Leadership

What this in-house leader looks for when recruiting
When hiring in-house lawyers, many believe that legal expertise is the foremost requirement. However, according to this...
24 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
The urgent need for lawyers’ service offerings to evolve
The practice of law is evolving at breakneck speed, one firm head reflects, and those that do not keep pace with market...
19 June 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why executive presence is a must-have skill in legal leaders
Technical competence and experience are no longer the sole criteria for career advancement within the legal profession....
19 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
How GCs can break the leadership bottleneck
As leadership bottlenecks present a significant challenge for law departments, one general counsel outlines practical...
17 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘No tax case is the same’: Why tax law is a rewarding career path
There are “rare” vocational opportunities available to lawyers who choose a career in tax advice, one BigLaw...
09 June 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
What good service means to FCW’s managing director
Given the breadth of market change in recent years, lawyers whose service delivery does not evolve will not keep up....
04 June 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why succession planning is a vital part of being a leader
While it can be easy to dismiss succession planning, three firm owners have stressed that failing to prepare for the...
03 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
Beware the noisy and critical leader
In a post-pandemic world in which organisations are redefining culture and workers are recalibrating their career...
22 May 2025
By Travis Schutlz
What ‘water cooler’ chats with junior lawyers must look like in FY25–26 and beyond
Much has been made in recent years about the potential death of incidental, in-person interaction and learning...
07 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Will lawyers reject employers that backslide on DEI?
With BigLaw firms in the United States (including some with Australian offices) coming under fire for their diversity,...
07 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Resourcefulness key when faced with flat or reduced budgets (particularly in uncertain times)
With more in-house legal teams being forced to budget for uncertain times, being strategic about how resources are...
06 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Coulter Legal adds 3 new directors
Victorian boutique Coulter Legal has appointed three new directors – a move that the firm says is one of the biggest...
02 April 2025
By Lauren Croft
Gender pay equity ‘not just a moral imperative’, CLO says
Improving a business’s gender pay gap requires structural resets, board leadership, and good governance, according to...
11 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Navigating the ‘narcisphere’: How to recognise toxic workplace dynamics
The narcisphere, a domain where manipulative, toxic behaviours thrive, exists in many high-pressure professional...
11 March 2025
By Rebecca Ward, MBA
Connectivity ‘more important than ever’ in current climate, says new DLA Piper Australian head
The newly appointed country managing partner for Australia at this global law firm asserts that the firm’s strong...
06 March 2025
By Grace Robbie
Creating a BD plan for your firm that works
If you have the right goals, clear motivation and a good plan in place, your chances of achieving your goals are much...
25 February 2025
By Ben Paul
Insightless firm leaders need to hear the F-word
Leaders in legal workplaces need to be mindful that we all have blind spots and, unless you are gifted with high EQ,...
18 February 2025
By Travis Schultz
Evolving your corporate legal department at the pace of change
Law department leaders need to take a multifaceted approach to navigating uncertainty with agility, writes Jacob...
04 February 2025
By Jacob Flax
Building a positive work culture in a BigLaw firm
Here, the current and incoming managing partners of a BigLaw firm share insights on the crucial importance of...
30 January 2025
By Grace Robbie
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