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Demands for services remain high, and firm headcounts have increased from the previous year, writes Kumara Mallikaaratchi.

A principal solicitor who likened himself to Pride and Prejudice’s Mr Darcy to argue his misconduct towards a paralegal was not sexual harassment will now pay costs. 

Behind almost all new internships, clerkship acceptances, graduate roles and chances to do something big in the law could be a fair amount of luck. It was the case for ACT’s Law Society vice-president Sarah Avery who made sure she was always in luck’s way.

By working backwards from her values and passions, a young, family lawyer found the “law language” that fits her career aspirations the best. In conversation with Protégé, Kiarah Kelly discussed how she used that language to forge her way in the profession.

A Sydney-based law school is committed to delivering a degree that caters to the “real diversity in legal education”, including promoting female seniority in the profession and making it cheaper for disadvantaged communities to secure a legal future.  

With an ongoing pre-law program, Charles Darwin University is optimistic that a course centred on addressing barriers to accessing the profession may increase the numbers of Indigenous lawyers in the Northern Territory up from 2 per cent of all practitioners.

A global pandemic and social and racial injustice movement magnified the glaring need for real, exponential change that carries over into everything we do – from our everyday life to our work life, writes Georgia Foster.

The Law Council of Australia has responded to international findings, which highlighted how certain areas of Australia’s human rights efforts, particularly the minimum age of criminal responsibility, leave much to be desired.

National firm Keypoint Law has expanded its Melbourne team with the appointment of a senior privacy lawyer.

So They Can, the Women in Law not-for-profit partner, has launched a fundraising initiative aimed at combating female genital cutting (FGC) and child marriage in Kenya, while encouraging legal professionals to get in shape through a sponsored fitness challenge in March.