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The rise of the fractional GC
In an era where flexibility, cost-effectiveness and tailored services dominate business priorities, Elle Jones shares...
13 May 2025
By Grace Robbie
Wollongong’s longest-serving solicitor honoured
After nearly seven decades of dedicated service in the legal field, Harold Hanson AM has been honoured with a...
08 May 2025
By Grace Robbie
Legal assistance sector receives largest funding increase in 20 years
The national cabinet has committed nearly $800 million over the next five years to enhance critical legal services,...
10 September 2024
By Grace Robbie
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
The Boutique Lawyer Show: Imbibing the importance of community service
Having left Iraq with his family during a period of turbulence, Milad Juma understands full well how fortunate he was...
11 July 2023
By Robyn Tongol
Navigating a new digital era for professional services firm
The Growing Influence of Generative AI on the Legal Industry: What Lawyers Need to Know
Few technologies have generated as much hype across the legal industry as Generative AI. Open AI’s ChatGPT,...
26 June 2023
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Navigating a new digital era for professional services firm
Navigating a new digital era for professional services firms
While professional services firms are often deeply rooted in traditions and adhere strictly to rules and standards,...
21 June 2023
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Gilbert + Tobin hires financial services partner from Ashurst
National law firm Gilbert + Tobin has moved to “intensify its focus” on financial services regulation, and the...
12 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legal aid services deliver $600m benefit annually, PwC report says
For every dollar invested by the federal government, there is a benefit of $2.25 delivered in avoided costs, a new...
29 March 2023
By Jess Feyder
Practical uses and challenges of ChatGPT for corporate legal services
A BigLaw firm has charted the practical usage of ChatGPT in corporate legal services, and discuss some of the...
14 March 2023
By Jess Feyder
How happy are law departments with their legal services panels?
New research from Lawyers Weekly and Momentum Intelligence reveals, for the first time, the satisfaction levels of...
16 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Aware Services sold to dentsu
Squire Patton Boggs has advised the shareholders of Aware Services on the company’s sale to
28 December 2022
By Emma Musgrave
Egis acquires sustainable engineering and consulting services business
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Egis on its acquisition of Calibre Professional
16 December 2022
By Emma Musgrave
IT services provider partners with Women in Law Awards
IT services provider partners with Women in Law Awards
 IT provider CT Group has joined this year’s Women in Law Awards as an event
18 November 2022
By Malavika Santhebennur
Class action launched against WA Dept of Corrective Services
Following complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission about the conduct of Western Australia’s Department of...
16 November 2022
By Lauren Croft
Justice Crowley on the ‘greatest rewards’ from service as a lawyer
The Honourable Justice Lincoln Crowley spoke at the 30th-anniversary lecture of the Mabo High Court decision — a...
28 October 2022
By Jess Feyder
Making financial services less ‘male, stale and pale’
The financial services industry has historically been male-dominated but encouraging more women into the space is not...
26 October 2022
By Robyn Tongol
Commissioner appointed for uniform legal services regulation
Heather Moore has been appointed as commissioner for uniform legal services regulation and chief executive of the...
10 October 2022
By Jess Feyder
Fujitsu acquires ServiceNow consultancy
Lander & Rogers has advised Fujitsu on its acquisition of ServiceNow consultancy Enable Professional...
30 September 2022
By Emma Musgrave
Comfort and trust critical to selling professional services
Business development needs finesse and a keen focus on the needs of the client, writes Hans...
31 August 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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