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Arnold Bloch Leibler’s Sydney office recently hosted former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her role as Chancellor of online education provider Ducere. Ms Gillard spoke to over 60 guests about her involvement with Ducere and its unique MBA course, which features lectures by leading business and political figures from around the world.

DLA Piper Leadership Alliance for Women (LAW) Inspiring women in business event

Arnold Bloch Leibler in Melbourne welcomed three speakers from the Red Cross to talk about the inspiring work they’re doing in bridging the Indigenous disadvantage, including the organisation’s own objectives in relation to recruitment. Kerry McGrath (Head of Community Programs), Nicole Jenkins (Manager, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce Engagement) and Jimmy Kyle (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Adviser & Engagement Officer) visited the ABL offices over lunch for National Close the Gap Day. The Red Cross has made some impressive progress both in Indigenous communities around Australia and within the organisation itself – for example, they have recently increased the percentage of their own staff who identify as Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander from 2 per cent to 6.3 per cent, which exceed the Red Cross 2015 target of 6%. Arnold Bloch Leibler was the first Australian law firm to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), supporting Reconciliation Australia's objective of reducing the 17-year life span gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, with the hope that other professional service firms will follow.

GlobalX Legal Solutions hosted hundreds of legal professionals at the 2015 Queensland Law Symposium networking evening, the “Symposium by Night”. At the Symposium over 600 Queensland legal delegates heard from an abundance of leading legal professionals including the newly appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Tim Carmody and Attorney Genreal Yvette D'Ath MP.

Baker & McKenzie, the founding principal sponsors of Out for Australia hosted the launch at NSW Parliament House to celebrate Out for Australia becoming a national organisation. Out for Australia is an organisation that seeks to support and mentor LGBTI students and young professionals as they navigate their way through the early stages of their career. Until recently it was a Sydney based organisation and they are now expanding to all major universities across Australia.

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Arnold Bloch Leibler has once again formed a team for this year's Chain Reaction Corporate Bike Challenge. Chain Reaction raises money for sick children by challenging senior executives to ride approximately 1,000 kilometres in 7 days. This year, the team ride some of the world's best cycling roads across the South Island of New Zealand Riders will cycle the iconic Arthur's Pass, cruise the South Island's stunning west coast, past the beautiful Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers and ride the Crown Range from Wanaka through to the adventure capital of the world, Queenstown, before taking on the Coronet Peak climb on the final day. Joining ABL partners Alex King and Tyrone McCarthy for this year's Chain Reaction Challenge is Nick Courtney (KordaMentha), Leighton Pyke (Little Projects), Sebastian Catalfamo (Burbank) and Gary Waisman (Gandel Invest). To follow the event blog, click here: http://blog.chain-reaction.org.au/archives/4038?event=19&eventblog=30

An Arnold Bloch Leibler (ABL) team of 10 eager walkers (plus two crew) participated in the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers 60km walk through the streets of Melbourne last weekend to raise funds for the Peter Mac Centre. This is the second year the firm has taken part in this important event. ABL was one of the top 5 fundraising teams in Victoria, raising over $63,000. Commercial and tax partner Joey Borensztajn was the highest individual contributor for the entire event, raising over $40,000. The team this year dedicated their walk to the memory of Karen Czech (the late wife of partner and head of ABL’s native title practice, Peter Seidel) whose life was tragically cut short by cancer late last year. Peter walked the final 2km together with his two daughters, Klara and Lilka. Click here for more information about the event: http://ml15.endcancer.org.au/site/PageServer?pagename=ml15_homepage

Norton Rose Fulbright's Sydney office was the host of a gathering of supporters of the G(irls) 20 Summit last week, with a key-note speech from Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja