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Cravath hires strategy director, for some reason or other
30/04/2008
William Johnston, the first-ever director of strategic planning at Cravath Swaine & Moore, has a pretty impressive resume. He spent 11 years at Hildebrandt International, where, as a vice president and director, he consulted on strategy with law firms of...Trainees: know your place!
24/04/2008
Some regular readers of legalweek.com will be familiar with some of my contributions to Career Clinic.Some of you may think I am blunt and cut-throat and not 'nice'. Yet the workplace is not a 'nice' place - harden up, softies!...A feast in every sense
22/04/2008
Last week we held a banquet at the Mansion House to celebrate 100 years of the City Solicitors Company. It was packed – 350 diners crammed the Egyptian Hall. Magnificent was the word. Magic circle meets Harry Potter. There were...Some final thoughts
16/04/2008
Not even Borat can make me laugh at 6am. I spent the night on a metal bench in the hanger that serves as a terminal on the military side of Baghdad International Airport. The authorities there leave the television turned...'Amnesty' in Iraq
14/04/2008
It was a two car-bomb morning. The first, around 7.30 am, shook the press centre. We’re close to the Red Zone (in fact, some call this area the Orange Zone) and the explosion sounded like it was just outside the...In the lawyers' room
13/04/2008
If you got to this blog from the American Lawyer home page, you clicked on a photo of Iraq’s Central Criminal Court. And, yes, that is a giant clock protruding from the top.The structure was built to commemorate the Arab...Besting the bean-counters
11/04/2008
I’m feeling better about my reporting prospects. I’ve extended my trip for two days and have arranged trips to two courthouses. For security reasons, I won’t say which ones until I return, but I’ll have the opportunity to do more...
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