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How much stress is too much for lawyers?
The existence of stress for lawyers is not inherently a bad thing – in fact, it can be incredibly useful, both...
19 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
The worst leadership advice senior lawyers have received (and what it taught them)
Here, a former GC, three firm heads, and a prominent litigation partner reflect on bad advice they’ve received over...
19 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Disappointing, disrespectful’: Governments ignore advice to improve legal assistance sector
The author of an independent review into the National Legal Assistance Partnership has voiced his frustrations that key...
19 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Why are unfair dismissal claims on the rise?
In its newly released annual report, the Fair Work Commission said it received 44,075 lodgments in 2024–25, making a...
05 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
When justice is rushed, fairness falls: The crisis in summary proceedings
Weighed down by under-resourcing, crippling backlogs and alarming prosecution tactics, Australia’s summary...
05 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Redefining top-tier firms when ‘global reach is an increasing differentiator’: Part 2
Once defined by a number of dominant top-tier firms, the Australian legal market is undergoing an ongoing shift, with...
05 November 2025
By Lauren Croft
The ‘profound’ legal and ethical dilemmas in using AI to predict crime
While the use of artificial intelligence is solving myriad headaches for legal practitioners and access to justice, for...
05 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Redefining top-tier firms when ‘global reach is an increasing differentiator’: Part 1
Once defined by a number of dominant top-tier firms, the Australian legal market is undergoing an ongoing shift, with...
22 October 2025
By Lauren Croft
Why Australia is an ‘incredibly important’ market for Kennedys
Speaking recently with Lawyers Weekly, Kennedys’ senior partner and APAC managing partner unpacked why the Australian...
22 October 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why Lander & Rogers will remain ‘fiercely independent’
In this instalment of Legal Firesides, produced exclusively for members of Lawyers Weekly Premium, Lander &...
22 October 2025
By Robyn Tongol
4 in 10 disciplined lawyers struck off, exclusive data reveals
Exclusive Lawyers Weekly data revealed that around 40 per cent of lawyers facing disciplinary action have been struck...
08 October 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyers must treat external AI platforms as a ‘potential newspaper headline’
Conversations with AI have no legal privilege – but what about for lawyers using legal-specific AI? With the concept...
08 October 2025
By Lauren Croft
Sovereign citizen movement at ‘dangerous, pointy end’
Following years of pseudolaw burdening courtrooms, the extremist and cult-like “sovereign citizen” movement has...
08 October 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Inside K&L Gates’ game plan to dominate Australia’s legal market
Global law firm K&L Gates is doubling down on its ambition to remain a dominant player in Australia’s legal...
08 October 2025
By Grace Robbie
Kennedys’ global vision, cultural emphasis, and the strategic importance of Australia
In this instalment of Legal Firesides, produced exclusively for members of Lawyers Weekly Premium, the senior partner...
08 October 2025
By Noemie Veñegas
The reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination and its implications for employment law
The assassination of conservative campaigner, activist, and podcaster Charlie Kirk at a Utah-based university campus...
24 September 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Incredibly gratifying’: Judge reflects on path from registrar to bench
Looking back at her rise from senior judicial registrar to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia’s bench,...
24 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
The future of WFH: How office mandates could shift talent in BigLaw
As big corporates push full-time office returns and adopt workplace surveillance, will BigLaw follow, and will smaller...
24 September 2025
By Lauren Croft
New sex offender legislation ‘performative’ and hollow, defence lawyers say
Queensland’s incoming restrictions on good character references for sex offenders were branded “performative...
24 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
What the future holds for K&L Gates, Down Under and globally
In this episode of Legal Firesides, produced exclusively for members of Lawyers Weekly Premium, two senior leaders from...
10 September 2025
By Robyn Tongol