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Chris Hargreaves

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Legal Practice

Pretending that Working from Home Is Good

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Huzzah! The masses have spoken, and working from home is "the new normal" don't ya know? At least, it is for now, until the new...
Legal Career

People are Equal. Opinions Are Not.

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We live in a world of loud opinions right at the moment (yep - says the bloke who runs a blog). But not all...
Legal Career

10% Pay Rise for All? Goodbye motivation!

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Law firm Gilbert + Tobin (just an aside - can we take a moment to appreciate how irritating it is to have to type...
Legal Career

Showing Appropriate Initiative

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Is it OK to fix a typo that you weren't ask to fix? What about change a paragraph? What about research something you weren't...
Legal Practice

What Senior Lawyers Expect from Clerks and Grads

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Articles of clerkship in Australia are long dead. They have been replaced with a sub-standard form of yet more tertiary education. And while PLT...
Communication

How Much Should Lawyers Try To Influence Their Clients?

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I'm reading a lot recently about how the role of a lawyer has gone beyond legal services and moved into the realm of "how...
Communication

Enough with the Definitions Already

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Ok lawyers, listen up: I know you love defining things, but it's all getting out of hand. Somewhere in our quest for clarity, a few...
Uncategorized

The Glory of the Acknowledgment Email

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Today I'm going to teach you one of the most important and un-taught skills of a lawyer who actually cares about their clients: the...
Legal Career

Instead of Career Goals…

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Here we are again - the start of a new year. More likely than not, a bunch of people are about to set a bunch...
Communication

Should you Just Phone Your Opponent?

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Ah yes, the great joy of the litigator: writing unbelievably long-winded letters back and forth for months to set out why your client is...
Legal Career

Or… We Could Just Fire You Instead

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Recently I took a bit of a shot at law firms trying to pretend that their COVID-related pay cuts came with associated reduced working...
Legal Practice

40% Pay Cut, 140% Full Time Load

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It's been fascinating watching law firms react (in advance) to what they believed was going to be the horror story of COVID-19. I get that...
Continuing Legal Education

How to Make the Most of Your CLE

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Attending any kind of continuing legal education can feel like it was largely a waste of time - even if it came with a...
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