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A Victorian lawyer convicted of sexually assaulting a minor after inviting her 17-year-old friends to join him at a bar has been struck off.

Just three weeks into her legal career, a young lawyer found herself at the centre of a profession-wide debate after being dismissed over a TikTok post. An industry leader weighs in about what the incident signals for the profession and what needs to happen next.

Lawyers Weekly recently asked Australian BigLaw firms what they are looking for in new graduates, what they are expected to do, and the skills that they are expected to have.

As family lawyers shoulder the emotional weight of their clients’ darkest moments, one practitioner has warned that simply surviving the pressure should not be mistaken for genuine resilience.

More litigants are going it alone in complex legal proceedings, and the Federal Court is keen to understand why. In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, one researcher has unpacked some of the potential reasons for ditching lawyers and what he hopes a decade of data will reveal.

A tribunal has strongly condemned the conduct of a West Australian lawyer, including threats to have a former client “bashed” and attempts to manipulate a woman into dropping a restraining order.

As the legal profession undergoes rapid change, one principal is sounding the alarm over what early-career lawyers could be losing along the way: meaningful mentorship and the practical skills it has traditionally helped them build.

Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt | Holman Webb has strengthened its partnership with the appointment of a former Moray & Agnew partner in its Newcastle office.

Australian mid-tier law firm HopgoodGanim has strengthened its technology leadership by appointing an experienced technology executive as its new CIO.

The days of the general counsel serving as a business’s legal gatekeeper are firmly behind us, with the general counsel of Woolworths Group highlighting how the role has fundamentally evolved – and what it truly means to be a modern GC today.