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COVID-19 has exposed the weaknesses of traditional firm models, writes Lachlan McKnight.

The Law Council has welcomed the Morrison government’s inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence after the failure of the Senate inquiry.

The Australian law council has expressed concerns about China’s national security laws, which contain “deeply troubling and problematic features”.

Despite an advance in assistive technologies, new research has indicated that the world’s courts and legal systems are not equipped to handle post-COVID ways of working.

National firm McCullough Robertson has moved to bolster its national employment relations and safety team with a lateral partner hire from Bartier Perry.

A team of law students will proceed with an inaugural Australian Crisis Simulation Summit despite the coronavirus pandemic – this time, with more technologies to support an online platform and a major sponsor to strengthen the opportunities for delegates. The summit’s co-directors spoke to Lawyers Weekly about their new plans.

With an innumerable amount of miscarriages of justice across the court system, students should be better prepared than the prior generation to right the wrongs of the organisation and create change, criminologist Xanthe Mallett told Lawyers Weekly.

Law students completing pro bono internships were given a “heartbreaking reality check” when engaged at an employment rights legal centre coping with the COVID-19 fallout.

A Rohingya man’s protection visa has been reinstated with the assistance of the research from a PhD law student, which was quoted extensively in a tribunal decision.

A Perth-based firm has unveiled a work experience program for Indigenous law students to help address “significant under-representation in the legal profession”.