Six minutes with Michael Bradley
MICHAEL BRADLEY is Managing Partner of Marque Lawyers, as well as a columnist and writer. He has just published his first book, Coniston, a true…
By LSJ Team - 3 min read
No diversity without disability
Read the success stories of three lawyers with disabilities; including a Paralympian, a fashion designer and a former Chair of a UN Committee.
By Amy Dale and Floyd Alexander-Hunt - 8 min read
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Phoenix rising: Julia Gillard on life after politics
By Kate Allman - 8 min readAustralia’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…
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ACCESS DENIED: the ‘right-to-know’ Act that was never enacted
By Amy Dale - 8 min readLSJ reports on a little-known law collecting dust.
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The slow demise of billable hours
By Sam McKeith - 7 min readTime sheets or fixed price legal services? Here’s why many firms are making the move away from billable hours.
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‘Awful human mess’: inside our family law system
By Kirrily Schwarz - 8 min readAustralia is facing yet another family law review: but will the latest one spur action for change?
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Going Dutch
By Alice Ramsay - 5 min readWith gender equality a burning issue in Australian workplaces, law firms are looking at how countries like The Netherlands make life easier for men wishing…
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A country lawyer at war
By James Unkles - 7 min readJames Francis Thomas achieved notoriety as the lawyer who represented Harry “Breaker” Morant in his controversial trial for murder during the Second Boer War. Lawyer…
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Forgotten faces. The legal status of Australia’s missing persons
By Kirrily Schwarz - 8 min readAbout 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.
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To social or not to social?
By Emma Heuston - 6 min readMany in the profession approach social media with justified trepidation, but those who embrace it are reaping the rewards.
No run-of-the-mill career
Jen Brown was working in private practice when she took up running. Step by step, she ended up on a path she never could have…
By Kirrily Schwarz - 5 min read
Six minutes with Michael Bradley
MICHAEL BRADLEY is Managing Partner of Marque Lawyers, as well as a columnist and writer. He has just published his first book, Coniston, a true…
By LSJ Team - 3 min read
