Emma Goodwin 02 Oct 2017

The law constrains an employer’s ability to make deductions from an employee’s pay...

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 Amy Harrison 18 Sep 2017

Getting into the legal profession has its own unique challenges for those of us who choose to embrace it after having worked in other professions...

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 Law Institute Journal 01 Jun 2017

Practitioners reveal how they balance the demands of their professional and personal lives. Jessica Campbell: Associate, insurance and corporate risk, MinterEllison...

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 Thomas Hobbs 01 Jun 2017

Flexible workplace practices are a key ingredient in more popular firms. As a recruiter focused largely on the private practice market, I often come across lawyers excited when...

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 LIV Membership 30 May 2017

You spent years in university and law school, soaking up education and learning everything you could to help launch your career...

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 Karin Derkley 01 May 2017

A film about rural women workers hopes to challenge the acceptance of sexual harassment in the bush. When ANU College of Law academic Dr Skye Saunders sent out an invitation on...

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 Law Institute Journal 01 Apr 2017

Practitioners reveal how they balance the demands of their professional and personal lives. What hours do you work and where? We job-share a position. Angela is in the office Monday, Wednesday...

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 Law Institute Journal 01 Mar 2017

Practitioners reveal how they balance the demands of their professional and personal lives. David Smith, Partner: Works 45 hours a fortnight. Kirsten Ganley, Partner...

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 Thomas Hobbs 01 Mar 2017

Before making a move, be clear that resigning is in your best interests. As a legal recruiter I am constantly advising lawyers on the resignation process. For most lawyers there is a sense...

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 Shane Ridley 01 Feb 2017

Practitioners reveal how they balance the demands of their professional and personal lives. Shane Ridley, Maddocks consultant: What hours do you work? A nine-day fortnight...

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 Thomas Hobbs 01 Feb 2017

References are the employer’s last chance to identify any red flags that would prevent an offer. Reference checks ordinarily form an essential part of the hiring process...

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 Karin Derkley 01 Dec 2016

When Georgia* graduated from law school she presumed the equal pay issue was long won. “I thought that was all over long ago.” But when she approached her manager two years ago to ask about getting a pay rise...

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 Silvana Marasco 01 Dec 2016

It’s time to eliminate unconscious bias in workplace decisions. Attrition rates of women at senior levels in the law continue to be an issue for the legal profession in Australia. Research has shown that there are financial...

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