For ignoring notices related to complaints made by four separate clients, a Queensland lawyer was hit with a recommendation that his name be removed from the roll of solicitors.
The incoming Payday Super legislation is set to have a significant impact on the “super pay gap” experienced by women professionals across the board, one expert has said.
Four lawyers were elevated at WRP Legal, including one senior associate.
Global law firm Ashurst has bolstered its Australian dispute resolution and employment teams with the appointment of two partners, joining from Clayton Utz and Kingston Reid.
This past week, a Victorian barrister was refused a permit to hold a practising certificate until at least late 2027, and “scathing and hostile” criticisms levelled at a law firm by a tribunal member saw a visa decision overturned. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
In this episode of Legal Firesides, produced exclusively for members of Lawyers Weekly Premium, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland MP speaks about her early career as a lawyer, the federal government’s law reform agenda for the coming year, and the myriad challenges facing Australian lawyers right now.
Diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing have fast become the legal profession’s favourite buzzwords, but underneath the new policies, speeches, and social media advocacy is an uncomfortable truth: women are bullying women and getting away with it.
Moving roles and taking steps forward in one’s career will always make one a better lawyer. Returning to old stomping grounds – and with fresh perspective and deeper experience – also proves to be vocationally rewarding.
Ahead of the 30 Under 30 Awards 2026, Lawyers Weekly can reveal which law schools have defined the decade to date in producing and shaping Australia’s next wave of legal trailblazers.
Among the lessons from 2025 is the realisation that employers must adopt new approaches to legal recruitment moving forward.
