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International Edition | Commentary
In Asia, Is It Back to Business or Still Too Soon?
By Jessica Seah | July 5, 2022
The Asia legal market is back, as was clear at Law.com International's Asia Legal Awards dinner last week. But it's an ever-changing market, Jess Seah writes in the Asia Legal Briefing. Who will come out ahead?
5 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
'These Are the Times that Try Men's (and Women's) Souls': Are Law Firms At Last Finding Purpose?
By Lisa Shuchman | July 5, 2022
The famous lines written by Thomas Paine at the outset of the American Revolution brought people together for a common end. In the past week, events in the U.S. may have had a similar impact on lawyers and their firms, The Global Lawyer writes.
11 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
More Than 1,000 Male Partners Start Own Call to Action Post-Dobbs
By Hundreds of Male Law Firm Partners | July 1, 2022
The effort is in solidarity with a similar effort by thousands of women law firm partners who pledged to support reproductive rights in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
34 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
Commercial Lawyers Are Operating in a Bubble
By Paul Hodkinson | July 1, 2022
Elite lawyers are working in half-empty 'state-of-the-art' offices, with poor diversity stats and wildly high salaries, writes the London Lawyer.
4 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
More Than 2,000 Women Partners Issue Call to Action Post-'Dobbs'
By Hundreds of Women Law Firm Partners | June 29, 2022
"Our presence and leadership within the bar is without question a byproduct of the freedom each of us has had to make reproductive decisions for ourselves," the signatories from several Am Law 100 firms wrote.
71 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
When The Old World Meets The New: Law Firms' Need to Adapt
By Paul Hodkinson | June 26, 2022
The longest-standing legal institutions only remain relevant if they continue to adapt, writes the Global Lawyer. It is a message that holds true for elite commercial law firms the world over.
5 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
What Balance Sheets, Pride Month and Four Day Weeks Have in Common
By Paul Hodkinson | June 17, 2022
It can be easy to look for problems when actually the overarching message is a positive one, writes Paul Hodkinson in this week's London Lawyer Briefing.
4 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
Will the Metaverse Help Young Lawyers Break New Ground?
By Jessica Seah | June 13, 2022
In this week's Asia Legal Briefing, Law.com International's Jessica Seah discusses how partners at the world's largest law firms still have huge gaps in their knowledge of all things crypto, metaverse and Web3-related, and what this means—or should mean—for younger lawyers going forward.
5 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
Why Authentic Leadership Is Easier Said Than Done, Especially in Big Law
By Paul Hodkinson | June 12, 2022
Displaying vulnerability and honesty is a challenge for those in leadership positions—particularly if they faced significant hurdles to get there.
4 minute read
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International Edition | Commentary
Time to Embrace the Sabbatical?
By Rose Walker | May 30, 2022
Two managing partners have embraced sabbaticals as pressures show no sign of easing in the industry. In Hong Kong, three very different law firms had very different responses to issues in the city-state.
6 minute read
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