Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network

Both personally and professionally, Elizabeth Carroll is keeping herself very busy. Wearing multiple hats, she feels, makes her better equipped to lead her legal department and be innovative. On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by IP Australia chief legal officer Ms Carroll – who recently won the General Counsel of the Year category at the 2020 Women in L...

When Adelaide-bred Victoria Bell saw the need for Tindall Gask Bentley to have a presence in Darwin, she pitched it to her bosses. Almost four years later, she's successfully running the plaintiff firm's Northern Territory arm by herself, but with the benefits that come with a national practice.  On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Tindall Gask Bentley pa...

Wearing many hats as a law firm leader doesn't just mean balancing the financial and administrative duties on top of being a lawyer – it also means thinking creatively and innovatively about how best to position one's business. On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Aspect Legal managing director Joanna Oakey to discuss why it is critical that law firm lead...

Upload that new picture, post a fun update and connect, connect, connect! There's a lot of good to come out of a social media and online brand that could really help kickstart your career in law. In this new episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson sits down to chat with Brisbane Family Law Centre's Kiarah Kelly to talk about the fun, witty and colourful online branding that got her wher...

According to award-winning litigation partner Jason Betts, there's never been a better time for litigation lawyers "to do difficult and challenging work".   In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Herbert Smith Freehills partner Jason Betts returns to the show, following his win of the Litigation Partner of the Year and Excellence Award categories at the 2020 Partner of the Year Awards, to dis...

A lawyer's ability to network, Cassandra Heilbronn says, remains as important as ever in not only advancing one's vocational journey but also in forming meaningful relationships so that one can become a better professional.    In this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, Cassandra Heilbronn - former president of Women Lawyers Association Queensland and the sports legal manager for a government a...

Legal Support Professional of the Year Phoebe Macdougall has spent the last few years living in a van, migrating up and down the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Such a life has taught her that one does not need to work ridiculous hours to have a waterfront property. In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by NSW Public Defenders Office legal support officer and rece...

It is time, Lucy Dickens argues, for law firm owners to find a model that is not only better for business, but also for one's personal life. In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by author and Birman & Ride senior associate Ms Dickens to discuss the need to do things differently, particularly as the marketplace and client expectations are evolving at such a r...

Securing a graduate role in one of Australia's top firms is no easy task, but it's not entirely out of reach for young students coming through the ranks now. In the fifth episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson chats with a Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) graduate, Audrey Vong, about how she secured the role, what her usual day-to-day looks like at the firm and how other young lawyers can...

Prevention of data security issues, Amanda Fennell says, means "having enough detections in place to see something before it happens". In a post-pandemic world, this is more essential than ever before, particularly for government entities. In this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Relativity chief security officer Amanda Fennell to talk about the advent of g...

For Maria Savvas, the best way to see change in the legal profession has been to roll up her sleeves and do the work to achieve it. In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by outgoing president of the Law Society of the Northern Territory, Maria Savvas, to discuss her career to date as a sole practitioner, her tenure with member associations and juggling the af...

With thousands of students coming out of law school with a degree each year, it's just becoming harder and harder to stand out in the pool of high-achieving, résumé-packed competitors fighting for the same jobs – but it's not impossible. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson sits down with the winner of Lawyers Weekly's 2020 Law Student of the Year Sanjay Alapakkam to chat abo...

In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, brought to you by Holman Webb, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by workplace partner Alicia Mataere and insurance partner Lucy Rooney to discuss recent changes to the Work, Health and Safety Act and what those changes mean both for corporates and individuals. The trio delve into the recent removal of certain safety nets, the placing of greater res...

Student accommodation businesses were "uniquely hit" by COVID-19. For Ben Klug, this time has presented significant challenges but also valuable lessons for general counsel for the post-pandemic world. In this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Scape general counsel and director of people Ben Klug to talk about how urban living solutions providers like his ha...

The Partner of the Year Awards 2020 was hosted as a hybrid event on Friday 27 November with 160 professionals in attendance at The Start 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 podcast, this one with the winner of the Pro Bono Partner of the Year.  Lawyers Weekly...

Antony Rumboll's view is that the age of coronavirus has resulted in "the most remarkable year" in capital markets. For practitioners in this space, the coming year could well be just as interesting.   In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Baker McKenzie partner Mr Rumboll to discuss the state of affairs in capital markets, what lessons from the global fina...

EJ Wise has had an extraordinary and distinguished career, including two tours of duty. Her breadth of military and legal experience has provided unique insights and lessons, both personally and professionally. In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Ms Wise to discuss how she got into the Royal Australian Air Force and everything she did along the way in a...

In this fortnight's episode of The Protégé Podcast, an associate professor chats about how important it is for aspiring solicitors and barristers to be aware of their legal duties to ethics in both their professional and personal lives… before it gets out of hand. Australian National University (ANU) College of Law associate professor Vivien Holmes has joined host Naomi Neilson to talk through all...

The age of coronavirus has had significant consequences upon legal clients across the board, new research says. As a result, clients are both expecting and demanding more "transformative" experiences.  In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by executive chairman George Beaton and operations manager and senior researcher Shanan Kan, both from research and consul...

Cassandra Treadwell has always had a strong sense of justice. Therefore, after a 20-year legal career, she was well placed to enter the not-for-profit space, co-founding an international aid organisation empowering impoverished children through education. In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by former lawyer and co-founder and chief executive of So Th...

Teresa Cleary has had a rich and diverse legal career to date, and now with one year's experience in a leading global hemp business under her belt, she is excited about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in a post-pandemic world. In this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Elixinol global general counsel and company secretary Teresa Cleary to disc...

With pandemic-inspired relief for businesses continuing, it is essential that businesses of all stripes consider and implement idiosyncratic strategies to ensure their viability in the new year and beyond. Those advising said businesses have a critical role to play. In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, brought to you in conjunction with our partners at Olvera Advisors, host Jerome D...

At a certain point, sole practitioners may find they have too much work on their plates. Knowing how and when to start hiring people, and become a leader of a legal business, is critical. In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Legalite Australia principal Marianne Marchesi and Studio Legal principal Jennifer Tutty to chat about their respective legal career...

The Partner of the Year Awards 2020 will be hosted as a live broadcast event on Friday 27 November, and as part of this virtual event, Lawyers Weekly is pleased to bring you a series of podcasts showcasing finalists across numerous award categories. In this episode, Lawyers Weekly deputy editor Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Shirley Southgate, executive director of Leo Cussen Centre for Law, event...

For the third year in a row, Lawyers Weekly and Governance Institute of Australia are pleased to present an episode about the annual Ethics Index, with this year's findings showcasing fascinating results about how ethical Australians deem lawyers, judges and law societies to be. In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Governance Institute CEO Megan Mo...