Victoria

Don’t undersell yourself in law firm interviews

Avoiding common pitfalls: In my time interviewing lawyers over nearly 15 years, I have seen many candidates unknowingly...

17 February 2025

By Emma Turnbull

Job-sharing Senate candidates launch proceedings to safeguard nomination

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock, who recently spoke with Lawyers Weekly extolling the virtues of job-sharing...

13 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Bewildering’: Prosecutor turns to Fair Work for $1 raise

The Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions was criticised for its “baffling and frustrating” lack of progression...

23 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

3 legal bodies issue joint guidance on AI

Legal regulators from NSW, Victoria, and Western Australia have jointly issued a statement to guide lawyers in the...

06 December 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘Restricting NDAs is essential to putting victim-survivors first,’ lawyers argue

Recommendations have been made in a joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre to the...

28 October 2024

By Kace O'Neill

Barristers must be exempt from AML/CTF regime, bar associations argue

Bar associations have “critical concerns” about the inclusion of barristers in the proposed expanded regime for...

21 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Best practice for lawyers amid new state cyber standards

As the regulatory landscape evolves in response to the escalating threat of cyber attacks, a cyber lawyer has...

30 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

New judge appointed to Victoria Supreme Court, 2 promoted at OPP

A new judge has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, who was formerly the state’s chief prosecutor,...

26 September 2024

By Lauren Croft

Unpacking Victoria’s minimum cyber security standards

With the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner having imposed new minimum cyber security standards, one cyber...

18 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Maurice Blackburn national head of medical negligence and dust diseases appointed as coroner

The Victorian government has appointed the national head of Maurice Blackburn’s medical negligence and dust diseases...

13 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy