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The one question the High Court chief justice asked to hire associates

Michael Pelly
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For High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel, the ideal associate is “someone who is not a complete swot”.

And she says she only needs 10 minutes to decide whether they should get one of the most coveted jobs in the law.

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Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/how-high-court-chief-justice-picked-her-associates-20231030-p5eg57