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Three core attributes of tomorrow’s lawyers

September 16, 2026

Legal intuition, professional integrity and personal trustworthiness are the quintessentially human qualities that will enable lawyers to stay relevant and resolute in a post-AI world, writes Jordan Furlong.

Opinion·Wellbeing

A matter of trust – why AI guard rails are crucial

August 31, 2026

Amid commentary around the potential change to the staffing mix in law firms relating to AI, Mark Andrews explores the notion of trust and the legal profession.

August 28, 2026

Film review: The Dog Stars

Reviews of the latest film and screen offerings in cinemas.

August 21, 2026

Film review: Tony

Francisco Silva reviews the latest film and screen offerings in cinemas.

Legal lifestyle·Vix ridiculam

Perth lawyer sues for defamation after being called “average at trivia” in group chat

A Perth lawyer has launched a defamation lawsuit against a longtime friend after being labelled “just okay at trivia” in a group message thread.

July 18, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Wellbeing

How to avoid collaboration overload

Collaboration is a given in law firms, but it can easily become overwhelming.

July 18, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Quirky cases

The tale of the telephone line

On 9th August 1901, eight months following the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia and its Constitution, Mr Robert Hannah was quietly driving his horse and cab down Elizabeth Street Sydney when a broken overhead telephone wire snaked down, killed his horse which overturned the cab and injured him severely.

July 11, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Reviews

Book review: Mean Streak

Mean Streak by Rick Morton is a must-read for anyone interested in public administration in contemporary Australia.

July 8, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Vix ridiculam

Sydney barrister loses sh*t at Perth solicitors

A Sydney barrister in town for a trial hearing has lost his bundle after local instructing solicitors kept telling people he was from “over east”.

July 8, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Vix ridiculam

Gen Z lawyers realise they’re stuffed

Gen Z lawyers are realising they’re stuffed as they’re increasingly directed by their bosses to use full sentences, punctuation, oxford commas, and correct grammar.

July 8, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Quirky cases

The tale of the picnic orgy

It was Boxing Day 1880 and more than two thousand men, women and children descended on the Clontarf recreational grounds by Sydney Harbour in specially hired steamers and pleasure craft.

July 8, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Wellbeing

Moral injury vs vicarious trauma

Moral injury is a psychological wound that can arise when a person witnesses, perpetrates, or fails to prevent an act or omission that transgresses their core beliefs or values.

July 8, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Reviews

Book review: My Life in Crime

It would be a mistake to take this to be yet another memoir of a judicial retiree seeking to explain the obscure beauties of the law to a dim public; indeed, the sweep is wide, and all is written in a comforting, conversational but expository voice.

July 7, 2025

Legal lifestyle·Quirky cases

The tale of the scandalous solicitor

This tale is set in the New South Wales colony in 1835. As Australians all know, the first fleet carrying the first settlers of the second peoples had founded the colony on the 26th of January 1788, less than 50 years before.

July 3, 2025