Unlike their younger peers, one mature-age law student has revealed that many who start later in life often lack the support, social connections, and community networks that can ease the journey, leaving them feeling isolated as they navigate the legal profession.
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.
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.
Craig Bydder SC has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
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.
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.
Truth, in law and in life, is rarely singular, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
Generative artificial intelligence and new legal technologies were a major part of 2025. Here, we take a look back at the top 10 updates.
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.
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.
