Overcoming aggression (from opposing counsel and their clients)
In a practice area as sensitive as family law, lawyers have to be held to a higher standard – one that prioritises sensitivity and compassion rather than conflict and, ...
SME LAW • Thu, 20 May 2021
When I knew I had to leave sole practice
Daniel Rod had an “amazing” experience as a sole practitioner. There came a time, however, when he realised he had to pivot back to a bigger practice.
SME LAW • Thu, 20 May 2021
Reflections on Ramadan for lawyers of faith
Ramadan is about “so much more than abstinence from food and water” – for Muslim lawyers, it can also be a time to ponder one’s purpose and service, both personally and ...
SME LAW • Wed, 19 May 2021
How a poor industry image provides golden opportunities
A lack of trust in lawyers is a golden opportunity in 2021, writes Sue Parker.
SME LAW • Wed, 19 May 2021
National firm promotes 5 to principal
A national practice has “substantially” bolstered its leadership ranks by elevating five lawyers to principal, effective July 2021.
BIG LAW • Wed, 19 May 2021
Winners for Australian Digital Technology Awards announced
The foremost tech companies supporting professional services entities have been revealed at the first-ever Australian Digital Technology Awards.
BIG LAW • Tue, 18 May 2021
How many in-house teams formally review law firm performance?
New findings from CLOC and ACC reveal the volume of law departments that actively evaluate the law firms that they engage.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 18 May 2021
GCs must ‘authentically speak’ about D&I journeys
In the wake of findings that diversity and inclusion is the top priority for law departments, general counsel have a duty to drive change in the right ways.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 18 May 2021
‘There is no public interest in prosecuting Bernard Collaery and Witness K’
The Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Commonwealth DPP to drop its prosecutions of whistleblowers Bernard Collaery and Witness K, as the case returned to the ACT ...
POLITICS • Mon, 17 May 2021
