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Audio: The Outlook for the Legal Sector in 2009
Brendan Murphy of Osborne Recruitment gives his predictions for the legal profession in 2009
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Key Points
- House conveyancing has been the mainstay of the legal sector over the past number of years
- A lot of companies are positioning themselves for the next upturn
- Nobody ever fears for an expert
- Support services for lawyers not doing as well
- Hardly a small law firm in the country that hasn't considered letting go of some of its support staff
- It's a tough sector right now
- Recently qualified lawyers will find it difficult in the current ecomonic climate as jobs are not that easy to come by
- Downturns in the US last traditionally 18 months. We are 6 months into our downturn
- The sectors that are in trouble right now will bounce back in the next one to three years.
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