Mid-career lawyers are back on the partnership track, with leading firms promoting a record number of senior associates and special counsel this July and saying the current crop can expect to wait less time to become partner.
After two years of stagnant growth, there are 803 new senior associates in the latest Law Partnership Survey run by The Australian Financial Review, with the total number now at 3836.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
