A team of remarkable law students has designed an Australian-first Crisis Simulation Summit to shape the future of national security. As the summit begins to form, Lawyers Weekly spoke to its co-directors about what to expect, how their law degrees will shape a career outside of an office and the opportunities students can secure now.
University graduate-turned-barrister Joshua Creamer worked with residents of a town subjected to racist police action in 2004 and beat the odds with a $30 million win.
An Australian university has taken a major first step in examining the legal issues from the #MeToo movement with a course designed to inform young law students.
Many of Australia’s BigLaw firms were named leaders in gender equality in the firm. A big part of being open and accepting of equality starts at the very beginning – Lawyers Weekly took a look at the universities empowering women for our Protégé readers.
With 31 March fast-approaching, there are certain strategies you can implement within the workplace to ensure your team upholds their CPD responsibilities.
The founder of CPD for Me has provided insight into lawyers’ obtaining their CPD points ahead of the deadline on 31 March 2020.
This time of year presents a good opportunity for lawyers to upskill themselves on the recent threats that have impacted Australian businesses, according to an expert in the space.
At a Governance Institute-hosted #IWD breakfast last Friday, former High Court justice Susan Crennan AC QC recalled some of her experiences as a woman in the legal profession.
The biggest merger in 10 years will not be appealed by the ACCC after concluding that it does not have any grounds for an appeal.
Australia’s extradition laws will face the test after prominent human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC filed a petition with the UN Human Rights Committee claiming Australia’s “harsh” bail laws when prisoners facing extradition breached the country’s human right obligations.
