Changing lanes in law
More practitioners switching practice areas or moving in-house as their priorities and perspectives evolve. What’s driving this shift – and what does it mean for…
By Angela Tufvesson - 21 min readMore practitioners switching practice areas or moving in-house as their priorities and perspectives evolve. What’s driving this shift – and what does it mean for…
By Angela Tufvesson - 21 min readBehind every legislative change sits a drafter—quiet custodians of the statute book who translate politics into law, navigate complexity and keep a sprawling legal system…
By Vincent Barry - 21 min readHow two crises converging on the Central West are pushing communities and businesses to breaking point — and why the rest of NSW should pay…
By Henry Ea - 11 min readLSJ speaks to eight trailblazing lawyers who are leaning into the future with fresh ideas and fire in the belly. They are doers, thinkers and…
By LSJ Team - 17 min readWith computers increasingly able to predict the outcome of cases and coders creating contracts that execute themselves, lawyers need to act now to future-proof their…
By Thea O'Connor - 7 min readJudge Roger Dive, Senior Judge of the Drug Court of NSW, recalls a story of redemption that has stayed with him for 13 years.
By Judge Roger Dive - 1 min readMore than 500 legal professionals from around the world descended on Siem Reap, Cambodia, in November for the 31st LAWASIA conference where environmental crime and…
By Claire Chaffey - 8 min readIn the middle of what seems to be an insurmountable trust crisis, LSJ asks three visionaries how lawyers can better connect with and deliver for…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min readThese are the stories the legal profession can no longer ignore.
By Kate Allman - 10 min readThe Law Society’s Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession (FLIP) conference saw more than 400 lawyers attend to hear local and international experts…
By LSJ Team - 11 min readNicholas Stewart is a partner at the “out loud and proud” LGBTI law firm Dowson Turco Lawyers in Sydney. For the past five years he…
By Melissa Coade - 2 min readThe big dry is putting regional communities in NSW through their paces and the Bureau of Meteorology warns it could take until autumn 2019 for…
By Melissa Coade - 2 min readWhen it comes to practice management, a strategic approach to getting your staff right is as important as getting your systems right.
By Dominic Rolfe - 1 min read