Diversity

Making partner before 40: A case for flexibility and female leadership in law

In 2025, the legal profession looks very different to the one I stepped into 15 years ago – and yet, when it comes to...

17 July 2025

By Melissa Care

CALD families and the family law system: Building true accessibility

For CALD families to fully engage with the family law system, access must mean more than availability of resources,...

10 July 2025

By Dora Ko

White & Case ditches diversity and inclusion function

Global law firm White & Case, which has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, has discontinued its diversity and...

10 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Are global firms still committed to DEI in the age of Trump?

The Trump administration is probing the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices of 20 US-headquartered BigLaw...

28 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Trump targets 20 BigLaw firms over DEI, including Australia-based players

Not content with going after firms it deems to have acted against US interests, the Trump administration is now probing...

20 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Undermining DEI ‘risks reversing’ profession’s cultural diversity, lawyers say

In the face of US entities dismantling programs that promote DEI within federal workplaces, the Asian Australian...

20 February 2025

By Grace Robbie

Cultural diversity a reflection on honesty, reliability in tribunal, president says

Members of the recently established Administrative Review Tribunal have been trained to understand that evidence given...

31 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

More ‘masculine energy’ would be a ‘backward step’ for the profession

Not only would an increase in “bro culture” undo years of progress in legal workplaces, but it would also add...

23 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Legal team’s ‘important role’ in embedding DEI, in face of ‘bro culture’ push

Within hours of entering the Oval Office, returning US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning DEI...

21 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

The market has ‘gone backwards’ in addressing cultural diversity, says lawyer

Although Australia takes pride in its multicultural identity, the national president of the Asian Australian Lawyers...

21 January 2025

By Grace Robbie