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An alleged court hack and discovering one’s niche: What’s hot in law this week (8–12 Jan)
While lawyers across the country are slowly coming back to the office (including home offices), the wheels of the market keep spinning. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
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For the week from 8 January to 12 January, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
An application to close the court for a disciplinary matter concerning an aspiring lawyer’s criminal history has been thrown out.
A solicitor sent a number of unusual threats and comments to an opposing practitioner, including calling him a “pathetic human” and suggesting he would be responsible for an elderly woman’s death.
Victoria’s courts have been hit by a cyber attack allegedly at the hands of Russia-based hackers.
National law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has added a partner from BigLaw rival King & Wood Mallesons.
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The immediate past president of the Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) has shared how new-to-industry lawyers can put their best foot forward by maintaining an authentic and genuine online presence.
Building long-lasting relationships rather than treating each interaction like a transaction will hold junior lawyers in good stead, a recruiter-turned-associate says.
In the wake of substantial change to the landscape, practitioners are having to undergo shifts in their mindset and approach, including in the charging of costs to clients in a cost-of-living crisis. Such change is giving rise to a need for practitioners to revamp and expand their operations, argues one partner.
Newly released court judgments that criticised the Commonwealth’s attempts to keep its pursuit of a former attorney-general behind closed doors is yet another example of why urgent national security law reforms are needed, a solicitor has argued.
A Queensland solicitor found guilty of trust account misconduct, excessive charging, and cost disclosure failures said his 30-year career ended in “great stress, shame and embarrassment”.
