Discover
DISCOVER brings you close to the insights, innovation and research of the leading legal industry providers as well as an up-close look at the product and services that have been created for your specific needs. Explore our unique platform which has been designed to help you make more informed decisions on how to grow your business and better understand the resources that are available in a rapidly changing world.
1 min read
By
Justin Whealing
In the box seat
General counsels are becoming increasingly picky about what work they outsource and which firms they use.
Read More
1 min read
By
Holding Redlich gets involved in the arts
Sydney head defends Clayton Utz
The incoming partner-in-charge of Clayton Utz's Sydney office has hit out at suggestions that the firm has a problem with its treatment of women.Speaking to Lawyers Weekly, Kate Jordan, who…
Read More
1 min read
By
Lawyers Weekly
Maddocks to open new Canberra office
Maddocks will open a new office in Canberra early in the new year. The office will be headed by former Blake Dawson partner Simonetta Astolfi, who has over 20 years' experience dealing with…
Read More
1 min read
By
Holding Redlich gets involved in the arts
A mixed bag
Diversity in the legal profession remained one of the key issues in 2011, with consistent reports that more needs to be done to improve it. At the forefront of diversity discussions in the legal…
Read More
1 min read
By
Lawyers Weekly
The global firm onslaught
Looking back at the year that was, it’s impossible to overlook the continuous flow of global law firms into the Australian market.While Baker & McKenzie was first on the scene way back…
Read More
1 min read
By
Lawyers Weekly
The tweetest thing
2011 saw a profession grounded in tradition embark on a love-hate relationship with new communication tools and, finally, begin to embrace them. It has been a big year for law firms and social…
Read More
1 min read
By
Lawyers Weekly
The year of LPO
This year’s announcements that Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Blake Dawson have signed legal process outsourcing agreements indicated the changing nature of the Australian legal profession…
Read More
1 min read
By
Lawyers Weekly
A timely debate
The billable hour attracted both praise and criticism in a year punctuated by moves to either eradicate or entrench time billing practices.One of the biggest hitting stories of the year was the…
Read More
1 min read
By
Lawyers Weekly
Progress, paradox and ongoing pain
A lingering and contentious issue for the legal profession in 2011 has been that of the mental ill-health of lawyers.There was no shortage of stories about depression and mental health…
Read More