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Winners revealed for Partner of the Year Awards 2026

Lawyers Weekly and principal partner Commonwealth Private are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Partner of the Year Awards.

04 June 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why AI-drafted contracts are creating new risks for legal leaders

The legal profession’s attention has largely been focused on AI’s courtroom mistakes, from hallucinated case law to fictitious citations. But according to one partner at an award-winning boutique firm, the greater risk may be hiding in the contracts businesses are signing every day.

04 June 2026
By Grace Robbie
Henry Carus + Associates celebrates 25th anniversary

Melbourne-based personal injury law firm Henry Carus + Associates has reached a significant milestone, marking 25 years of service to the Victorian community.

04 June 2026
By Grace Robbie
Top 25 Attraction Firms revealed for 2025–26

Lawyers Weekly, in collaboration with Agile Market Intelligence, is thrilled to unveil a preview of the law firms that are the most desirable to legal professionals when considering their next career move.

04 June 2026
By Grace Robbie
JWS promotes 4 special counsel, 21 senior associates

In its latest promotion round, Johnson Winter Slattery has promoted four to special counsel and 21 to senior associate, effective 1 July.

04 June 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Courts cannot be left behind in budget, SA Law Society says

The South Australian government’s “disappointing” budget announcements have shown just how low the justice system ranks on its list of priorities, the Law Society complained.

04 June 2026
By Naomi Neilson
The expertise debt no one is counting

The profession’s mixed response to MinterEllison’s graduate cuts is sending the wrong signal entirely, writes Andrew Cooke.

04 June 2026
By Andrew Cooke
‘The million-dollar question’: How AI is reshaping legal education and entry into law

Concerns about AI displacing law graduate roles, following developments at MinterEllison, are forcing universities to confront an uncomfortable question: Are they still preparing students for the legal profession of the future?

03 June 2026
By Grace Robbie
Top 25 Attraction Firms unveiled for 2025–26

Lawyers Weekly, in collaboration with Agile Market Intelligence, is thrilled to reveal – exclusively for subscribers to Lawyers Weekly Premium – the law firms that are the most desirable to legal professionals when considering their next career move.

03 June 2026
By Grace Robbie
This is ‘the most consequential period for tax lawyers’ since the GST

Tax lawyers across the country have been “operating in a state of flux” since Jim Chalmers handed down last month’s federal budget.

03 June 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy