Australia legal industry reports continued hiring surge
AUSTRALIAN LAWYER – Revenue in private practice has had a solid increase, causing firms to increase hiring, according to a Mahlab legal industry report released this week.
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SOCIAL STORY — Initiatives IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education), and P-PIL (Promoting Public Interest Lawyering) are aimed towards making India as inclusive as possible by giving the underprivileged the best possible legal education and building community leaders to acquire access to the power corridors of law.
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ALLAFRICA – Universities and colleges want to raise admission standards for law, engineering and other subjects. The Council for Legal Education now wants students applying for law to have a B+ in English, while the engineers’ body wants a C+ in English – above current requirements.
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THE WILL NIGERIA – The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday urged legal professionals to reform and renovate the law profession in the country to meet international standards.
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CORNELL CHRONICLE – After 19 years in a Malawi prison under threat of a death sentence, Abraham Galeta has been set free, thanks to the work of students in the International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School.
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THE WASHINGTON POST – The new relationship between the University of Havana and UDC is just one of several exchanges being explored or established by colleges in the United States and Cuba. As relations between the two countries change, some schools are reaching out eagerly – yet carefully.
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LAWYERS WEEKLY– [Australian] Firms intend hiring more lawyers in the coming year, although in-house roles are growing at a slower pace, a new report suggests.
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CANADIAN LAWYER – John Williamson is once again stepping up to fill in as dean of law at the University of New Brunswick, taking on a two-year term in the role. According to a spokesperson for UNB, a search for the next dean will take place during the two-year term.
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FIU MAGAZINE – Florida International University’s Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic has become an important provider of legal services to the poor while giving law students the opportunity to practice under the supervision of seasoned attorneys.
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CANADIAN LAWYER MAGAZINE – In June 2015, after seven years of collecting evidence the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its 388-page executive summary, centred on the TRC’s 94 recommendations and written as a call to action.
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