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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A recent report from Major, Lindsey & Africa unpacks the trends shaping how law department leaders are viewing their roles, the makeup of their teams, the use of new technologies, and the extent to which legal services panels will be relied upon.