Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network

Jaide Law founder Malisa Howard says her firm name, in French, means "I help". This mantra guides how she structures her working week as a volunteer and boutique-business owner.   On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, Malisa Howard speaks with host Jerome Doraisamy about being motivated by two factors: one, constructing a personal and professional existence that provides purpose, and giving...

New graduates wanting to branch into the in-house legal space right from the get-go are told to try other avenues first, but if they play their cards right and get started with experience quickly, there is a way to skip over all the extra pathways. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by Wayne Clarke, who sits on the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) law studen...

A new research paper explores the extent of damages awarded to victims of sexual harassment in the workplace in the lead-up to and following the advent of #MeToo. The findings, its authors suggest, show professional industries like law still have a way to go.  On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Human Rights Law Centre senior lawyer Kieran Pender and ANU...

Just over 10 years ago, Ria Manguray made the decision to leave her home in Los Angeles, with her young son, to study law in Australia. By virtue of having vocational pathways different to most, Ms Manguray was well placed to manage the pivot in a year that has been anything but business as usual. On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Tourism Australia l...

If Australia's legal profession is to meaningfully progress in the new normal, Rose Cocchiaro believes "egocentric, outdated" modes of legal practice have to be left by the wayside. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Resolve Divorce founder Rose Cocchiaro, who feels that certain cultural and attitude changes are happening too slowly. Being client-centric...

The overwhelming majority of Australian legal practices are boutiques and sole practitioners. Given how many businesses (in all industries) do not survive the first few years, it is incumbent upon legal business owners to take steps to guarantee success. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Travis Schultz & Partners managing partner Travis Schultz to disc...

Whether it's flying halfway across the globe or tuning in online, there is a world of incredible benefits awaiting law students who sign up to mooting competitions that ordinary clerkships, community centres or other work experiences may not offer. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by Australian National University (ANU) law student and former sub-team captain of...

Increased utilisation of tech in law gives birth to a bounty of changes in day-to-day legal practice, and opens the door to questions such as whether law firms and in-house teams should be operating more like hedge funds. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Peter Dombkins and Alex Rosenrauch, the director and manager of NewLaw at PwC respectively, to exam...

If you aren't trusted by the market because you've had a cyber attack, you might as well not be in business. As such, Annie Haggar says, corporate counsel must upskill in cyber security as an urgent priority. On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Accenture Security legal lead (global managed security and growth markets) Annie Haggar to discuss how GCs an...

Nearly everyone – at some point – has experienced a superior, or colleague, whose approach has a deleterious impact, not just upon our workplace performance but also our holistic wellbeing. Finding healthier environments in which to work is essential, both personally and professionally. In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by clinical neuropsychologist and au...

According to Helen Hardy, connectivity, collaboration and curiosity are key traits for company secretaries to help steer their organisations into the post-pandemic marketplace. These traits, she says, help separate one from the pack. In this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Origin Energy company secretary Helen Hardy – who won the Company Secretary of the Y...

Law students and graduates who choose to work alongside inspirational women, take advice from senior female practitioners and bring up others along with them have a really valuable trait that could help propel them into a successful legal career. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by Law Student of the Year winner of our 2020 Women in Law Awards Melany Toombs to t...

Moya Dodd, who splits her time between a national firm and governance and human rights advocacy roles, says there is much that lawyers can learn from team sports, as she works to improve the lives of women worldwide. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Gilbert + Tobin partner Moya Dodd about her football career – which saw her play for Australia in the lat...

Size is no indicator of success. As one boutique demonstrates, a small outfit in South Australia can compete on the national stage in the same way a global practice is expected to. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by NDA managing director Joshua Davies and NDA founder and member of Parliament in South Australia, Andrea Michaels, to discuss why they both...

As a workplace relations leader, and fan of  The Barefoot Investor,  Carly Stebbing argues it is critical that lawyers think of their job as their most important financial asset and their contract as an insurance policy. Returning to The Lawyers Weekly Show, Resolution123 founder and principal Carly Stebbing joins host Jerome Doraisamy to discuss the need for lawyers to rethink the importance of t...

Rebecca Murray has been operating her right to information and privacy law firm from the US in the past year. Such a move was a risk, she says, but it's one that has paid off. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by RTI Consultants founder and director Rebecca Murray – who won the Sole Practitioner of the Year category at the 2020 Women in Law Awards – to di...

Rather than committing to one or the other, soon-to-be lawyers may find that their careers will be better off by sampling small and big firms alike.  In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by Peripheral Blue founder and MD Mellissa Larkin to discuss the benefits of transitioning skills from BigLaw to Boutique (and vice versa) and the skills that the employers from the...

Lawyers are the "custodians of the rule of law", and in a looming new normal, such professionals have to ensure their pushes for change, and acts of service to the community, are in keeping with a landscape that will be vastly different to pre-pandemic conditions. In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Law Council of Australia president Dr Jacoba Brasch QC joins host Jerome Doraisamy to discu...

By the middle of this decade, the legal function could look vastly different, even from its current post-pandemic state. Here, KPMG global head of legal services Stuart Fuller stares into a crystal ball and outlines headline predictions for the evolution of the legal function. In his return to The Corporate Counsel Show, Mr Fuller joins host Jerome Doraisamy to discuss what KPMG's legal operations...

The Partner of the Year Awards 2020 was hosted as a hybrid event on Friday, 27 November 2020 with 160 professionals in attendance at The Star in Sydney and others tuning in for a live broadcast via Momentum Media's virtual ballroom. In conjunction with that hybrid event, Lawyers Weekly is pleased to bring you another awards showcase podcast episode, this one with the winner of the Innovator of the...

Having been frustrated by what she saw as "deep inefficiencies and archaic practices" across the profession, Naomi Hickey-Humble found a home in legal operations, describing it as "like Goldilocks finding the comfiest bed". In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Naomi Hickey-Humble from MinterEllison – who won the Legal Operations Professional of the Year at...

Leah Cameron, who recently won Indigenous Lawyer of the Year and the Excellence Award at the Women in Law Awards, joins us to discuss her business vision, and why diversification (on multiple fronts) is crucial. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, Marrawah Law principal solicitor and managing director Leah Cameron chats with host Jerome Doraisamy about how and why she set up her firm, wha...

From a small town on the Sunshine Coast through to working in bigger places, this young lawyer talks students and graduates through making it as a regional lawyer. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is back to sit down with Travis Schultz and Partners' senior associate Hugh Powell to talk through how he ended up in personal injury and compensation law from a small town in Q...

According to former barrister and managing partner Bree Knoester, clients are craving personal connection, empathy and understanding more so than ever before. In light of this, movement away from bigger legal practices may occur.   On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Brave Legal founder and principal Bree Knoester to discuss why, in a post-pandemic market...

The Partner of the Year Awards 2020 was hosted as a hybrid event on Friday, 27 November 2020 with 160 professionals in attendance at The Star in Sydney and others tuning in for a live broadcast via Momentum Media's virtual ballroom. In conjunction with that hybrid event, Lawyers Weekly is pleased to bring you another awards showcase podcast episode, this one with the winner of the New Partner – 3...