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Better days ahead

Lawyers are more likely to have anxiety, depression and other mental health issues than the general population.

As global momentum towards decriminalising drugs builds, Kate Allman examines the effectiveness of Australia’s drug laws.

Graduate lawyers are being forced to sink or swim – sometimes with devastating consequences.

These are the stories the legal profession can no longer ignore.

How to future-proof your job in the law
December 2018 - 6 min read
With computers increasingly able to predict the outcome of cases and coders creating contracts that execute themselves, lawyers need to act now to future-proof their…
Six minutes with Peter Payne
December 2018 - 3 min read
Cobar’s Peter Payne is a straight-shooting lawyer who has no shortage of clients thanks to some faithful pub patrons from his former days as owner…
A tinge of green in Cambodia
December 2018 - 7 min read
More than 500 legal professionals from around the world descended on Siem Reap, Cambodia, in November for the 31st LAWASIA conference where environmental crime and…
Why don’t people trust lawyers?
December 2018 - 7 min read
In the middle of what seems to be an insurmountable trust crisis, LSJ asks three visionaries how lawyers can better connect with and deliver for…

#TimesUp for the legal profession
November 2018 - 10 min read
These are the stories the legal profession can no longer ignore.
The top 5 trends of future legal practice
November 2018 - 9 min read
The Law Society’s Future of Law and Innovation in the Profession (FLIP) conference saw more than 400 lawyers attend to hear local and international experts…
Six minutes with Nicholas Stewart
November 2018 - 2 min read
Nicholas Stewart is a partner at the “out loud and proud” LGBTI law firm Dowson Turco Lawyers in Sydney. For the past five years he…
Lawyers of the land
November 2018 - 8 min read
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…