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]
95% believe board management solutions are worth the expense
In one of its recent Monthly Metrics surveys, respondent members of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium advocated strongly for board management solutions as making ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 08 Jan 2019
Education, community to be key for Australian Bar in 2019
Speaking recently on The Lawyers Weekly Show, new Australian Bar Association president Jennifer Batrouney QC explained that maintaining the highest level of expertise ...
THE BAR • Mon, 07 Jan 2019
3 tried and tested strategies to help lawyers kick off 2019
In this instructive op-ed, Clayton Utz special counsel and Lawyers Weekly award-winner Jennifer Harris outlines a handful of crucial tips to help practitioners face the ...
SME LAW • Mon, 07 Jan 2019
Dating outside the law bubble
By dating somebody who didn’t exist in a bubble where suffering is the norm and where we can only bring ourselves to celebrate HDs, I learned a thing or two about myself ...
SME LAW • Sun, 30 Dec 2018
Observations on NewLaw in Australia in 2018
Not that long ago in-house legal teams had two options: to do legal work in-house, or to outsource it to a traditional law firm. This paradigm has completely changed, ...
NEWLAW • Thu, 27 Dec 2018
WA refuses admission to previously disbarred Californian lawyer
The West Australian State Administrative Tribunal has upheld a decision by the Legal Practice Board of WA to refuse to issue a practising certificate to a lawyer who was ...
SME LAW • Thu, 20 Dec 2018
It’s time to change the rules
With the rise of the #MeToo movement, the spotlight has been shone on how our society treats women, writes Christine Smyth.
SME LAW • Thu, 20 Dec 2018
Why empathy is such an important trait for family lawyers
The process of separating or divorcing can be complex, confusing and overwhelming for many, and having empathy and trying to appreciate what your client is going through ...
SME LAW • Thu, 20 Dec 2018
McCabes hosts its first legal disruption event
Held in conjunction with the firm’s technology partner Checkbox, the first ever #MCDisruptsLegal event saw the McCabe Curwood litigation and dispute resolution team ...
SME LAW • Wed, 19 Dec 2018