Sydney Peace Prize embraces new life as an independent foundation in 2026
LSJ Online speaks to the Sydney Peace Foundation’s Executive Director about the Sydney Peace Prize and the foundation’s focus for the year ahead.
By Cat Woods - 8 min read
The case for diversity
Diversity is a key ingredient for successful businesses, yet Australian law firms remain culturally bland.
By Kate Allman - 7 min read
Tweet justice
The power of social media is drawing in courts, judges and law firms, whether it is to recruit staff or to inform and educate the…
By Dominic Rolfe - 11 min read
What is best practice pro bono?
Pro bono is a small but important element in addressing unmet legal needs, and the Australian Pro Bono Centre has released a new guide to…
By Jane Southward - 6 min read
Solicitors in action at the Battles of Fromelles and Pozieres, France, 1916
Law Society of NSW unveiled an honour board commemorating solicitors, articled clerks and law students killed in action in World War I. The events surrounding…
By Tony Cunneen - 13 min read
A slow erosion of democracy
A growing number of Australian laws infringe basic democratic standards, and a swathe of new laws passed in NSW is causing increasing concern.
By Klara Major - 20 min read
Golden Gavel 2016: survival of the funniest
Allens lawyer Gabrielle Morriss has taken out this year’s NSW Young Lawyers Golden Gavel competition with a hilarious take on why uniformity isn’t all it’s…
By Kate Allman - 8 min read
Safeguarding our children: can cultural and legislative change save the Catholic Church?
What do we need to do to keep children safe in Catholic institutions?
By Julie McCrossin - 9 min read
Mind over matters: how neuroscience is changing the law
“It wasn’t me, it was my brain.” The rate of neuroscientific evidence being mentioned in US court cases doubled between 2005 and 2012. While still…
By Dominic Rolfe - 13 min read
A matter of democracy
Three new Australian laws seriously undermine media freedom.
By Peter Greste and Professor George Williams - 11 min read
Well below 2˚- Paris Agreement signals new direction in climate law
Martijn Wilder AM, head of Baker & Mackenzie’s Global Environmental Markets practice, experienced first-hand how things played out at the historic Paris Climate Change Summit….
By Martijn Wilder - 13 min read