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Amid enormous market and professional change, there is enormous potential for leaders in law firms to empower and elevate their teams, rather than be bogged down in adapting to a shifting landscape.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Katie Minogue, a former principal at Maurice Blackburn turned leadership coach, about her journey as a personal injury lawyer, how and why she pivoted to being a facilitator and leadership coach, the demand for better leadership in the current climate, and what's standing in the way of firm heads being better leaders right now.
Minogue also delves into what constitutes good leadership in the current climate, whether it's more difficult than ever to be a good law firm leader, the questions that firm leaders must be asking of themselves ahead of the new financial year, whether leaders are actively prioritising such matters at this point, and how optimistic she is about the future quality of leadership in law firms.
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In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, produced in partnership with LegalVision, we explore how law departments can better support their workplaces in the face of increasing regulatory scrutiny of psychosocial hazards, especially in the age of AI.
Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with LegalVision head of enterprise James True about the work of his team and the broader firm, why no law department can ignore the risks inherent with psychosocial hazards, how and why there is a nexus between safety risks from AI and psychosocial hazards, the state of affairs for legislative change nationwide, and how well law departments are doing when it comes to managing psychosocial hazards.
True also delves into what increased regulatory scrutiny and a changing legislative environment mean for business operations, the questions that law departments must be asking in order to best serve their workplaces, how in-house teams can navigate the onboarding and utilisation of AI while upholding duties to avoid psychosocial hazards, and practical steps to be taken.
Learn more about how the firm helps in-house teams with LegalVision's Desk Extension service.
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A lawyer and award-winning author has fused her two worlds into one striking work, releasing a novel she describes as a sharp "piss-take" of the Australian legal profession and the entrenched norms that shape life within it.
In a recent episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Grace Robbie speaks with Rebecca Lim, the head of legal, financial services regulatory at Judo Bank and an award-winning author, about her unique dual career spanning law and writing. Lim unpacks her journey navigating both worlds, shares why creative outlets for lawyers are essential, delves into the transferable skills from writing that have shaped her legal skill set, and explains how she balances two demanding yet very different careers.
Lim also discusses her newly published book, which she described as a sharp "piss-take" of the Australian legal profession, where her protagonist turns the traditional corporate ladder narrative on its head, unpacks what she hopes young lawyers will take from the book, and explains how liberating it was to write so candidly and so differently, for a legal audience.

In a time of voluminous geopolitical and sociocultural change, there are myriad opportunities for legal practitioners to work across borders in the Asia-Pacific region, furthering their clients' interests and bolstering their vocational capabilities.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with the president-elect of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), James Jung, about his career, what motivates him to serve in extracurricular roles, why new thinking and a new approach is needed to work across borders in the current climate, challenges that lawyers face in these times, and why it will be a priority for him as president of the IPBA.
Jung also delves into how his own journey is demonstrative of inter-regional collaboration, the dangers of isolationist approaches and the role of lawyers in pushing back, what it looks like for lawyers to be more connected across borders, the opportunities to be grasped, and practical steps to be taken.
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According to one employment law partner, there is a movement from employers towards seeking permission to use the likeness of employees, for open-ended purposes, in agreements and clauses. For individuals handing over their likeness, there could well be "very serious implications" moving forward.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Angus & Carr partner Lachlan Carr about how employment law, and its myriad strands, stands at the intersection of humanity and commerce, how and why employers are increasingly looking to use the likeness of current and former employees in perpetuity, what's driving such an increase, and the flow-on consequences for workers.
Carr also delves into the evolution of new technologies and how AI can and might exacerbate such concerns, whether the balance of power is shifting too far in the direction of employers, the questions employment lawyers like himself have to answer right now, practical steps to be taken, the extent to which employment law itself will continually undergo evolution in the face of market change, and how best lawyers in this space can be advising clients right now.
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