Sparke Helmore Lawyers is proud to announce the promotion of four lawyers to Special Counsel and nine to Senior Associate across the firm's Corporate & Commercial, Government and Insurance Groups, effective from 1 January 2018.

WA GOVERNMENT APPOINTS CORRS PARTNER TO LANDCORP AND MRA BOARDS Corrs Chambers Westgarth, is proud to announce the appointment of partner Rebecca Field to the boards of the Western Australian Land Authority (LandCorp) and Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA).

The 2017 report shows that Clayton Utz has slightly reduced its gross carbon emissions from the previous reporting period, despite a 4.5% growth in the firm's workforce and a 7% increase in floor space.

This big Commonwealth government change will keep firms busy in 2018 A major change in how the government allots legal work will keep lawyers and law firms busy this year, Sparke Helmore’s Ben Dube predicts.

Ashurst nominated for the Chambers Asia-Pacific Australia Award

The difference cloud-based technology can make to in-house counsel

Check out #mypathtolaw, stories of how people became lawyers.

Slight drop in legal hiring seasonal, Elias Jobs Index reveals. “In-house made gains as companies, banks and the big 4 bulked up on internal teams. Banks represented 26 per cent of in-house hires in the second quarter of FY18. The upshot? It's a promising market for candidates.”

Three quarters of law firms operating in Australia’s legal market expect to grow by at least 10 per cent in 2018, despite a perceived sluggish economy, increased client pressure and heightened competition.

The Law Council of Australia has offered its take on new espionage and foreign interference laws in a statement to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Public Hearing.

Will robots become our public defenders? McCarthyFinch CEO thinks...maybe.

LegalVision makes Financial Times' top 10 high-growth companies in APAC. (It's the only law firm to make the top 50, and the only Australian firm in the top 100!) Congrats @legalvision_au #auslaw

Submissions open: '30 under 30'! Are you a young gun of a lawyer, or know someone who is? Nominations open now!

The Legal Innovation Report 2018, published in The Times and shared via Raconteur, warns that law firms must adopt AI or risk being left behind #legaltech #legalinnovation #futureofwork #AI #auslaw

Happy (or not so happy) Valentine's Day #auslaw #valentines

PEXA to end all paper contracts #auslaw

Australia has moved back into top 10 of the World Justice Project’s (WJP) “Rule of Law Index.” #auslaw

Blockchain technology is set to revolutionize the legal profession and law firms need to be ready to adapt - Bernard Marr, keynote speaker on technology and business and the author of Data strategy. #auslaw

Gender Equality in the news once again ow.ly/o4RQ30iBH4c

CPD Deadline fast approaching. Don't miss out! ow.ly/JhIE30j2Ei0