Opinion

If AI does the junior work, how do we develop Australia’s future senior lawyers?

The Australian legal profession has spent considerable time examining what artificial intelligence means for...

10 September 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Will lawyers let AI give them their evenings back?

Technology has long promised to make the workforce more efficient. But, for lawyers, such efficiency doesn’t...

09 September 2026

By Jerome Doraisamy

Your law firm may understand AI, but does AI understand your law firm?

In an AI-mediated market, the real divide could be between the firms AI can understand and those it overlooks, writes...

09 September 2026

By Ralph Grayden

Adjudication is won on site, not in the registry

For lawyers advising contractors and subcontractors, I would distil my years on both sides of the site fence into five...

07 September 2026

By Albert Merolla

Behind blue eyes: Shifting responsibility in the legal profession

Law is built on accountability, and accountability is based on experience. AI is removing the experience, and it’s...

07 September 2026

By Anonymous

The law exists because humans cannot be trusted to call their conduct what it is

A word can change liability, privilege, disclosure obligations, professional discipline, or criminal exposure, writes...

04 September 2026

By Rebecca Ward, MBA

The rise of the AI-driven modern lawyer

While AI can be a useful resource, effective self-representation requires legal knowledge, critical judgement, and an...

02 September 2026

By Madeleine Porter

Family law: The order nobody makes

Rule 12.15 would fix family law costs overnight. Ask when you last saw one, writes Dr John Cronin.

31 August 2026

By Dr John Cronin

What the Ashley Klein controversy teaches us about the importance of public confidence

When rule compliance isn’t enough: Even where a specific rule has not been broken, sporting bodies should still...

28 August 2026

By Tiana Bray

NSW solicitors should not sit out the professional indemnity insurance inquiry

The NSW Parliament’s inquiry into potential competition reforms for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance...

25 August 2026

By Angelique Nesbitt