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From legal practice to legal tech: Building for, and serving, the profession’s needs
A career in legal technology is – for those who have transitioned from traditional practice – a fulfilment of...
07 October 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
How migration lawyers feel about Labor’s crackdown on ‘futile’ claims
Practitioners are welcoming measures to protect the integrity of Australia’s migration system, while also stressing...
07 October 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
1 lawyer disciplined every 4 days, exclusive data reveals
Two-thirds of lawyers disciplined for misconduct over the last 12 months were struck off, recommended to be struck off,...
07 October 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Could restraint reforms supercharge BigLaw team poaching?
Australian law firms could find it easier to poach entire teams from rivals under proposed federal reforms that would...
07 October 2026
By Emma Musgrave
When AI makes it easier to litigate, who pays the price?
AI is lowering the barriers to litigation – including some that once kept weak claims out, and others that kept...
07 October 2026
By Emma Musgrave
Mary Gaudron’s unfinished challenge to the legal profession
The first woman appointed to the High Court changed what was possible for generations of Australian lawyers. But nearly...
23 September 2026
By Emma Musgrave
After the splash: What happens to BigLaw’s big lateral hires?
Law firms are quick to announce the arrival of a high-profile partner or a major team; however, what happens after the...
23 September 2026
By Emma Musgrave
Why can’t regional Australia attract the lawyers it needs?
Regional practitioners have spent years talking up the complex work, early responsibility, and lifestyle on offer...
23 September 2026
By Emma Musgrave
Gambling debts, settlement, and a novel legal question: The lessons putting lawyers on notice
A gambling dispute worth thousands has given lawyers a lesson in the limits of contractual settlements, after an NSW...
23 September 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Do law firms need AI wellbeing officers?
Fear and anxiety around artificial intelligence are already a tangible part of legal workplace conversations – but...
23 September 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
The law firms being raided for talent
An analysis of lateral moves reported by Lawyers Weekly over the past 12 months has revealed which firms have been...
09 September 2026
By Emma Musgrave
Barristers unfairly caught in crossfires of SC scrutiny
The Australian Financial Review raised legitimate questions about the NSW senior counsel appointment process, but it...
09 September 2026
By Naomi Neilson
‘There may never be a perfect time’: Building a law firm with young children
Building a law firm from the ground up is difficult enough. Doing it while raising young children brings an entirely...
09 September 2026
By Emma Musgrave
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
Federal Court wants to know what drives unrepresented litigants
More litigants are going it alone in complex legal proceedings and the Federal Court is keen to understand why. In...
26 August 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Blame the chatbot: AI’s solution to legal disciplinary matters
No longer a novelty, generative AI misuse has become a fixture of Australian courtrooms and the legal disciplinary...
12 August 2026
By Naomi Neilson
What’s driving Keypoint’s rapid growth?
On its current growth trajectory, Keypoint Law could well become the biggest Australian law firm by partner-level...
12 August 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
The legal lessons from the High Court’s landmark domestic violence ruling
By upholding the use of a secret recording of a man admitting to raping his wife, the High Court has cemented the...
12 August 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Women winning the legal promotion race
Women accounted for the majority of senior promotions in Lawyers Weekly’s exclusive analysis of more than 1,000...
07 August 2026
By Naomi Neilson
NSW solicitors challenge Lawcover’s dominance
The monopoly held by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Law Society of NSW over the state’s professional indemnity...
30 July 2026
By Naomi Neilson