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This past week, Lawyers Weekly hosted its 14th annual 30 Under 30 Awards, and an award-winning lawyer made the case for practitioners to stop wearing burnout as a badge of honour. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
For the week from 9 to 13 March, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
1. Disciplinary referral for lawyer caught using AI
A Queensland solicitor ignored requests from a senior judge to explain the fake case citation in her client’s written material.
2. Struck-off lawyer claims admission board denied him procedural fairness
A former solicitor whose name was scrubbed from the roll in late 2015 for “lazy” disclosure failures about his criminal history has spent the better part of the last decade fighting to be readmitted.
3. Veteran solicitor struck off over supervision blunders
Due to delegation and practice management failures, a Queensland solicitor with an otherwise unblemished three-decade career had his name scrubbed from the roll of legal practitioners.
4. Senior lawyers must answer for their own mistakes, court says
A Supreme Court judge emphatically rejected any suggestion that junior lawyers should shoulder the blame for the mistakes of their superiors.
5. PODCAST: ‘One connection can shape your whole journey in law’
LawUno, a new platform to connect legal professionals and students, employers, and vendors, is launching this week, in conjunction with Lawyers Weekly’s 30 Under 30 Awards. Here, the platform’s founder discusses its importance in an ever-shifting professional services marketplace.
6. The need for lawyers to focus on thriving, not just surviving
The legal profession carries prestige and intellectual weight, but beneath the surface, it demands long hours, constant precision, and unrelenting resilience. In response, one firm owner is calling for a shift in mindset, urging lawyers to stop wearing burnout as a badge of honour and start prioritising thriving over mere survival.
7. Hall & Wilcox adds 2 partners in key practice areas
BigLaw firm Hall & Wilcox has strengthened its partnership ranks with the appointment of two partners across distinct practice areas.
8. PODCAST: What happens after your firm’s initial honeymoon period?
After the first year or two of trading, there is much for SME firm owners to reflect on – and not just business wins, losses, and lessons. For James d’Apice, this process has involved everything from staying true to his personal and professional vision, pursuing passion projects, supporting the local community, and planning for expansion.
9. KHQ bolsters construction practice with new principal solicitor
Melbourne-based boutique law firm KHQ Lawyers has strengthened its construction practice with the addition of a former national law firm principal.
10. Barrister calls out performative sisterhood
Intense bullying from the profession’s “mean girls” has upended a barrister’s once-idealistic belief in sisterhood.
