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Sep 26 2017

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new team members, expands partnership, South Australian law firm Mellor Olsson
Sep 26 2017
Boutique firm expands partnership
A boutique law firm has revealed it has grown its partnership to 14 after recruiting a new property ...
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Lynsey Edgar, Denton’s Australia
Sep 25 2017
Dentons recruits lawyer from rival
A competition lawyer has quit her firm in Sydney to lead the practice group of a rival office. ...
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An insurance partner has left Henry Davis York, Louise Cantrill
Sep 22 2017
Another HDY partner opts out of global union
An insurance partner has left Henry Davis York to join a rival national firm. ...
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The four laws of client acquisition
Without clients, a law firm would cease to exist. And one of the biggest mistakes firms make is to focus only on its existing clients to the detriment of acquiring new bu...
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Legal update, content marketing, law firm
Compare the pair: How to write a legal update your clients will actually read
Recently, in a lesson for lawyers in content marketing, I wrote about thought leadership – the highest quality form of content. This time we look at adding value to c...
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Pinocchio
The Golden Pinocchio
There should be an annual Golden Pinocchio award. Probably every reader of this piece could name a candidate for the award of the year’s greatest liar—the client the...
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Transgender teens should not need legal approval for hormone treatment, court hears
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The CEO of a Victorian not-for profit pro bono legal services provider has been named as the state’s next Legal Services Commissioner. ...
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Human body, illegal organ trafficking, ALHR
Sep 22 2017
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Animal law moots, advocacy, Melbourne University, Australia and New Zealand Intervarsity Moot on Animal Law
Sep 25 2017
Moot unleashes animal advocacy
Melbourne has played host to one of the largest animal law moots, with student participants put th...
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Sep 21 2017
Law’s most infamous gastropod returns
Melbourne law students have taken out a short film competition with a humorous documentary on the la...
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Sep 14 2017
Lawyers, listen up: Tips from a mindfulness coach
The power in asking the question ‘are you okay?’ is the message that you are present, available ...
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Scales of Justice
Sep 11 2017
Paid human rights fellowship on offer with Legal Aid NSW
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Art partnership
Sep 27 2017
New partnership delivers ‘immersive cultural experience’
Clayton Utz has officially launched its new art partnership, featuring complementary works from two Australian painters.
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Representatives of Herbert Smith Freehills have participated in the annual Brisbane Pride march.
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