Lauren Croft

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Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel industry publications and Travel Weekly. Originally born in England, Lauren enjoys trying new bars and restaurants, attending music festivals and travelling. She is also a keen snowboarder and pre-pandemic, spent a season living in a French ski resort.

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Future implications of in-house growth for firms

While in-house legal teams have historically and typically been quite small, as legal work changes, so have those teams. This, recruiters and GCs have confirmed, will ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Wed, 23 Aug 2023

Lawyers ‘can’t be complacent’ in AI era

As some artificial intelligence platforms are now able to pass the bar, this legal professor said that the future of law lies in AI – and that lawyers will need to ...

NEWLAW • Tue, 22 Aug 2023

The ‘nuanced shift’ in the legal recruitment market

Moving from an extremely candidate-driven legal market last year, firms are no longer bending over backwards to secure talent, one recruiter has said.

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Aug 2023

Doctors in wage theft class action secure win

Junior doctors have been dealt a win as the Federal Court of Australia has ruled in favour of them in a lawsuit against Peninsula Health.

THE BAR • Mon, 21 Aug 2023

The ‘existential crisis’ facing young lawyers

While embarking on a new career can always be daunting, young lawyers, in particular, seem to be experiencing what’s been called an “existential crisis”, where feelings ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Aug 2023

Digital workplace trends can result in discrimination, says law academic

A new book by a CQU law lecturer has warned that digital workplace trends and artificial intelligence (AI) robot recruiters leave room for discrimination against people ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Aug 2023

The business value of parental leave policies

The legal industry leads the country in terms of parental leave – and as these firms have found, initiatives like these are not only valuable for working parents, but ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 20 Aug 2023

IPH revenue up, but cyber breach proves costly

ASX-listed IP services group IPH Limited has recorded a 27 per cent increase in revenue in the latest financial year, despite a cyber breach costing the firm $2

BIG LAW • Thu, 17 Aug 2023

Acrimonious separation increased by 30% since 2020

As new research reveals acrimonious separation to be on the rise, family lawyers have been urged to work with external stakeholders to set clients on a path to minimise ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 17 Aug 2023

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