Using social media to create a brand identity, as a legal secretary! The average person uses social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube for catching up with friends, posting pictures of drunken nights out, or watching last week’s episode of your favorite TV program. These websites can also be used as a self-marketing [...]

Corrs Chambers Westgarth announced this week that the firm has purchased automatic time billingsoftware with the ability to track and report on a lawyer’s daily work activities. Not everyone agrees it’s a good thing.

The increasing number of partners joining mid-tier practices in Australia is a reflection of the strong growth recently ­witnessed in mid-market domestic work says Yun Kriegler from the Lawyer. It also ­signals a ­structural change in the legal market Down Under. The most recent and eye-catching personnel movement has involved international firm Norton Rose and Australian ­independent [...]

Clifford Chance took few in the legal market by surprise when it announced last week it was following the march of UK firms into Australia. Clifford Chance nearly became the first to take a punt on an Antipodean operation when in 2008 talks with Mallesons Stephen Jaques were at an advanced stage (The Lawyer, 8 December 2008). [...]

Using social media to create a brand identity, as a legal secretary! The average person uses social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube for catching up with friends, posting pictures of drunken nights out, or watching last week’s episode of your favorite TV program. These websites can also be used as a self-marketing [...]

The average person uses social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube for catching up with friends, posting pictures of drunken nights out, or watching last week’s episode of your favorite TV program. These websites can also be used as a self-marketing tool, in order to give yourself an online presence and identity as a professional legal secretary. Follow our advice and stay one step ahead of the competition!