The trouble with flying solo
Sole practitioners make up a significant proportion of the legal profession but too often get lost in discussions around mental health.
Lawyers of the land
The big dry is putting regional communities in NSW through their paces and the Bureau of Meteorology warns it could take until autumn 2019 for…
People power
When it comes to practice management, a strategic approach to getting your staff right is as important as getting your systems right.
Against the tide: UNHCR lawyer Ellen Hansen
UNHCR lawyer Ellen Hansen speaks about the global compact on refugees presented to the UN General Assembly.
Talking the talk
Australian lawyers with multilingual talents are out there, and in greater number than you might think. So who are these people who have mastered more…
Six minutes with Dimity Kingsford Smith
LSJ speaks to Dimity Kingsford Smith, Director of the Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation at UNSW, about the impacts of the banking royal commission.
Better days ahead
Lawyers are more likely to have anxiety, depression and other mental health issues than the general population.
Everyone’s a player
When it comes to legal technology, it’s not just the well-resourced mega firms dipping their toes in the pool. Legal tech solutions must form part…
One too many
Studies have shown lawyers are more than three times as likely as the general population to be problem drinkers.
No laughing matter
Almost every barrister and litigator in court has chuckled at a wry remark from a judge. But how appropriate is banter from the bench in…
Reframing her narrative
Solicitor and artist Amani Haydar was forced to re-evaluate the whole system when her father murdered her mother in 2015.