Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network

Kate Sherburn was the first in-house lawyer for her business, Who Gives A Crap. If this wasn't challenging enough, she had to contend with the product the business sells – toilet paper – becoming the world's hottest commodity during the pandemic. On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Who Gives A Crap legal beagle Kate Sherburn about the challenges of esta...

COVID-19 didn't result in people having more time or less work. In fact, it went the other way. Moving into the new normal, lawyers are looking to better manage expectations and perceptions from their clients' perspectives, and clients are looking for law firms that are organised and have the necessary resources to solve their problems, regardless of whether those lawyers are working in the office...

In the wake of COVID-19, appetite for firm mergers and sales accelerated. Has that trend continued as we now approach a post-pandemic marketplace?      On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back FMRC director Sam Coupland to discuss how fertile the ground is for buying, selling or merging law firms compared to one year ago, and how best firms looking to be boug...

A professional services marketplace in which digital currencies are mainstream is "rapidly approaching ", and Australian law firms have to be ready, says one national firm partner.  On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Piper Alderman partner Michael Bacina to discuss new-age currencies such as bitcoin and dogecoin, their value, and overcoming accounting i...

In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with The College of Law, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Daljit Singh to discuss the acceleration of change in the age of coronavirus and how best emerging legal professionals can respond. Daljit Singh – a teaching fellow in The College of Law's Master of Legal Business , who teaches  Workforce of the Future  and  Leade...

Both personally and professionally, Daniel Rod experienced success as a sole practitioner. However, there came a point where he realised he needed to pivot back to a larger firm. Here's how and why he did it. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined Coleman Greig associate and former principal of Rod Legal Advisory, Daniel Rod, to discuss his journey as a sole p...

Onboarding the right kind of technology at the onset of COVID-19 was paramount for Michael Solari, who believes it is always important to keep looking at different ways that we can improve our processes, our systems and our resources. In this special episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, produced in collaboration with Thomson Reuters and recorded at the 2021 Boutique Law Summit, host Jerome Doraisa...

For one recent grad, choosing between two major interests could have been impossible but she may have found a way to make a legal career out of both. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by one of 2020's Women in Law Awards finalist and King & Wood Mallesons graduate Mary Aidonopoulos to discuss how she found her passions in both science and law – and figured out a...

What the lawyers of today and tomorrow want is vastly different to what those who came before sought, Fionn Bowd says. New pathways are emerging, and BigLaw firms that do not get on board will be left behind. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Bowd chief executive Fionn Bowd to discuss the advent of capacity exchange models and how they are answering voc...

As a general counsel, Anthony Bekker was able to grow the business he worked for from having a national presence to an international one. Looking back on his time in-house, there are lessons he wishes he knew that he thinks other GCs can learn from if they too wish to grow their businesses across the globe. On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by BizTech L...

Creating briefs is not really legal work, Rachelle Bajaj says – it involves a lot of admin. For lawyers, this doesn't have to be the case, she argues. In this special episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, produced in collaboration with Thomson Reuters and recorded at the 2021 Boutique Law Summit, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by LEAP sales executive Rachelle Bajaj to discuss the major issues conc...

Having competed at two Olympic Games in marathon swimming, Heidi Gan has a clear understanding of the personal and professional drive for healthy competition and also the importance of having people to look up to. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks to Clifford Chance associate Heidi Gan, who represented Malaysia at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games in marathon s...

For too long, too many lawyers and law firms have been charging fees and issuing invoices that are not commensurate or proportionate with the work undertaken. The profession has to place proper value on itself, argues Ben Deverson. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Lawganised founder and director Ben Deverson to discuss the reasons why firms across the...

Having gone through family law proceedings herself, Ghania Dib understands the emotional toll it can take on individuals, and uses what she has gone through to benefit her own clients. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by GDA Lawyers principal Ghania Dib to discuss how, following her own experiences, she upskilled and invested in her education so that she...

Lawyers, Tim Perry says, are ultimately in a service industry, and they must remove as many barriers as possible in order to provide expertise to the best of one's ability and in ways that best serve client needs. In this special episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, produced in collaboration with Thomson Reuters and recorded at the 2021 Boutique Law Summit, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Thoms...

Valedictorian, a major award and an incredibly coveted first job later, one graduate is still sticking to the same game plan that got her there: staying focused on her own achievements and believing that everything that happens is for a big reason.  In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by University of Queensland graduate Anna Kretowicz to talk about her accomplishm...

Perhaps more than any other practice area, criminal law was hit hard by COVID-19. According to a two-time winner of Lawyers Weekly Awards, the new normal will see enormous changes to access to justice, advocacy styles and the management of criminal law firms.  In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Streeton Lawyers principal Justin Wong – who won Partner of...

Daniel Stuk always wanted to work in sports law. He likely never imagined, however, that he would end up helping organise and run one of the world's biggest and most-publicised sporting events in the middle of a global pandemic. On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Tennis Australia senior legal counsel Daniel Stuk to discuss how Mr Stuk and Tennis Austr...

While the age of coronavirus has opened the eyes of the legal profession to new ways of working, there have been unintended – but also foreseeable – consequences for health and wellbeing. In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in collaboration with LOD, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by LOD Australia managing director Paul Cowling and LOD head of marketing and communications...

Alexandra Doig's bio on her firm's website says that "if she can't get you to crack a smile even in the most complicated dispute, then nobody can". Such an attitude to litigation underpins her entire leadership approach. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Velocity Legal director Alexandra Doig to discuss the importance of genuine care for one's clients a...

When former accountant and barrister Trevor Withane moved over from the UK, he quickly realised that the Australian marketplace is much more relationship-driven than in Britain. As such, boutiques have to be strategic in approaching prospective clients if they are to land big matters. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Blackwattle Legal partner Trevor W...

After being accepted into a law degree, one young graduate was diagnosed with cancer and told that she may never speak clearly again. Through a lot of dedication and confidence building, she came out the other end with a clean health slate and a promising future in the profession as a budding lawyer. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by Courtney Remington, a rece...

According to GC-turned-change agent Anna Lozynski, professional branding is fast becoming as important a business skill as tech proficiency, and as essential an educational piece as the Priestley 11. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Anna Lozynski joins host Jerome Doraisamy to discuss the need for legal professionals of all stripes to take greater responsibility for their use of and eng...

From an early stage, Matt Corrigan knew that choosing roles in law that were of interest to him would allow him to bring his best self to work. Such an approach has seen him work all over the globe, from Myanmar to South Sudan. On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Australian Law Reform Commission general counsel Matthew Corrigan to discuss the importanc...

Having worked in Silicon Valley and other corners of the globe, Dentons COO Dr Maureen Migliazzo understands that courage, creativity and a love for one's work will be critical for leaders in the profession in a post-pandemic world. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Dr Maureen Migliazzo joins host Jerome Doraisamy to discuss the biggest challenges facing COOs in determining best business...