Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers celebrates 125 years
As Carroll & O’Dea prepares to celebrate its 125th year anniversary, managing partner Hanaan Indari chats with the LSJ about how the practice of law…
A country lawyer at war
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…
By the skin of their teeth
Justice Virginia Bell AC, who was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge in 1999 and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia…
Pioneers and pariahs: a century of women in law
This year marks 100 years since the law was amended to allow women to practise as lawyers.
RACS offers a lifeboat to refugees at sea with changing policies
Rapidly changing and often hostile policy environments challenge RACS staff and solicitors attempting to generate certainty for asylum seekers.
Lessons from a high court scandal
The High Court’s third most senior judge, the NSW Chief Magistrate, two District Court judges, the Chief Judge of the District Court, the Chief Judge…
A perfectly executed trial
Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi AM QC explains why his latest book sheds light on a hero all lawyers should know about.
Solicitors in action at the Battles of Fromelles and Pozieres, France, 1916
Law Society of NSW unveiled an honour board commemorating solicitors, articled clerks and law students killed in action in World War I. The events surrounding…
Magna Carta: 800 years young
As we celebrate 800 years of Magna Carta, it’s timely to reflect on the bloodshed and tyranny behind its creation and the reasons for its…
Solicitors at war: a tale of Gallipoli
What role did solicitors and their families play in the Australian war effort? Take a look back at the the high cost the legal profession paid…
Service and sacrifice
For lawyer and former Prime Minister John Howard OM AC, tales of a chance meeting on the battlefields of France form just one part of…