[LINK] Australia running out of IT lawyers

[Jack Gilding]

I am truly shocked and horrified to discover that legal companies are being
forced to provide training to their staff to keep them up to date with
current legal issues.

What is the world coming to??

Jack ;-)


At 10:42 AM 9/06/00 +1000, Tony Barry wrote:
><http://www.zdnet.com.au/zdnn/stories/zdnn_display/au0003271.html> 
>Australia running out of IT lawyers
>Australia is suffering a severe shortage of IT and intellectual 
>property lawyers. With as many as 600 positions open right now, some 
>firms are forced to hire recent graduates or retrain current staff to 
>meet demand.

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