Latest New Zealand Law Jobs on LawFuel Law Jobs Site Show Diversity

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law_jobs1Legal jobs in litigation, digital law and employment law are among the latest listed on New Zealand’s law jobs network at LawFuel Law Jobs.

Among the top law jobs are –

A litigation position for a senior litigator with mid-level law Christchurch law firm Young Hunter, promising great potential in a firm that offers both support and quality work and prospects.

A senior associate is required for a litigation role involving family law, trust and personal property issues in a firm that balances work/life issues with challenging and interesting legal work.

An employment solicitor is sought by one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, in a position for a senior associate (5 years PQE) and working in the national firm’s Auckland office. This is a role offering top career prospects.

An intermediate employment law role is offered by Jackson Russell in Auckland, which provides prospects for a lawyer with 3-5 years’ experience and receiving support and prospects in a top, mid-level boutique practice.

Digital law is one of the big, new things in law and this firm offers an interesting, wide ranging and challenging role for a lawyer in the digital law arena.  Check the legal role here.

New Plymouth law firm Govett Quilliam is seeking an intermediate lawyer to assist in corporate and commercial law work, working with a top firm in a lifestyle province regarded as one of the best places in New Zealand for quality work and lifestyle opportunities.

Check the latest law jobs on the LawFuel Law Jobs page, as well as on our NZ Law Jobs LinkedIn site for more jobs, listed daily on the specialist law jobs and law news site.

Minter Ellison senior solicitor role for the growing Auckland team.  Take your legal career to the next level with this top firm with top work.

recruitment_prospects2>> See the LawFuel Recruiter Report Here

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Stress Levels of Young Lawyers Hit Red Line Alert Level

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Stress and over work at record level for junior lawyers in the UK, a new survey show.

A survey shows that over 90 per cent of young lawyers say they are under stress or pressure from work and more than half of those surveyed said they feel unable to work either regularly or occasionally as a result of work pressure.

The survey was conducted by the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) and published at the JLD conference last week.  The survey covered law students, young lawyers, paralegals and others in both England and Wales, showing that 26 per cent of those surveyed found “severe” or “extreme” stress.

Stress in the legal profession has been a major issue for many years, as we’ve reported previously.

The issues of mental wellbeing in the profession was a main theme of the conference with expert Chetna Bhatt commenting that dealing with stress involved navigating their own state of mind.  As the Law Gazette reported:

‘Just because we have negative thoughts in our mind does not mean they are true,’ she said.

‘Thoughts, including negative ones, will always come and go, but it will only become an issue if we hang on to them.’

Ann Charlton, coordinator for England and Wales at LawCare, gave a sobering account of some of the problems highlighted by callers to the charity’s anonymous support line.

Calls to the organisation are increasing – particularly from men – with bullying and depression high on the list of problems.

‘The pressure is really out there,’ said Charlton, adding that it is important to ‘acknowledge it and recognise it’.

Not surprisingly, the main cause of stress is the level of work expected to be undertaken by the junior lawyers (64.8 per cent) and lack of support comprising over 48 per cent of the reason for the stress levels.

But the firms themselves are not doing enough, according to the survey, which shows that 49.5 per cent of stress is the result of ineffective management.

Almost 74 per cent of respondents considered that their organisation could do more to provide help or guidance so far as stress issues are concerned.

The suggestion was that there could be more programmes in place, including training and guidance, quite apart from less work.  However another feature was the attitude of senior lawyers that they had been through the mill and so should they.

Issues of stress in law, including drug and drinking dependency, suicide and depression have all been central issues upon which many firms have focused, along with law schools and law advisers and consultants.  A recent story of a Reed Smith lawyer’s suicide is the sort of tragedy that exemplifies some of the most serious issues facing lawyers in a fast-paced, high pressure world.

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