IWD: How young female lawyers are making a difference
Reflecting on International Women’s Day 2021, recent graduate and winner of the law student category at our Women in Law Awards spoke to how her experiences in the ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 08 Mar 2021
Coffee cart or 15-hour days: Weighing up workplace benefits with wellbeing
While it is not at all a bad thing to want the luxuries that come with a BigLaw firm, young lawyers should consider whether the coffee cart, internal gym and other ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 08 Mar 2021
IWD, Christian Porter and Lawyer X: Looking back on the fortnight
In this Protégé fortnightly news brief, we’re bringing you the most important updates that law students, graduates and other young lawyers should be across.
NEWLAW • Mon, 08 Mar 2021
How to navigate the first semester of law school
Once the congratulations and celebrations are out of the way, first-year law students entering the legal profession will need to start planning out the next chapter of ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 08 Mar 2021
Australian universities ranked best for law degrees
Seven Australian universities have been placed within the top 50 of the best places to study law and legal studies across the globe.
NEWLAW • Mon, 08 Mar 2021
How firms are ‘choosing to challenge’ on International Women’s Day
From addressing the disparities at a leadership level through to examining the way salaries are distributed among male and female lawyers, Australia’s major firms have ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 07 Mar 2021
‘We have to continue fighting’: The changes the profession must consider in 2021 to achieve true gender equality
The assumption that the legal profession will slowly progress towards true equality of its own accord is a mistake, Australian Women Lawyers president Leah Marrone told ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 07 Mar 2021
Bar to Founder: How setting a standard of behaviour helped one barrister thrive
Immediation managing director and barrister Laura Keily moved from one male-dominated profession into another but thrived in a way that allowed her to challenge the ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 07 Mar 2021
‘Gobsmacking’: What the profession has to say about the Porter allegations
The legal profession has responded to Christian Porter’s denial of rape allegations, with some calling for an independent inquiry and others cautioning that the message ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 04 Mar 2021
