Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Six things of note when representing a client at the Fair Work Commission

Steven Amendola 22 Oct 2018

Traditionally a lawyer had to seek leave to appear for a client before the federal industrial tribunal...

Dismissal Dispute Resolution Tribunals Workplace

LIV response to the Victorian Bar wellbeing survey

LIV Media 19 Oct 2018

Law Institute of Victoria President Belinda Wilson today praised the Victorian Bar for its landmark wellbeing survey...

Wellbeing

LIV calls for parties to commit to increased court resourcing

LIV Media 18 Oct 2018

The LIV is calling on all parties to commit to increased court resourcing and services in the upcoming 2018 Victorian state election...

Courts

Young Lawyers go green in October!

Stefani Janson 17 Oct 2018

Did you know that in Australia, it is estimated that 2.7 million coffee cups are thrown out every day? This October, the LIV Young Lawyers Community Issues Committee is raising awareness about this important environmental issue...

Competition Environment Environmental Protection

Avoiding common errors in electronic conveyancing dealings

LIV 15 Oct 2018

Land Use Victoria (LUV) has advised the LIV's Property Law Committee that a large number of dealings made by practitioners using the electronic conveyancing system are being rejected or requisitioned...

Conveyancing

Law firms' commitment to pro bono dips

Karin Derkley 15 Oct 2018

Many law firms are falling well short of meeting the target for pro bono legal services they have signed up to, according to the Australian Pro Bono Centre's 11th annual performance report...

Access to Justice

Remove exemptions allowing schools to expel gay students, lawyers say

Karin Derkley 15 Oct 2018

Existing laws that allow religious schools to discriminate against LGBTI people don't reflect the Australia we live in today and should be removed, human rights lawyers say...

Discrimination

LIV calls on parties to commit to better access to justice

LIV Media 11 Oct 2018

LIV is calling on all parties to commit to providing better access to justice in the upcoming 2018 Victorian state election...

Access to Justice Advocacy

Please sir may I appear?

Ingmar Taylor SC 10 Oct 2018

The Fair Work Commission wields powers that can affect the livelihood of an employee or an employer. And yet, unbelievably, the parties that appear before the...

Continuing Legal Education Workplace Relations

LIV Council update

LIV Media 09 Oct 2018

The LIV Council meets 12 times a year to consider matters of importance to members, the legal profession and the community...

Communication Leadership

Adam Awty appointed as Law Institute of Victoria CEO

LIV Media 09 Oct 2018

The Law Institute of Victoria has appointed Adam Awty as its Chief Executive Officer to lead the peak law body to strengthen member services and advocate for the legal profession and community...

Appointments

LIV Young Lawyers and Orange Sky blanket drive

Georgia Smith 08 Oct 2018

In a first for the LIV Young Lawyers Community Issues Committee, it successfully partnered with Orange Sky, a mobile laundry service for the disadvantaged and homeless, to provide donations to those most in need...

Voluntary Associations/Pro Bono Young Persons

Discount for Environmental Film Festival Australia events

LIV Media 08 Oct 2018

The LIV Environmental Issues Committee and the Environmental Film Festival Australia have organised a series of discount offers for LIV members for...

Climate Change Communication Environment Environmental Protection

LIV launches Call to Parties campaign for the Victorian election

LIV Media 02 Oct 2018

The Law Institute of Victoria has launched its ‘Call to Parties’ campaign, outlining the 10 key justice issues the major political parties should be addressing in the lead up to the November state election...

Communication Planning Powers

Sexual harassment: more work to be done

Sarah Rey 01 Oct 2018

Sexual harassment has been in the spotlight more intensively than many of us can remember...

Discrimination Human Rights Women's Rights Workplace Relations

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