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Phoenix rising: Julia Gillard on life after politics

By Kate Allman December 2019 - 8 min read

Australia’s first and only female prime minister reflects on her short-lived legal career and tumultuous time in politics, as she looks to a brighter future…

ACCESS DENIED: the ‘right-to-know’ Act that was never enacted

By Amy Dale December 2019 - 8 min read

LSJ reports on a little-known law collecting dust.

The slow demise of billable hours

By Sam McKeith November 2019 - 7 min read

Time sheets or fixed price legal services? Here’s why many firms are making the move away from billable hours.

‘Awful human mess’: inside our family law system

By Kirrily Schwarz November 2019 - 8 min read

Australia is facing yet another family law review: but will the latest one spur action for change?

Going Dutch

By Alice Ramsay October 2019 - 5 min read

With gender equality a burning issue in Australian workplaces, law firms are looking at how countries like The Netherlands make life easier for men wishing…

A country lawyer at war

By James Unkles October 2019 - 7 min read

James Francis Thomas achieved notoriety as the lawyer who represented Harry “Breaker” Morant in his controversial trial for murder during the Second Boer War. Lawyer…

Forgotten faces. The legal status of Australia’s missing persons

By Kirrily Schwarz October 2019 - 8 min read

About 38,000 people are reported missing in Australia every year. Now a new British law is prompting advocates to say it’s time for change.

To social or not to social?

By Emma Heuston September 2019 - 6 min read

Many in the profession approach social media with justified trepidation, but those who embrace it are reaping the rewards.