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Working in law can mean the difference between a client’s suffering and justice, but while there are many highly rewarding moments, there are also just as many lows. For lawyers in training, the emotional scars might just hit that bit harder, so how should they cope?

Almost 1,000 law students have protested against Monash University’s procedures for upcoming exams, registering their “distress, frustration and anger” in a petition calling for the law school to reconsider its examination approach during COVID-19.

Law students at a Melbourne-based university have created legal technology solutions to industry problems, which they said will help them succeed in the profession.

A young person-led organisation created at a Canberra-based university has designed legal research tasks that are empowering lawyers while protecting the environment.

Global firm King & Wood Mallesons has promoted four Australian lawyers to its partnership ranks.

Funding giant Omni Bridgeway has welcomed a highly respected international arbitrator to join its investment committees, the decision-making bodies responsible for selecting the group’s investments.

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with AMP Bank, is proud to announce the launch of this year’s Women in Finance Awards.

Hall & Wilcox has advised Victory Offices Limited on its $15.3 million equity raising.

The Law Society of New South Wales has welcomed a decision by the NSW government to place mental health professionals in police area command centres.  

The NSW Bar Association has urgently called for a court that would address the over-representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s criminal justice system.