The 2018 Hays Job Report notes that in-house legal activity is growing steadily across Australia as companies cut down on outsourcing their legal function to private practice.
Emily McCarthy, Head of Secondment Operations at LOD, which provides lawyers on contract and secondment to leading organisations in Australia and New Zealand, expects this trend to continue throughout 2019.
“The legal industry has a reputation for being inflexible and in a time where people are looking for flexibility in their careers, any lack of flexibility is a real deterrent to making a change.”