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Mediation techniques can help lawyers move beyond legal entitlements to understand what clients really want—often leading to faster, more durable outcomes.
Mediation techniques can help lawyers move beyond legal entitlements to understand what clients really want—often leading to faster, more durable outcomes.
In this article, we outline five simple strategies to help you choose your postgraduate subjects wisely. So your study pathway supports your career, your lifestyle – and your future.
In this article, we outline five simple strategies to help you choose your postgraduate subjects wisely. So your study pathway supports your career, your lifestyle – and your future.
In this fast, free webinar, we’ll break down what PLT actually is, how it fits into your path to becoming a lawyer, and why it’s not as complicated as you might think.
We’ll cover the essentials: time, cost, course options, work experience, and what you’ll really be doing during the program
In this fast, free webinar, we’ll break down what PLT actually is, how it fits into your path to becoming a lawyer, and why it’s not as complicated as you might think.
We’ll cover the essentials: time, cost, course options, work experience, and what you’ll really be doing during the program
The legal profession's traditional emphasis on technical skills can sometimes overshadow what truly differentiates exceptional lawyers, according to John Poulsen, former Australian Managing Partner and CEO of Squire Patton Boggs. With the perspective only years of industry leadership can provide, Poulsen now advises legal professionals through his consultancy People Passion Performance.
The legal profession's traditional emphasis on technical skills can sometimes overshadow what truly differentiates exceptional lawyers, according to John Poulsen, former Australian Managing Partner and CEO of Squire Patton Boggs. With the perspective only years of industry leadership can provide, Poulsen now advises legal professionals through his consultancy People Passion Performance.
A wrath of changes will be imposed upon Queensland legal practitioners, real estate agents, landlords, and mortgagees when the Property Law Act 2023 comes into effect on 1 August 2025. According to Tara Cush, College of Law lecturer Queensland, there will be the need to use specific forms to meet obligations under the new Act.
A wrath of changes will be imposed upon Queensland legal practitioners, real estate agents, landlords, and mortgagees when the Property Law Act 2023 comes into effect on 1 August 2025. According to Tara Cush, College of Law lecturer Queensland, there will be the need to use specific forms to meet obligations under the new Act.
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My experience with the College Of Law has been law in real time so you know what you learn is law that can be applied immediately in practice every day.
Chloe Kopilovic, PLT, Postgrad and LPMC Graduate
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