In today’s highly regulated, digitally disrupted business landscape, general counsel are no longer simply focused on providing legal services to their organisation. Their workloads are increasing as they take on…
Read moreWhy Upskilling Junior Lawyers Should be Your Firm’s Priority: Key Benefits and Approaches [Whitepaper]
This paper examines the significant benefits to your firm of upskilling and empowering your junior legal staff in an increasingly competitive and disrupted market for legal services. It makes the…
Read moreHow to Improve Gender Diversity in Law Firms
There are now more female lawyers than male lawyers practising in Australia¹, so it is crucial that law firms adopt a proactive approach to gender diversity. It is well understood…
Read moreWhy Upskilling Junior Lawyers Should be Your Firm’s Priority
The law firm model is broken. Industry commentators and those who work within it are increasingly pointing out how the traditional pyramid law firm model (a select number of senior…
Read moreWomen in Legal Diversity and Inclusion Report Australia 2017 [Infographic]
Changes in the legal industry have spurred many recent developments in the practice of law, but how much has gender diversity and inclusion improved in the profession? Thomson Reuters has…
Read moreFuture-Proofing Your In-House Legal Team
When it comes to planning for the future, in-house counsel experience a different world than their law firm counterparts. Flatter hierarchical structures may mean a more challenging climb for ambitious…
Read moreGoing Above and Beyond with Pro Bono
What can senior partners and firm principals do to encourage pro bono work and champion its importance within the legal industry? In light of a recent announcement by Gadens and…
Read moreThe Importance of Developing Leadership in Law Firms
Despite the fact that lawyers are intelligent and highly qualified professionals, they seem inherently ill-adapted to leadership and management roles. Why is this the case? What impact does it have…
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