A South Australian solicitor and two Victoria-based counsel have been referred to their respective legal regulators for relying on material that was prepared by artificial intelligence.
A more nuanced understanding of refugee political identity can only strengthen Australia’s commitment to the rule of law, access to justice and meaningful democratic inclusion, writes Ko Ko Aung.
A special counsel with more than 15 years of experience has joined Velocity Legal’s tax practice.
Victoria’s youth justice plan has drawn unanimous condemnation across the legal profession. For this feature, Lawyers Weekly speaks with experts about why the reforms are destined to fall short and the alternatives that should have been supported instead.
For decades, full-service firms dominated the legal landscape, but the profession is now at a pivotal turning point – with specialised practices rapidly becoming clients’ preferred choice and prompting a bigger question: are they the future of legal services?
According to workplace lawyers, employers are facing a growing wave of claims that lack merit, at a time when the use of new and emerging technologies is growing. What can, or should, be done?
Becoming a parent, while working as a lawyer, upends one’s personal and professional being. The jump to having a second child – as one partner put it – is “exciting, but bloody daunting”. So, how do parents of multiple kids get it done?
As major corporations and top-tier firms accelerate their AI adoption and build out AI-led teams, the demand for AI literacy shows no signs of slowing – with the demand for tech-focused legal roles quickly “outpacing supply”.
The Federal Court has upheld a finding that Bruce Lehrmann, on a civil standard of proof, raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.
Piper Alderman and its national head of litigation have been accused of workplace misconduct, with a former employee alleging she was bullied, discriminated against, and had her workload reduced to nothing.
