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‘Onus on the employee’ to make shorter weeks work
Lawyers who have the option of practising in non-traditional time frames — such as four-day weeks or nine-day fortnights — are getting “a pretty good deal”, and it is, ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Aug 2022
A-G: ‘Only a fraction’ of funding for women’s legal services was delivered last year
Lawyers will be “staggered to realise”, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC MP said last weekend, that funding by the Morrison government for women’s legal services has ...
POLITICS • Wed, 10 Aug 2022
Fees are increasing. Why, and how can in-house teams manage?
Corporate counsel are seeing rates for their external providers increase. There are numerous potential reasons for this, and also a handful of ways that law departments ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Aug 2022
Want predictable costs? Engage a NewLaw team, says one GC
In order to ensure accuracy in financial forecasts, one general counsel feels that engaging external providers that employ NewLaw methodology, such as monthly fixed ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Aug 2022
Are recruiters seeing more ESOPs for aspiring in-house candidates?
The appetite for employee share/stock ownership plans is “definitely” increasing, according to one general counsel. Here, Lawyers Weekly speaks with two legal recruiters ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Aug 2022
LexisNexis unveils in-house advice platform
Global provider of legal, government and corporate information solutions LexisNexis has launched a practical guidance platform to help corporate counsel manage complex ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 08 Aug 2022
Do lawyers think ties are still needed in court?
Following a determination last week that open-collared shirts do not constitute a “state of undress” in the House of Representatives, Lawyers Weekly asked readers whether ...
THE BAR • Mon, 08 Aug 2022
Upward bullying: A trend to watch out for in law
Bullying, in its myriad forms, is nothing new in the legal profession. The concept of upward bullying — which is a form of subordinate retaliation against managers — is ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 07 Aug 2022
‘Much has been achieved towards equality’, but barriers remain: Kiefel CJ
Progress is certainly being made towards parity in Australia’s legal profession, Chief Justice Susan Kiefel says, but political appointments to the bench and the demands ...
THE BAR • Sat, 06 Aug 2022