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Mentoring

What partners want from junior lawyers in 2025
Mindset, enthusiasm, and adaptability have long been sought-after traits for the next generations. This year, such...
20 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Sending the elevator back down for next-gen lawyers
Struggling to gain experience within a law firm herself, the founder of Australia’s first all-pink law firm discusses...
09 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Addressing isolation in legal education for Indigenous students
Completing a law degree is already challenging for many students and an intern at a BigLaw firm revealed that for...
30 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
The importance of mentorship for junior lawyers
In 2024, varying degrees of mentorship and support can make or break a legal career. Here, shortlisted finalists and...
04 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
How lawyers can kick impostor syndrome to the kerb
Mentorship programs and self-advocacy could help lawyers “dim away” the impostor syndrome, a human resources...
14 November 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Female mentors a boon for women in law
Joining female-led mentorship programs could prove beneficial for female law students and lawyers alike, according to...
19 October 2023
By [email protected]
Son, be a lawyer
I am retiring after 42 years of legal practice. Here are some hopefully helpful words to impart upon my younger...
05 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Reflections of an award-winning mentor
According to an award-winning lawyer, mentoring can (and should) happen anywhere and at any...
01 September 2022
By Jess Feyder
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Mentoring 101 in the new normal
On this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with CommBank Professional Services, the...
25 February 2022
By Robyn Tongol
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Mentoring: The ‘key to inspiring, connecting and leading others’
Having a good mentor has become prevalent to reaching your full potential as a lawyer, according to this mentor and...
02 December 2021
By Lauren Croft
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Leaning on mentoring relationships during COVID-19
In the age of coronavirus, having the safe space of a mentoring relationship has been critical for two lawyers to...
30 July 2021
By Jerome Doraisamy
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‘Everybody’s version of success is different’
Having role models isn’t as important as recognising qualities to improve within yourself, according to...
03 June 2021
By Lauren Croft
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How mentors and mentoring for young lawyers have changed post-COVID
The mentor and mentee relationships remain just as critically important as they were before the global pandemic but how...
31 May 2021
By Naomi Neilson
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The cycle of support and mentoring for young lawyers
After receiving some incredible mentoring from her supervisors and other experts in the legal profession, one young...
03 May 2021
By Naomi Neilson
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Julia Gillard’s advice to young women lawyers
Former prime minister Julia Gillard has offered tips to emerging female legal professionals in what she describes as an...
09 March 2021
By Jerome Doraisamy
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We love Lucy: Mentoring program connects women in law
The Lucy Program, now in its 11th year, gives ambitious female undergraduates a leg up in their legal career, but is...
09 October 2015
By Priya Murthy
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ACLA launches national mentoring program
As ACLA chief executive Peter Turner points out, junior lawyers can often find themselves thrown into quite senior...
04 March 2012
By Priya Murthy
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