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FOCUS OF THE DAY: There is a big gap in the way partners and fee-earners at medium-sized law firms view where they work, including “an exaggerated sense of progressiveness among decision-makers”, a new report has found. Only a third of fee-earners (34%) thought their practices prided themselves in the quality of staff training, compared to double that proportion (68%) of partners. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: There is a big gap in the way partners and fee-earners at medium-sized law firms view where they work, including “an exaggerated sense of progressiveness among decision-makers”, a new report has found. Only a third of fee-earners (34%) thought their practices prided themselves in the quality of staff training, compared to double that proportion (68%) of partners. Full story - Legal Futures
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