While excitement grows around artificial intelligence and its potential to transform the legal profession, Lucy Southwick has warned law students and junior lawyers to remain vigilant and avoid the critical mistakes she has observed when using the technology.
For many aspiring lawyers, the journey through law school and into the profession is already daunting. But for first-generation law students, the path is even more complex – marked by uncertainty, financial strain, and the absence of established connections.
A court has dismissed a compensation law firm’s request to inspect a Brisbane hospital on the basis it would be a “fishing expedition”.
The national law firm has appointed a new director, Tim Lipscombe, for its Sydney debt capital markets practice.
This past week, we saw a handful of significant disciplinary matters, while one of the nation’s biggest firms named a new head. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Fines of up to $50,000 and referrals to the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner could be doled out to individuals and legal practitioners who are caught luring victims into civil injury claims.
A law firm director fought back against an order that he retain a lawyer to act on his practice’s behalf, telling a court it was based on “cynically, deliberately and knowingly false evidence”.
Global legal technology company Consilio has appointed a pioneer in e-discovery to the position of regional director for Australia.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. The question is: how should it be used, writes Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio.
The former chief operating officer of global business services for BigLaw firm Clyde & Co is joining Alt-V Law, as the firm looks to deepen its executive-level credibility and expand its presence across APAC.
