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Victorian community legal centres complete merger
The combined membership of two community legal centres based in Melbourne has voted in favour of merging the organisations to better support the inner suburbs.
BIG LAW • Tue, 30 Nov 2021
BCI Minerals achieves $360m capital raising
BCI Minerals Limited’s funding package for its Mardie Salt and Potash Project has been secured with assistance from Gilbert + Tobin.
Five V Capital closes fourth fund
Private equity firm Five V Capital has closed its fourth fund, comprising $550 million in capital commitments, with assistance from Gilbert + Tobin.
BIG LAW • Mon, 29 Nov 2021
5G Networks mergers with Webcentral
5G Networks has officially merged its business with Webcentral Limited by a scheme of arrangement, with assistance from Norton Rose Fulbright.
How an arsenal of soft skills can set lawyers up for competitive legal careers
The competitive space of criminal law can be very hard for new lawyers to break into and even harder to prove that they belong there. One lawyer told Protégé that for ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 29 Nov 2021
The argument for introducing climate change to law schools
In the midst of “an unfolding climate crisis”, academics with Bond University argued that law schools have an obligation to contribute to efforts to address and counter ...
Young lawyers win essay prize for First Nations entry
An essay by three young lawyers that explored the role legal practitioners can play in addressing the fundamental issues for First Nations people has won the Australian ...
Academic and lawyer asks universities to be disability champions
Given the steady increase of undergraduate students with a disability, one academic and lawyer has asked that universities across Australia do more to become disability ...
What happened this fortnight in law?
In this fortnightly update, Protégé wraps up the biggest headlines that law students, graduates and all other new lawyers should be across. This time, it includes a major ...