Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation. You can email Jerome at: [email protected]
Tech skills most in-demand for legal counsel, says survey
Nearly half of corporate legal professionals consider technology-related skills as the most needed for emerging legal counsel, according to new data from the ACC.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 01 Nov 2022
RBA makes November 2022 cash rate call
The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased interest rates consecutively for six months. Find out, in this special announcement brought to you by Legal Home Loans, if the ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 01 Nov 2022
3 mistakes costing lawyers a pay rise
There are a handful of errors that legal professionals make that impede their ability to successfully negotiate the salary bump they are seeking, writes Shevonne Joyce.
CAREERS • Mon, 31 Oct 2022
The Corporate Counsel Show: Setting yourself up for success as a junior in-house lawyer
Since the early days of her legal career, award-nominated legal counsel Charlotte Olsen has been determined to garner broad, diverse professional experience
PODCAST • Mon, 31 Oct 2022
4 new judges, 10 new magistrates, 10 new VCAT members appointed
The Victorian Government has named a new judge for the Court of Appeal, three new County Court judges, 10 appointees to the state’s Magistrates Court, and 10 new members ...
THE BAR • Mon, 31 Oct 2022
How lawyers can advise victims of ‘cancel culture’
Cancel culture is a decade-old phenomenon that has seen many people and brands come under the weight of harsh criticism that explodes online and spreads widely
BIG LAW • Sun, 30 Oct 2022
Jagot J: ‘Essential faith we have in the law might be threatened’ if working conditions aren’t improved
Delivering introductory remarks at last week’s Minds Count Annual Lecture, the Honourable Jayne Jagot — Australia’s newest High Court judge — spoke about the “obligation ...
THE BAR • Sun, 30 Oct 2022
Section 92: A Halloween Horror
‘Tis the Halloween season when “darkness falls across the land/The midnight hour is close at hand …” (as Michael Jackson says.) So, it is timely to consider the ...
THE BAR • Sun, 30 Oct 2022
Brisbane Lions advised on $80m base relocation
National law firm HopgoodGanim, which has worked with the AFL club for over 20 years, has advised it on the relocation of its training and administration base.
BIG LAW • Sun, 30 Oct 2022