Ensuring law schools are better at promoting in-house careers
Last week, Lawyers Weekly published a story about why universities need to do more to showcase opportunities for graduate legal roles in-house. A flurry of online ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 29 Jan 2019
How law firms can manage office romances: Part two
While the capacity of and necessity for a law firm to intervene in an office romance will ultimately depend on the nature of that relationship, there are a handful of ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 28 Jan 2019
LCA should oversee accreditation for solicitors in class action law, says ALRC
Specialist accreditation – developed and overseen by the Law Council of Australia – for solicitors in class action law and practice for the identification and management ...
POLITICS • Mon, 28 Jan 2019
NZ’s ‘justice system is broken’
In a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council, New Zealand’s Justice Minister conceded that the nation has to address serious challenges posed by its justice ...
POLITICS • Mon, 28 Jan 2019
‘Overreach’: NSW politicians rebuff One Nation transgender proposal
The NSW Attorney-General and shadow attorney-general have both dismissed a policy proposal from Mark Latham to ban transgender self-identification.
POLITICS • Mon, 28 Jan 2019
Podcast: Blockchain’s role in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Piper Alderman partners Michael Bacina and Andrea Beatty about the place of cryptocurrency in ...
PODCAST • Fri, 25 Jan 2019
Lawyers say NSW government should support pill testing
Legal advocates are pushing the Berejiklian government to implement trials for testing of illicit drugs at music festivals, saying criminal and law enforcement responses ...
POLITICS • Thu, 24 Jan 2019
‘Only winners of proposed class action will be lawyers and litigation funds’
Australian hospitality giant Merivale has called a potential class action against it for alleged underpayment of staff “speculative”, while national firm Adero says it ...
SME LAW • Thu, 24 Jan 2019
Macpherson Kelley expands in Brisbane, hires new Sydney principal
Mid-tier national firm Macpherson Kelley has boosted its ranks in Brisbane with the hiring of four new lawyers, including two special counsel, and has added a new ...
SME LAW • Thu, 24 Jan 2019
