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Naomi Neilson is a senior journalist with a focus on court reporting for Lawyers Weekly. You can email Naomi at: [email protected]
20 law firms named as gender equality leaders
Twenty Australian law firms have been announced as leaders in gender equality within the workplace, with some consecutively celebrating this achievement since the ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 25 Feb 2020
The top law firms graduates want to work with
Eight of Australia’s BigLaw firms are some of the most sought-after workplaces for law students. Lawyers Weekly chats to each firm to break down what about the firm makes ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 24 Feb 2020
Lessons in Lawyer X: What students should take away from the legal scandal
Before barrister Nicola Gobbo would go on to inform on criminal clients and effectively compromise all legal obligations, she was a star legal ethics student with the ...
Law student’s superbug prevention idea wins innovation program
A team of law and science students has emerged the inaugural winners of a summer innovation program with a method to prevent the emergence of superbugs.
Do young people still want to be lawyers?
Despite the major influx of legal education, young people are becoming less likely than their parents to see the law as a “dream job”, with research finding that the ...
High Court sets hearing date for disgraced Cardinal George Pell
The High Court of Australia has set a date to hear Cardinal George Pell’s final appeal as his lawyers submit documents debating the necessity of watching a video.
NEWLAW • Sun, 23 Feb 2020
Lawyer X royal commission comes to an end
The Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants’ public hearings are now over, concluding with explosive news that 1,297 people stand to have their cases ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Feb 2020
Lawyer X: The informing, the lies and the year of inquiry
The royal commission into the mishandling of a criminal barrister by Victoria Police will come to an end on Friday. Before it does, Lawyers Weekly takes a look back at ...
Lessons from England’s policy and laws around image-based sexual abuse
English law and policy around image-based sexual abuse are “inconsistent, out of date and full of gaps”, and Australia may be managing these issues better.
BIG LAW • Wed, 19 Feb 2020