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New investment to help boutique firms ‘level the playing field’

Thomson Reuters has confirmed it has made a recent investment designed to offer boutique Australian law firms and sole practitioners an all-in-one approach to legal research.

25 February 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Myanmar advised on new insolvency law

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Myanmar government on a new insolvency and restructuring framework established by the enactment of the Insolvency Law 2020.

25 February 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Secret filming of Julian Assange ‘deeply concerning’: ALA

The secret filming of Julian Assange’s confidential conferences with his lawyers in the Ecuadorian embassy is a “deeply concerning development”, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

25 February 2020
By Tony Zhang
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The top law firms graduates want to work with

Eight of Australia’s BigLaw firms are some of the most sought-after workplaces for law students. Lawyers Weekly chats to each firm to break down what about the firm makes them attractive to new lawyers emerging into the legal profession.

24 February 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Lessons in Lawyer X: What students should take away from the legal scandal

Before barrister Nicola Gobbo would go on to inform on criminal clients and effectively compromise all legal obligations, she was a star legal ethics student with the intention of working on the relationship between police informants and law enforcement. Here is what not to do to avoid a Lawyer X-style legal scandal.

24 February 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Law student’s superbug prevention idea wins innovation program

A team of law and science students has emerged the inaugural winners of a summer innovation program with a method to prevent the emergence of superbugs.

24 February 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Do young people still want to be lawyers?

Despite the major influx of legal education, young people are becoming less likely than their parents to see the law as a “dream job”, with research finding that the profession has taken big hits when it comes to future careers for the world’s young people.

24 February 2020
By Naomi Neilson
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Early practical experience available for grads who go in-house

Many corporate counsel spend a few years in law firms before moving in-house, but there is no reason why one cannot take up such a role as a graduate, argues one professional.

24 February 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Family violence ‘the most pressing issue of terrorism’ facing Australia: Rosie Batty

The current family law inquiry has the potential to weaken existing safety protections in the system, when it is required to do significantly more, argues former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty.

24 February 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Victoria passes Gender Equality Bill

The Andrews government has passed its Gender Equality Bill, which it is calling a “landmark step in breaking down discrimination and gender barriers in the workplace”.

24 February 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy