Demanding clients are nothing new in law, so how can you live up to their expectations while maintaining your sanity? Here are some tips to managing client expectations that are unattainable in the short term, or unsustainable in the long term.
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What Effect Do the Australian Privacy Principles Have for Law Firms?
It has been estimated that 90 per cent of the world’s data has been generated over the last two years; illustrating the explosive growth of big data in both the…
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Australian e-Trials and Paperless Courts
For several years we’ve heard about tablet computers being handed out to members of the judiciary and pilot paperless court e-trials being conducted. So how far away are Australian courts…
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Social Media Marketing Tips for Law Firms: What a Rubber Duck, Iceland and 2GB Can Reveal
Iceland has more Facebook friends than you. Yes, really. But before you crank up “All by Myself” to a symphony of howling cats, consider this: Iceland is a brand. Just…
Read moreSocial Media Marketing and the Law: Post or Perish
A leading voice on social media marketing and the law says practitioners are ignoring the medium at their own risk. Author and Survive Law founder, Wenee Yap, says social media…
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Intoxication: A Double-Edged Defence in Australian Criminal Law
The problem of alcohol- and drug-fuelled violence has been in the news recently. These stories place a spotlight squarely on the issue of intoxication and crime in Australian criminal law.
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What’s in Store for the Legal Profession in 2014?
2014 Report on the State of the Legal Market by Georgetown University Law Centre and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor concluded that the goals for most firms this year should be not to “build a bigger boat”, but rather to build a better one.
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Key Legal Research Skills Every Lawyer Needs
The shift to digital research has led to some sloppy habits among legal practitioners. Here’s how to nail the legal research skills you need.
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Putting the “Pro” Back in Professional Service
If buyers can touch, feel or see what they’re buying, many purchasing concerns disappear. In professional services you don’t have this advantage. So what is the unique quality defining a successful professional service provider?
Read moreNAZI Defence Available in Australian Criminal Law
It may be thought that the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals were of the worst of criminality and the last word on the superior orders defence in criminal law, but things are not so clear cut.
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