Australian Legal Business reported over the weekend that….
Hot on the heels of a string of major US and UK firm redundancies, an annual partnership survey has revealed that almost half Australia’s leading law firms have started cutting jobs in the past six months – including Corrs, Deacons and DLA Phillips Fox.
According to David Talalla & Associates’ director, David Talalla, these developments will result in a tighter, more competitive legal market in 2009. "Obviously there are going to be more lawyers in the market and some of those will be quality ones," he states
The article goes on to talk about the need for lawyers of all shapes and sizes to impress their employers or future employers as the job market begins to change drastically as it has in teh Uk & US.
Full article here: http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/news/features/as-market-conditions-tighten-firms-ask-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately/33640
