This past week, a judge rejected claims that juniors should take the blame for seniors’ mistakes, and new data revealed discrepancies in the pace of change to pay disparity. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Just over half of Australia’s largest law firms have increased the number of women in leadership roles in the 12 months since the last Workplace Gender Equality Agency data was published.
Intense bullying from the profession’s “mean girls” has upended a barrister’s once-idealistic belief in sisterhood.
The darker side of artificial intelligence has been exposed in a new study, which reveals that AI tools designed to generate images and videos are distorting the image of the legal profession, with women and racial minorities largely absent.
The grant, now in its second year, follows the national firm’s support of a Melbourne-based community legal program in 2025.
International Women’s Day 2026, themed “Balance the scales”, is a reminder that as innovation rapidly reshapes entire industries, equal representation in the rooms where legal decisions are made has never mattered more, writes Aparna Watal.
Melbourne-based boutique law firm KHQ Lawyers has strengthened its construction practice with the addition of a former national law firm principal.
The legal profession carries prestige and intellectual weight, but beneath the surface, it demands long hours, constant precision, and unrelenting resilience. In response, one firm owner is calling for a shift in mindset, urging lawyers to stop wearing burnout as a badge of honour and start prioritising thriving over mere survival.
Queensland-based firm Creevey Horrell Lawyers has continued to expand its regional footprint, unveiling a new office as part of its broader growth strategy across the state.
A senior partner who told a junior colleague she was so “sexy” and that he would “like to f--k you right now” at a firm Christmas party has been suspended for one year.
