Naomi Neilson

National university delivers Aboriginal-led course for law students

In an effort to “transform education in law”, a Canberra-based university will soon be delivering a course designed to engage students and increase cultural competency, ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 04 Oct 2021

Pandemic puts temporary hold on student in Delhi slums 

The pandemic has brought challenges to many aspiring lawyers but has particularly affected a University of Sydney student remotely studying halfway across the world under ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 04 Oct 2021

Protégé’s top 10: The best updates of the fortnight

In this fortnightly update for law students, graduates and new lawyers, Protégé has put together a list of the most important news updates, including comments from a ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 04 Oct 2021

ALA advocates for stand-alone NSW Coroners Court

With the aim of significantly reducing the time that loved ones are waiting for matters in the NSW Coroners Court to resolve – and to bring the state in line with other ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 30 Sep 2021

LCA argues against national cabinet secrecy bill 

A federal government push to exempt national cabinet disclosures from the Freedom of Information Act has been panned as having no “meaningful justification” by the Law ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Sep 2021

ACT allocates $3.8m for dedicated coroner, special magistrate

The ACT government has allocated $3.8 million in its state budget for a dedicated coroner in the hopes that it will significantly reduce the time that bereaved family and ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Sep 2021

Morrison government to face court over age expectancy gap, age pension

A legal challenge seeking fair and equal access to the age pension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will bring the federal government to court for the ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Sep 2021

Controversial SA ICAC bill ‘extraordinary’, commissioner says

The South Australian Independent Commissioner Against Corruption has slammed the state government over its “extraordinary” passage of a bill to rewrite the ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Sep 2021

ACT Law Society unveils new council

The Law Society of the ACT’s returning president Elizabeth Carroll has announced the new council for 2021-22, including a new vice-president.

BIG LAW • Sun, 26 Sep 2021