Hitting the right note

Jonathon Hunyor recognises that being being a solicitor comes with a position of power, and isn’t something the CEO of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre…

Chatbots, the Cloud and Alexa: Major review launched into how tech companies use data

As the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigates the way tech giants control our information, solicitors in NSW are calling for greater education about the…

Great Expectations • part one

This four part series explores the challenges faced in creating sustainable legal career paths for all. Practitioners at various ages and stages of their careers…

Neurotechnology and its implications for the legal profession

Dr Allan McCay discusses recent developments.Neurotechnology is already being used to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, locked-in syndrome, and epilepsy. There is commercial excitement…

New project to examine inequality in the profession

The Law Society of NSW will commission a thorough examination of inequality in the legal profession, after recent findings revealed that, despite women outnumbering men,…

Newly admitted solicitors welcomed to the profession at gala event

Excitement, optimism and interaction. The atmosphere was palpable as hundreds of early career lawyers, admitted to practice during 2020-21, were suitably welcomed to the profession…

Why don’t people trust lawyers?

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…