Deadly Diversions
Care not cages: Deadly Connections is a community-led program showing Indigenous kids a future beyond bars.
By Kate Allman - 9 min read
Lessons in leadership: Grace Tame
The last 12 months have been immensely challenging for all Australians. LSJ looks beyond the legal profession to unearth valuable leadership lessons from those shining…
By Kate Allman - 5 min read
The bounce back
As the world continues to grapple with the fallout from COVID-19, many of the state’s small law firms have been quietly booming.
By Katrina Lobley - 7 min read
Pork barrelling: past its use-by date?
It is a practice more than a century old. But as Australia grapples with the standards of behaviour inside Parliament House, has the public’s patience…
By Amy Dale - 8 min read
Justice in arms
Trial by media or open justice: what will be the legal fallout of the Brereton Report?
By Kate Allman - 9 min read
Cracking cold cases. Is it in our genes?
After a high-profile cold case was solved in the US by matching DNA on a public genealogy website, excitement grew for the potential of ancestry…
By Amy Dale - 8 min read
A profession for the wealthy? The enduring problem for diversity in law
It is said that those who come to equity must come with clean hands. But what of those who come to the law with empty…
By Kate Allman - 9 min read
Courting alternatives
We ask whether schemes that divert offenders from prison are the pathway to a healthier and safer community.
By Amy Dale - 8 min read
Is it time to embrace automated decision-making?
Smart wills, intelligent sentencing, and automated due diligence are only the beginning of what artificial intelligence can do to improve legal practice.
By Kirrily Schwarz - 7 min read
Shaken to its foundations: The Family Court bombings
The Family Court of Australia was in its childhood years when Leonard John Warwick unleashed a five-year reign of terror. Judges and their families were…
By Amy Dale - 7 min read
The long haul
It is becoming increasingly clear that the pandemic we all hoped would be done and dusted by now is still in it’s early stages. So…
By Angela Tufvesson and Amy Dale - 9 min read