Opinion

4 Aug 2017

Rebooting lawyers and law firms for the cyber-physical age

In the cyber-physical age, the biggest priority can no longer be efficiency. Bureaucracy will kill organisations, not sustain them. And organisations ...

25 Jul 2017

How to properly charge for your work

In legal practice, you need to be paid and paid well for your expertise, you are not a charity, writes Garth Brown. ...

Leadership, manager, boss, leader, team members

20 Jul 2017

Do we have a leadership crisis in law?

Do you work for a ‘pacesetter’, the partner who rewrites perfectly fine reports, has little positive to say and is always quick with criticisms to...

Typing, laptop, freelance lawyer, business

19 Jul 2017

Gen Y and the rise of freelance lawyers

Not long ago scoring a job at a law firm would be considered a career home run for a young professional; however, a shift in how millennials perceive ...

18 Jul 2017

Stuart Kelly: One of the abuse victims at our universities

Many Australians would have watched the Kelly family’s story on 60 Minutes recently and felt utterly devastated by their loss, grief and experience ...

17 Jul 2017

What happens when you work with or for a narcissist?

Have you ever come across someone in law who had a fabulous ‘sales pitch’ and then watched in horror as the train wreck of reality unfolded in fro...

13 Jul 2017

Strategic planning that works for SME law firms

The objective of a strategy is not to eliminate risk, but to increase the odds of success, writes Anthony Hersch. ...

11 Jul 2017

Why?

Why work in law? Why work at all? Why any activity for that matter? asks Bob Murray. ...

Jenny Brockis, mindfulness, excessive work hours, stress

10 Jul 2017

Using mindfulness to stay out of danger

Over 30 years ago, W Edwards Deming called for a new approach in the workplace to reduce mistakes and defective workmanship, writes Jenny Brockis. ...

28 Jun 2017

Design of a modern law firm

The modern law firm has increasing differences from its predecessors and former incarnations. Gone are the high-walled cubicles, the corner offices, a...

27 Jun 2017

Addressing unmet pro bono

When the Cancer Council Pro Bono Program was launched in NSW in 2010, a handful of law firms signed on to participate, the Cancer Council writes. ...

26 Jun 2017

How artificial intelligence is streamlining document management

It is finding its way into everything from virtual assistants to driverless cars, and now artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising document man...

23 Jun 2017

On the legal beat - part two

This week I was interstate and met with an experienced lawyer who has had an impressive career in private practice, writes Nicole Billett. ...

21 Jun 2017

Safety, support and specialisation – the response to family violence

Victoria Legal Aid recently marked the progress it is making with others towards a safer, more supportive and increasingly specialised, legal response...

20 Jun 2017

A discrimination-free workplace saves companies from hefty lawsuits

Fox News recently came under fire after 11 of its employees hit the organisation with a class action lawsuit alleging widespread racial discriminatio...

19 Jun 2017

Rule of law in a democratic society

Whether or not you agree with the recent judicial review of US president Donald Trump’s second attempted “travel ban”, it brings into sharp focu...

16 Jun 2017

Smart learning gives sharp lawyers an edge

Clients of legal services are more demanding. Where once they accepted lawyers who understood the law, today they want much more, writes Neville Carte...

14 Jun 2017

What happens when your child makes a hostage of you?

Financial elder abuse has been recognised as domestic violence, however it is not broadly understood – or even acknowledged – in the community, Ch...

13 Jun 2017

So, what do you do?

So, what do you do? Standard small talk, right? Well, I’m a lawyer … and a hypnotherapist. My answer always elicits a visceral response of some ki...

9 Jun 2017

Spare a thought for those convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1735

Do you ever feel caught out by a silly or obsolete law? asks Iain Miller. ...

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Jun 21 2017

Promo season at Allens

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May 11 2017

Partner exits for in-house role

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May 16 2017

Access to justice for young transgender Australians

Reform is looming for the process that young transgender Australians and their families must current...

May 11 2017

The lighter side of the law: when law and comedy collide

On the face of it, there doesn’t seem to be much that is amusing about the law, writes Geoff Rober...

May 10 2017

Advocate’s immunity – without fear or without favour but not both

On 29 March 2017, the High Court handed down its decision in David Kendirjian v Eugene Lepore & ...