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…

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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?

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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…

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A matter of democracy

Three new Australian laws seriously undermine media freedom.

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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….

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Frequent Flyers

Fancy taking your legal skills overseas? Five lawyers working offshore tell how their careers are evolving away from Australian shores.

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Remembering Katrina

A year since the death of Sydney barrister Katrina Dawson, her family has been overwhelmed by support from the legal profession.

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Women in prison: the hidden story

The number of women in NSW prisons has quadrupled since 1982, growing at twice the rate of men.

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Wanting to do justice

More than 500 lawyers in NSW do voluntary work for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) – primarily for their Homeless Persons’ Legal Service –…

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View from the top

Managing some of the country’s largest law firms comes with many challenges and requires leaders at the top of their game.

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