The unfair dismissal case involving the partner Keli Lane has tested the legal limits of employer oversight, with one seasoned lawyer sharing that it was the first time he saw a job lost “because of a relationship with someone who has been convicted of a criminal offence”.
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a lawyer’s application to impose costs on his former employer after it withdrew its objection against him.
Australian mid-tier firm HopgoodGanim Lawyers has appointed the former chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Clayton Utz, who spent 13 years leading the global law firm.
A renewable energy specialist and an environmental law expert have joined Keypoint Law as consulting principals.
Queensland’s $150 threshold is a relic of cassette-tape mercy in a contactless world. It once stood for compassion; now it stands for inertia. Inflation changed everything, except empathy, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
In a far-reaching chat, two senior professionals from global legal AI provider Legora discuss the extent of integration across law firms, what effective change management looks like, and why this is the year of agentic AI.
While many argue that artificial intelligence is reshaping what it means to be a successful lawyer, David Fischl contends that the core skills themselves remain the same. It is how lawyers apply and adapt those skills in an AI-driven landscape that has truly changed.
Law firms are being challenged to move beyond the traditional “cookie-cutter” hiring model, as professionals from non-traditional backgrounds emerge as a powerful competitive advantage in modern legal practice – an evolution underscored by Naomi Shivaraman’s unconventional path into law.
Chalk & Behrendt has partnered with the University of Newcastle to launch a $30,000 scholarship aimed at supporting the next generation of First Nations lawyers.
In addition to his failure to appear in court on behalf of the immigration minister or secure a substitute, the solicitor on record left an employed solicitor to answer to a senior judge alone.
