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Defending reputation

Roland Muller Apr 2016

Your response to a disciplinary complaint can have lasting consequences for your career and reputation. Here are some tips for young lawyers. Few things motivate lawyers to scrutinise their professional conduct...

Admission under Uniform Law

Pia White and Jennifer Raeburn Apr 2016

The admission process has become easier. In colonial Australia the Supreme Court in each of the colonies was the body that admitted a layman to practice. Those who had not been admitted to a court in the United Kingdom...

Social media traps

Adam Wakeling Apr 2016

Here are some do’s and don’ts that will help to protect your professional reputation. We’ve all heard social media horror stories – like the woman who ended up fired from her job for posting pictures of herself acting disrespectfully...

Where to draw professional boundaries

Suzan Gencay Apr 2016

After-work drinks can become a dangerous environment as inhibitions are lowered and bad decisions have consequences. Come 5.30pm bars and restaurants are filled with eager legal professionals...

Are law graduates at risk of being underpaid?

Loretta Houlahan Apr 2016

Law is often viewed as a prestigious profession but for some graduates the situation can be bleak.

Lessons from disciplinary proceedings

Michael McCagh Apr 2016

We learn about ethical obligations at law school but even experienced lawyers can conduct themselves in a manner that is ethically questionable. Here are four tips highlighted by recent proceedings...

Putting your legal career on the line

Stephanie Pasharis Apr 2016

Academic misconduct can affect your fitness to practise law. With greater access to information online and growing reports of students purchasing ghost written assignments, academic misconduct is an increasing concern...

Out and about

Andrea Samardzija Apr 2016

Socialising for young lawyers doesn’t have to revolve around drinks – treat yourself to some alternatives. This year the LIV Young Lawyers is focusing on wellbeing...

Surviving your grad year

Jing Zhu Apr 2016

It’s important to develop your reputation in your first year in the legal profession. So you’ve landed the dream job: you’ve interviewed, tested, clerked, interned and researched your way into that position you’ve had your eye...

How we can help

Donna Cooper Apr 2016

The LIV Ethics Department and the Ethics Committee can help young lawyers with ethical dilemmas. On 1 July 2015 the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 replaced the previous conduct rules...

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