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More lawyer than lawyer? How tech-assisted review helps robots read the law

Reading vast quantities of information – whether poring through precedent, sifting through legislation and commentary, or locating the proverbial needle in a discovery haystack – has long been the core work of lawyers. Readin...

How family law found Pippa Colman

Pippa Colman, Director of Pippa Colman & Associates, was for much of her career the only solicitor in her office without a degree. Having completed her articles through the Solicitor’s Board, she worked as a general practitio...

Media Enquiries

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Happy Lawyer Happy Life recap: How Tony Phillips runs a top law firm of happy lawyers

For a person who initially aspired to be an archaeologist, making the top four of Queensland family lawyers and being named one of Queensland’s most preeminent family lawyers every year from 2013-2016 is an impressive achieve...

Lawyers urged to remain competitive amid disruption

The College of Law is encouraging lawyers to capitalise on disruption and innovation to remain competitive in the evolving legal sector. Lawyers Weekly 10 March 2017 Tom Lodewyke  The College of Law is encouraging lawyers to ...

Lawyer Bots, People, and the Future of Law

"YOU might have seen lawyer bots now", says Terri Mottershead as she discusses how technology has disrupted the law profession in recent years with Brisbane Legal. Brisbane Legal  22 February 2017 James Perkins "YOU might hav...

The cost of law: How litigation funding works with lawyers in Australia

Insights spoke to Wayne Attrill, a Senior Investment manager with IMF Bentham, a global litigation funding firm, on how litigation funding works alongside lawyers to help meritorious claims, its somewhat controversial history...

The College of Law Alumni Association Launches 2017 Student Essay/Video Competition

The College of Law Alumni Association has announced an exciting change to its Student Competition for 2017. In past years the competition has been for an essay responding to a general question on legal practice. From 2017, st...

Keeping it in the family: Inside Mother-Daughter Law Firm, McManus & Co

Gabrielle and Beate McManus are rare for many reasons – not least because they run a successful mother-daughter family law firm in Victoria. Established in 1975 by Beate, then twenty-five, McManus & Co has operated for over f...