Firms undertook record-breaking volume of pro bono hours last year

Australian BigLaw firms set a new benchmark for pro bono legal services in 2024, recording the highest total number of...

03 March 2025

By Grace Robbie

Director with millions in assets seeks pro bono help

A business owner who spent over $250,000 on his children and holiday expenses over six months asked a court for pro...

07 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Addressing the challenges of pro bono work

As pro bono work becomes more prominent within large law firms, a BigLaw special counsel detailed the challenges these...

04 February 2025

By Grace Robbie

Finalists released across 5 new categories for 30 Under 30 Awards 2025

Lawyers Weekly announces 286 finalists across projects, energy and resources, media and telecommunications, migration,...

02 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Individual lawyers’ pro bono hours far exceed larger firms’ efforts

While the big end of town is improving its volume of pro bono work undertaken, the number of hours completed per lawyer...

03 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Large firms ‘increasingly expected’ to prioritise pro bono

In the face of “inconsistent” performances towards the National Pro Bono Target in the last year by larger law...

27 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

How in-house teams can better prioritise pro bono

While Australia’s largest corporations have well-established social impact policies and programs, new data suggests...

24 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lawyers doing more pro bono hours than ever, but large firms, in-house teams must improve

There was an 11.5 per cent increase in total hours of pro bono work undertaken by Australian lawyers in FY2023–24;...

19 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Ashurst records ‘solid’ revenue growth for Australia in FY23–24

On its way to achieving more than £1 billion in profits by the next financial year, global firm Ashurst recorded a 14...

18 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

How volunteering can ‘enrich a lawyer’s legal practice’

In light of National Volunteering Week (20–26 May), Clayton Utz has highlighted what volunteering can mean for legal...

24 May 2024

By Lauren Croft

McCullough Robertson partner to head up firm’s pro bono offering

East coast-based firm McCullough Robertson has named one of its senior partners as its new pro bono partner, as the...

22 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

DLA Piper names 2 new Australian partners

BigLaw firm DLA Piper has unveiled a global cohort of 63 new partners across 37 of its offices in 18 countries, with...

30 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Pro bono central to longevity of law firms, says lawyer and award-winning novelist

Here, Australian lawyer and Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Shankari Chandran highlights the importance of...

03 January 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firms’ pro bono hours loom large as government tender process opens

Early last week, the request for tender to re-establish the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel went...

01 December 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Record number of pro bono hours delivered in FY23

The Australian Pro Bono Centre has published the 16th Annual Performance Report on the National Pro Bono Target,...

27 September 2023

By Lauren Croft

BigLaw firm, CLCs combine to launch free wills clinic in WA

A national law firm and a number of community legal services and pro bono lawyers have joined forces to provide free...

26 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

Lawyers can’t forget the ‘privileged place’ they hold in society: KWM lawyer to trek Larapinta for Starlight Foundation

In August, King & Wood Mallesons senior associate Paula Nassif is trekking the Larapinta Trail in the Northern...

05 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Pro bono about relationships, not just hours

Many metrics measure the worth of a firm’s pro bono work in terms of the number of hours contributed. One senior...

08 March 2023

By Jess Feyder

Workplaces under scrutiny: What’s hot in law this week (27 Feb-3 Mar)

Myriad workplace issues and trends — from treatment of staff to greenwashing, from virtual courts to leadership...

04 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Pro bono hours continue to rise, but ‘greater participation’ still needed from BigLaw firms

New findings show that Australian law firms have once again increased the volume of pro bono hours they undertake...

01 March 2023

By Jess Feyder