Features

• Legal giants put weight on Aboriginal community support

  Eight of the country's top law firms commit to helping indigenous community organisations read more

• A special counsel's quest to champion change

  How a leading firm's commitment to community investment has made a senior lawyer's career fulfilling read more

• Making lawyers more accessible to clients

  Karen Finch is growing Legally Yours to become the largest centralised legal marketplace connecting clients with fixed-fee lawyers across all areas of law read more

• Senior partner preps for Bali ultramarathon

  A global firm's Australian head of the real estate aims to raise enough funds to put 100 kids through primary school read more

• The Courtrooms of the Future

  Innovative ideas and rapidly advancing technology have changed the courts and affected the way hearings are conducted. The new generation of lawyers, along with court users’ demands to access information online, have driven the demand for new courtroom technology. read more

• Maurice Blackburn puts Mimecast on the case

  Email is the most-used business application by any organisation. However, it’s also the number-one method that cybercriminals use to carry out malicious cyberattacks. These attacks come in various forms including enabling malware delivery, phishing, and impersonations – all of which can easily spread through an organisation. It takes only one person in an organisation to unknowingly open an infected email. read more

• Compliance with the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme

  Data breaches are an increasingly common threat worldwide, and legislation across jurisdictions is scrambling to keep up. Following the passage of the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has introduced a new Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (NDBS), which comes into effect on February 22, 2018. Detailed information about the scheme is available on the AIDC’s website. read more

• The difference cloud-based technology can make to in-house counsel

  For too long in-house counsel has been the poor relation of private practice when it comes to accessing legal technology. But that should all change as of now, says Andrea Foot, General Manager of Tikit Australia. read more

• Former NRF partner to finally join boutique he co-founded

  The senior lawyer established the boutique with a former Norton Rose Fulbright special counsel read more

• Here’s the secret to finding your in-house home

  It may take decades, but following these pieces of advice can get you where you want to be read more