Freedom versus law: Where Australians’ preferences lie in COVID lockdowns
Following the nationwide protests over the lockdown restrictions and vaccination mandates, new Roy Morgan data has suggested that there was an increase in the number of ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 04 Oct 2021
It’s time to talk about salary and pay secrecy
Built into many legal employment contracts is a clause that exists solely to prevent lawyers from discussing their salary so firms can undermine their ability to ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 04 Oct 2021
Swapping out billables and late nights for a work-life blend
New lawyers should no longer be measuring their success based on the number of billables they achieve or how late into the night they stay at the office. According to one ...
SME LAW • Mon, 04 Oct 2021
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
