Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of professional services (including Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times). 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]
Who is the primary driver of change in legal departments?
New research shows that a vast majority of law department operations professionals see themselves as the primary driver of change in the legal sector.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Oct 2018
LDO professionals saving less than a decade ago
Today’s law department operations professionals report that they are actually delivering less savings than from a decade ago, according to new research.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 23 Oct 2018
Ashurst to make partnership one-third female by 2022
Global law firm Ashurst has set new diversity and inclusion targets to be achieved within the next three financial years, including that women will make up 33 per cent of ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Oct 2018
Law firms must ‘continuously try’ to be good places for people to work
Two senior partners of a global firm have argued that success is not sustainable if law firms do not create environments where people want to come to work every day.
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Oct 2018
Protection structures key for Australia’s future as a sporting host
If Australia wishes to be a dependable sporting event host in the future, it will be vital to get the brand and protection structures right, as well as seek ways to leave ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Oct 2018
Technology should be a barrister’s best friend for networking
Technology is often perceived as a foe, but when it comes to effective networking, it should instead be an invaluable resource, according to a Melbourne-based lawyer and ...
THE BAR • Mon, 22 Oct 2018
NSW must ‘immediately follow’ Qld and decriminalise abortion
NSW is now the only jurisdiction in Australia where abortion remains a crime, and it must act now to address this anomaly, argues Australian Lawyers for Human Rights.
POLITICS • Sun, 21 Oct 2018
What can lawyers learn from 1940s literature?
West Australian-based barrister Tom Percy QC argues there are legal lessons to be learned from prominent literature from nearly 80 years ago.
BIG LAW • Sun, 21 Oct 2018
NSW Public Defenders and barrister battle over alleged ‘systemic failures’ in recruitment process
A Wollongong-based barrister has penned an explosive open letter to the NSW Public Defenders office, alleging a “compromised, unfair” process in its recruitment drive, ...
THE BAR • Fri, 19 Oct 2018