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]
Making ‘more varied, productive and positive decisions’ as lawyers
Relationships are an unavoidable feature of society that many of us are either pursuing and maintaining in some form, or enthusiastically trying to escape from
SME LAW • Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Is spending on alternative legal service providers set to rise?
Law department operations (LDO) professionals are constantly looking for better ways to deliver legal services to their organisations, with NewLaw approaches potentially ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 12 Jan 2021
The need to keep pace with cloud adoption post-pandemic
Legal departments across the globe have had their eyes opened, Amanda Fennell says, to the possibilities of cloud adoption in the wake of COVID-19.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Give your staff a ‘Ferris Bueller Day’
The past year has provided legal counsel with a “unique perspective on what is important”, Ben Klug says, and as such, a holistic and empathetic approach to staff ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Closeness to clients critical for capital markets lawyers in 2021
After a year like no other, lawyers in the capital markets space will have to ensure they approach client interaction in ways conducive to the new normal, argues one ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 11 Jan 2021
Mills Oakley farewells longest-serving partner
Roger Jepson – who has worked with Mills Oakley for 31 years, including as chairman, board director and, most recently, as general counsel – left the national firm at the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 11 Jan 2021
‘Your success is not dependent on external circumstances’
Legal professionals can and must appreciate that they can learn to truly excel in the face of hardship, difficulty and uncertainty, and not be dictated by it, writes ...
SME LAW • Mon, 11 Jan 2021
‘Green loan’ for Canberra Light Rail completed
Canberra Metro has been advised on the debt refinancing of the Canberra Light Rail Stage 1 alignment.
BIG LAW • Mon, 11 Jan 2021
‘It’s nice to give back to the legal community’
Maria Savvas has just completed a three-year tenure as president of the Law Society of the Northern Territory – a role she says not only made her a better lawyer, but ...
SME LAW • Sun, 10 Jan 2021