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 Nadine Udorovic & Loren Gulliver 15 Mar 2017

The issue of international child abduction by a parent has recently received much media attention in Australia as a result of an incident in Lebanon in 2016. Australian mother, Sally Faulkner, with the help...

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 Phoebe Blank 15 Mar 2017

Welcome to the first edition of the YLJ for 2017. I am thrilled to be working with such a passionate Executive Committee with exciting and innovative plans. This year we have a strong focus on engaging with Young Lawyers (YL) members...

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 Andrea de Souza 15 Mar 2017

Michael Chin has extensive legal and business experience across Australia, China, the US, the UK, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. He has legal qualifications and professional experience across the Australian...

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 The University of Melbourne 15 Mar 2017

It’s an age-old adage that you never stop learning. But for Rachel Amamoo, managing principal solicitor at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office, this is a saying that...

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 Alexander Chapman 15 Mar 2017

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is about as far from a courtroom setting as you can get. Occupying a huge, circular chamber with a distinctive sculpted ceiling, the 190-plus states of the international community...

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 Adam Wakeling & Andrea de Souza 15 Mar 2017

The Young Lawyers Journal (YLJ) is starting the year by broadening its horizons. The autumn 2017 edition has an international theme, recognising that the Australian legal profession has deep and complex...

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 Adam Wakeling 15 Mar 2017

Between 2010 and 2013, the Australian legal market went from being almost entirely domestic to very globalised. The relative strength of the Australian economy following the onset of the global financial crisis...

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 Trang Chau 15 Mar 2017

I have carried out international legal work in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2014 I accepted a position as a law fellow through Palestine Works with the Mossawa Centre – the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens...

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 Benjamin Hofmann 15 Mar 2017

Antarctica is a land mass without any Indigenous population. It is often referred to as the last wilderness – a concept that, under the common heritage of mankind principle of international law, places the continent...

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 Young Lawyers Journal 01 Nov 2016

Welcome to the YLJ flipbook. You can turn pages electronically, magnify text and click through to read about your favourite article and find out about upcoming YL events.

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 Bianca Pyers 01 Nov 2016

Electronic conveyancing is here to stay – so what about the risk of fraud? The National Electronic Conveyancing Scheme, managed through Property Exchange Australia (PEXA)...
 

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 Adam Wakeling 01 Nov 2016

What would a law firm designed from scratch to suit the 21st century look like? Around the world, there are new and established law firms seeking to answer that question by adopting different business models...

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 Linda Rayment 01 Nov 2016

This year we have seen the YL Executive and committees develop and implement some impressive projects and initiatives, including various short videos aimed at empowering and equipping the YL membership. 

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 Young Lawyers Journal 01 Nov 2016

An in-house lawyer for Telstra, Ms Jackson returned to part-time study at Melbourne Law School (MLS) to pursue her interest in competition...

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 Anna Belgiorno-Nettis 01 Nov 2016

Most law graduates are females1 yet women fill less than 25 per cent of the legal profession’s senior positions.2 My research on a law student senior position suggests the imbalance starts earlier. Even before practice, there is a women and leadership issue...

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