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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
People prefer AI for legal advice over lawyers, study finds
A recent study has indicated that individuals are increasingly inclined to trust legal advice produced by ChatGPT and...
05 May 2025
By Grace Robbie
Top emerging risks from Q1 in 2025
An unsettled regulatory and legal environment is chief among the headline concerns for businesses for the first three...
15 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Over 20% of lawyers plan to leave their firms this year
The latest Legal Firm of Choice Survey data shows that lawyers in private practice are increasingly likely to be job...
10 April 2025
By Grace Robbie
Top 25 Attraction Firms unveiled for 2024–25
Lawyers Weekly, in collaboration with Agile Market Intelligence, is proud to reveal the BigLaw firms that are most...
09 April 2025
By Grace Robbie
Heads of legal increasingly taking charge on cyber matters, research shows
A new survey has revealed that more chief legal officers are putting their hands up to lead on matters pertaining to...
25 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
The data and jurisdictional challenges facing legal teams
New research reveals the challenges pertaining to the growth and complexity of data and the navigation of...
04 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Curiosity on judicial hires, independence a ‘threat’ to system
With Australia’s inherited justice system the way it is, an academic says asking the “hard” questions about a...
28 January 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Only 5% of mid-size firms have a ‘comprehensive’ level of AI maturity, report says
The vast majority of small and mid-size firms aren’t implementing AI and other emerging tech as much as they could...
05 December 2024
By Lauren Croft
Judicial independence ‘not a luxury or privilege to dispense with’, report finds
When it comes to the extent of judicial independence in Australia, a new report has found that “there is much to be...
02 December 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
87% of lawyers have experienced incivility, report finds
A recent survey has unveiled the troubling extent of incivility within the legal profession, revealing alarming high...
14 November 2024
By Grace Robbie
Stress, turnover ‘unintended’ consequences of digital maturity
Digitally immature law departments may not be as efficient, but there is a “peculiar positive upside”: lower stress...
12 November 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Nearly 1 in 10 lawyers plan to leave the profession within the year
New academic research shows there is a concerning number of Australian lawyers planning to leave their current...
08 November 2024
By Grace Robbie
Pay rises preferable to flexible work, survey shows
New research from a global cloud-based legal practice management software highlights how cost-of-living pressures...
01 November 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
In-house lawyers want to innovate, but need business buy-in
New research suggests that corporate counsel place a high value on innovation, with many indicating they would change...
29 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
The billable hour may be incompatible with GenAI innovation
In the face of client perceptions about their providers’ use or otherwise of generative AI, we may soon see more...
29 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
1 in 3 private practice lawyers want a GenAI assistant
Law firms’ tech investments are set to climb in the coming year, with generative AI legal assistants being the most...
25 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Small businesses ‘writing the playbook’ on flexibility
When it comes to offering flexible working arrangements or implementing return-to-office (RTO) mandates, small- to...
03 October 2024
By Kace O'Neill
Aussie firms ‘dangerously underprepared’ for cyber threats
A new report shows that law firms across the country remain critically underprepared and vulnerable to cyber threats...
16 September 2024
By Daniel Croft
Lawyers want 4-day weeks, research says
Nearly all legal professionals believe that being able to work a four-day week would improve their work/life balance...
13 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy