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Top 10 career and recruitment stories in 2025

Lawyers Weekly takes a look back at the top 10 career and recruitment articles in 2025, including advice on how to make major moves in the profession, salary reports, and the gender pay gap at each of Australia’s biggest law firms.

05 January 2026
By Naomi Neilson
The rise of regulatory lawyers

Prior to the banking royal commission, “there was not a clear class or even definition” of a regulatory lawyer. Now, this area of financial services legal practice has seen extraordinary growth, says one BigLaw partner.

05 January 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
WA Solicitor-General appointed to state’s Supreme Court

Craig Bydder SC has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

05 January 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Colin Biggers & Paisley names new partner, senior associate

National law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has elevated an employment lawyer to its partnership, and promoted an insurance lawyer to senior associate, effective 1 January.

02 January 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Cyber security risks are escalating for Australian law firms – and most still aren’t prepared

As cyber criminals grow more sophisticated and brazen, William Welch warns that Australian law firms are now confronting a level of cyber risk unlike anything seen before – and many still lack the specialised tools and expertise needed to defend themselves.

02 January 2026
By Grace Robbie
The duck, the rabbit, and the evidence

Truth, in law and in life, is rarely singular, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.

02 January 2026
By Rebecca Ward, MBA
2025’s top 10 AI and legal tech stories

Generative artificial intelligence and new legal technologies were a major part of 2025. Here, we take a look back at the top 10 updates.

31 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
WA Court of Appeal achieves gender parity with new hire

After three years of serving on the Supreme Court bench, Justice Fiona Seaward SC has been appointed to the Court of Appeal of Western Australia.

18 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Top 10 in-house episodes in 2025

Here’s our countdown of the 10 podcast episodes that captured the strongest interest of corporate counsel over the past year – the conversations they returned to, recommended, and relied on to navigate an increasingly complex legal landscape.

30 December 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Exciting opportunities for GCs in 2026

As the business and technological landscape evolves at an unprecedented pace, general counsel are stepping into a new era of influence and opportunity in the year ahead.

19 December 2025
By Grace Robbie