Protégé: How to volunteer your way into in-house before graduation
By Robyn Tongol|23 May 2021
For one budding young lawyer, breaking into the very tough-to-crack in-house sector as a university student was made possible through many volunteering experiences, which could set a path for new practitioners hoping to avoid the long route in.
In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by fifth-year Macquarie University law and social science student Jessica Pereira to discuss her many volunteering wins, including being awarded the Outstanding Volunteer Award and the wealth of experience that led to her breaking into the in-house sector.
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How many in-house teams formally review law firm performance?
By Jerome Doraisamy|18 May 2021
New findings from CLOC and ACC reveal the volume of law departments that actively evaluate the law firms that they engage.
The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), together with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) (which acted as a research consultant), has released the
2021 CLOC State of the Industry report, for which they surveyed over 200 organisations across the globe, spanning over 22 industries in 21 countries.
The breakdown of organisations surveyed was: 45 per cent large companies (more than US$10 billion), 31 per cent medium-sized companies ($1 billion to $10 billion) and 24 per cent small companies (less than $1 billion).
GCs must ‘authentically speak’ about D&I journeys
By Jerome Doraisamy|18 May 2021
In the wake of findings that diversity and inclusion is the top priority for law departments, general counsel have a duty to drive change in the right ways.
Last week, Lawyers Weekly reported that – according to the 2021 CLOC State of the Industry report, complied by Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), together with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and which surveyed over 200 organisations across the globe, spanning over 22 industries in 21 countries – implementing a diversity and inclusion program is the top-ranked issue in 2021 for law departments.
D&I beat out six other options for the top spot, with more than six in 10 (61 per cent) of respondents viewing it as a high priority. 27 per cent of the balance of respondents see it as a medium priority, and 12 per cent see it as a low priority.
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