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Submissions and nominations now open for the Australian AI Awards 2026

The search for Australia’s most outstanding AI innovators has officially begun.

16 July 2026
By Lawyers Weekly
The legal and practical considerations of funding medicinal cannabis in compensation insurance

In penning this piece, my intention is not to advocate for or against medicinal cannabis. However, it is a legal form of medical treatment, and insurance schemes across the country need to recognise it as such, writes Greg Spinda.

16 July 2026
By Greg Spinda
1 in 4 lawyers feel their firms are holding back their career progression

Career progression sits at the forefront of many lawyers’ professional ambitions, yet a concerning gap between aspiration and reality has emerged. Here, Lawyers Weekly reveals how fewer than four in 10 lawyers believe they can achieve their career ambitions where they are today.

15 July 2026
By Grace Robbie
Female lawyers still being left behind by law firms

Despite years of efforts to advance gender equality across the legal profession, many female lawyers say the fight for genuine equality is far from over. Here, Lawyers Weekly explores the areas where women believe their firms continue to fall short compared to their male counterparts.

15 July 2026
By Grace Robbie
‘Clients will get annoyed’ if firms pass on AI costs, says Keypoint’s CEO

As law firms continue to invest heavily in new technologies and, in turn, rethink how they price their services, they should avoid charging for the use of new platforms, which Warren Kalinko says will be viewed as “just a tool of the trade” by clients.

15 July 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Government’s legal aid victory lap needs reality check

The federal government marked one year of the National Access to Justice Partnership with a celebratory statement that ignored the fact that its funding commitment went nowhere near close to addressing the overwhelming and increasing demand for legal aid.

15 July 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Potential contraventions within collapsing law firm

A national firm that claimed to be Australia’s highest-ranking legal service was wound up amid potential allegations of illegal phoenix activity, insolvent trading, and a failure to act in good faith.

15 July 2026
By Naomi Neilson
What today’s junior lawyers are no longer experiencing – and why it matters

As the legal profession continues to embrace hybrid work and online learning, junior lawyers are missing out on vital opportunities to develop essential skills and build professional confidence – a problem that should concern the entire profession.

15 July 2026
By Grace Robbie
Relativity names new president to supercharge AI legal platform

Global legal technology company Relativity has elevated its chief product officer to president to accelerate its AI strategy, strengthen its legal data intelligence platform and lead its next phase of innovation.

15 July 2026
By Grace Robbie
Hallucinated scepticism: When AI fakes rigour

I use AI as an adversary. I feed it my strongest documents and ask it to tear them apart, because the best way to test the strength of an argument is to attack it. And almost every time, the AI does not find the weak points; it manufactures them. It produces a critique that looks like rigour but, when pressed, turns out to be a performance of rigour. This is a problem with how these tools are built, and for non-experts, it is a genuine hazard, writes Yule Guttenbeil.

15 July 2026
By Yule Guttenbeil