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]
Bakers appoints new chief people officer
BigLaw firm Baker McKenzie has hired the former global chief talent officer from Dentons to help lead Bakers’ people function in the next phase of its growth and ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 29 Sep 2021
What it was like working for the Child Abuse Royal Commission
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse was established to empower survivors, hold institutions to account for their past responses to child ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 29 Sep 2021
Lawyer appointed CEO of Human Rights Commission
An Australian diplomat and human rights lawyer has been named as the new chief executive of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
POLITICS • Tue, 28 Sep 2021
Does legal disruptive innovation mean the end of lawyers?
Without clear legal service design, informed by what should constitute legal practice, the scope in which law firms operate will continue to shrink, and with it, ...
NEWLAW • Tue, 28 Sep 2021
GC joins Minters as partner
The general counsel and company secretary of Ramsay Health Care Australia has joined BigLaw firm MinterEllison as a partner in its health industry practice.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 28 Sep 2021
What BigLaw is getting right with pro bono efforts
Numerous law firms at the big end of town are completing “record-breaking” hours of pro bono work. Such businesses will be exceptionally well-placed moving into the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Sep 2021
The challenges facing lawyers with disabilities
On a recent episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy was joined by the co-founders of the Disabled Australian Lawyers Association to discuss the myriad ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Sep 2021
NDA Law adds new lawyer
Adelaide-based boutique commercial firm NDA Law is bolstering its ranks by way of appointing a new practitioner.
SME LAW • Sun, 26 Sep 2021
Colin Biggers & Paisley gives staff day off for wellness
National law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley is offering all staff a Wellbeing Day to “refresh and re-energise”, which will coincide with looming long weekends, thereby ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Sep 2021