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This month we recognise the performance of May Hammoud who has been assisting the legal team at engineering and design firm Aurecon since February this year. Can you start by telling us a bit about yourself? Tell us about your academic journey in particular and where you are up to
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This month we recognise the performance of Murphy Pietranksi who we recently placed on an in-house legal project with top 5 national insurer Hollard Insurance in Sydney. Tell us a bit about yourself and your background I am in my third year at the University of Sydney studying a
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This month we recognise the performance of Yasemin Sargin who we recently placed on an e-Discovery project with national law firm CBP Lawyers. Hi Yasemin, can you start by telling us where you are up to with your legal studies? Sure! I have completed all of my legal studies,
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What does the term "legal operations" refer to? Legal operations refers to the management of legal departments, law firms, or other legal services providers, as well as the use of technology, process optimization, and other business-focused strategies to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve the quality of
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Hi Rob! When you first connected with Yegal where were you up to with your studies? I completed my Juris Doctor degree in late 2021, and in early March 2022 during my final month of Practical Legal Training I contacted Yegal seeking temporary paralegal employment; things moved quickly and I
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Chanaia and Batoul are part of a team of Yegal law students and graduates who are actively working on an insurance claims project in the specialised field of Medical Negligence through Gallagher Bassett. We caught up with them both to find out more about their experience and insights gained. Hi
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Jovan Vukovic and Denise Goh are currently working on a cyber law doc review project with Wotton + Kearney. We caught up with them to find out more about their journey so far and see what advice they have for other law graduates. Hi Jovan! Tell us about where you are
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Hi Samantha! Tell us a bit about yourself and your academic background. Hi! I’m a recent Laws/Media (PR & Advertising) graduate from UNSW! I’ve had previous experiences working at a boutique civil litigation law firm, risk consulting and was quite involved in leadership and volunteering opportunities at
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This month we are placing the spotlight on another of our trusted, reliable paralegals - the very talented Sidhant Chavan! In a short amount of time, Sidhant has made great strides professionally and this has boosted his overall confidence. We had a chat with Sidhant to hear about his experience working
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Jai Singh secured an in-house paralegal job through Yegal and has been smashing his career goals for the last few months. We checked in to see what skills and insights he has developed so far. Tell us a bit about yourself and your academic background. Hi I’m Jai
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How did you come to find out about Yegal? I came across a job ad posted by Yegal looking for paralegals with experience in discovery. Within the ad, they suggested that if you were interested in applying but didn’t have the discovery experience that the Yegal Academy could help
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Hi Kelly! Tell us a bit about yourself and your academic background? I am currently in my third year at University of Technology, Sydney studying Bachelor of Law/ Bachelor of Communications (Social and Political Sciences). When did you first start thinking about securing legal work experience? What steps did you