Naomi Neilson

Resilience key to finding a place in the profession away from toxic mindsets 

For one new barrister, chasing the idea of success led to significant financial stress, unsupportive work environments and a poor mental health diagnosis. In an honest ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 09 Aug 2021

New BigLaw graduate scheme to focus on rapid growth in client delivery

One of Australia’s biggest firms has introduced a new graduate scheme designed with non-lawyers in mind to carve out skills in legal service delivery and encourage more ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 09 Aug 2021

Adelaide students encouraged towards regional legal careers

To combat how often valuable career options in regional towns alongside Aboriginal communities are overlooked by new law graduates, eight Adelaide students met with ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 09 Aug 2021

The secret to law school prep: Getting ahead may set new students back 

With final-year exams around the corner and university choices due any day now, aspiring law students should avoid getting bogged down with Google searches and long ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 09 Aug 2021

Top 10: Wrapping up the fortnight

In this fortnightly wrap-up, Protégé brings law students, graduates, and new lawyers the most important updates from across the legal profession. This time, it includes a ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 09 Aug 2021

Bill to amend WA Children’s Court could compromise independence of judiciary, Law Society says

A new Western Australian bill to amend the powers of the president of the Children’s Court and the Chief Magistrate as it relates to administration and allocation of ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 05 Aug 2021

Australian solicitor accused of acting without instruction, forging signature 

Australian lawyer Martin Zhang has been accused of six pleaded claims, from debt under loan agreements through to transferring money out of trust. While allegations that ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 05 Aug 2021

Bartier Perry to pay lawyer $942k for ‘misleading, deceptive’ advice

Sydney firm Bartier Perry has been ordered to pay a lawyer over $942,000 after an appeals court upheld a ruling that the firm had provided the client with “deceptive” ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 04 Aug 2021

WA Bar sides with Julian Burnside over controversial tweet

The Western Australian Bar Association has strongly condemned the conduct of senator Sarah Henderson who called for Julian Burnside’s Queen’s counsel to be stripped after ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 04 Aug 2021