Caution needed for proposed sex offender register
Only offenders who pose a demonstrable risk to children should have to be listed on a National Public Register of Child Sex Offenders, according to a national legal ...
POLITICS • Wed, 09 Jan 2019
New Year’s resolutions for law students
Too often, law student Flynne Tytherleigh writes, law students are afraid of disappointment, and thus shy away from adversity that can be avoided.
SME LAW • Wed, 09 Jan 2019
Morrison must make good on promise to remove religious exemptions
A national legal advocacy group has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to give immediate effect to his pledge from last year to remove religious exemptions to ...
POLITICS • Tue, 08 Jan 2019
Expansion of free speech laws may infringe upon other human rights
In its submission on the Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Insult and Offend) Bill 2018, NSW Bar Association has argued that the removal of constraints on certain ...
POLITICS • Tue, 08 Jan 2019
Allens elevates 12 to senior associate
Twelve lawyers at global firm Allens have been promoted to the role of senior associate, effective from the beginning of this year.
BIG LAW • Tue, 08 Jan 2019
What does a typical day look like for in-house counsel?
In a blog post, Coca-Cola Amatil legal counsel Jessie Porteus outlined what up-and-coming lawyers can expect from life in-house.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 08 Jan 2019
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
