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Lawyers assisting the commission investigating the conduct of criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police have submitted the behaviour diminished public confidence in the legal profession and in police, having potentially tarnished over 1,000 cases.

Way too many legal departments spend too much time on work they don’t find that meaningful, says Victoria Swedjemark.

With the graduate market contracting and legal teams continually needing to do more with less, short-term contracting is shaping up as the best way forward for parties at both ends of the spectrum.

A new report from the US indicates that while there are more female GCs in top companies, their pay has fluctuated relative to male counterparts.

Senet has appointed the former executive director of the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing as the new head of its advisory practice.

An experienced senior public servant and former department head had joined government advisory firm Proximity.

In this special announcement, in partnership with Legal Home Loans, learn the outcome of Tuesday’s Reserve Bank meeting.

The more victims stand together to call out inappropriate conduct, the less women will continue to be victims of power-based sexual harassment, Noor Blumer said.

The action taken now to combat climate change will “affect the world for generations to come”, and lawyers have a critical role to play on this front, says the Australian Pro Bono Centre.

An expert on transnational criminal justice has warned that Australia’s “no-evidence” model of extradition places excessive trust in the evidence-gathering processes of foreign justice agencies.