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Law firm leaders fail on fun, fame and fortune – The Australian Financial Review

There is a leadership deficit in most Australian legal organisations – at a major cost to employees and firms.

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One of the key reasons for the leadership deficit is the emphasis on creating outstanding technical legal advisers, but not great legal leaders.
There is no leadership component in the undergraduate law or juris doctor (JD) curriculum and many continuing legal education (CLE) programs for the first 10 years post-qualification focus on improving legal know-how and functional tasks such as delegation, presentation skills, networking and using social media.
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