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Legal fast talkers take on the Golden Gavel

Karin Derkley 16 Aug 2018

Alice Cooney, now a lawyer at the Office of Public Prosecutions, reckons her uni job hosting kids parties dressed up as a super hero will stand her in good stead to take on this year's Golden Gavel Competition.

On the move

Law Institute of Victoria 16 Aug 2018

Here are some of the latest moves by lawyers and firms...

Workplace

De novo appeals a vital 'safety net'

Karin Derkley 14 Aug 2018

Scrapping the right of a defendant to have their Magistrates' Court criminal matter heard anew in a higher court is unjustified and could lead to miscarriages of justice, practitioners have warned...

Access to Justice Courts Sentencing

Using your law degree for systematic advocacy

Nicholas Dodds 14 Aug 2018

In my brief time as a member of the LIV Young Lawyers Law Reform Committee, I have learned that there is no shortage of causes deserving of the...

Advocacy Young Persons

Commercialisation of Victoria's Land Titles Registry and the Mandated Use of PEXA

Property and Environmental Law Section 10 Aug 2018

The Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) is concerned by the most recent cyber security incident involving theft of money being paid as part of property transfers transacted using PEXA...

Conveyancing Innovation Real Property Technology

Women lawyers get to speak up at Warren Moot

Karin Derkley 07 Aug 2018

More women lawyers will have the chance to speak in court, with the number of teams competing in this year's Warren Moot to be doubled...

Advocacy

Addiction requires compassion

Carolyn Ford 07 Aug 2018

Victoria’s judges have been urged to show compassion when dealing with addicted accused by a leading Canadian physician and author visiting Melbourne...

Health Judgment Justice Wellbeing

Legal laughs: the relationship between comedy & law

Catherine Dorian 07 Aug 2018

Young Lawyer Catherine Dorian, winner of the LIV Golden Gavel for 2016, reflects on the not-so-strange bedfellows...

Wellbeing

Legal aid protects the powerless: outgoing CEO

Karin Derkley 06 Aug 2018

A vibrant and well-resourced legal safety net requires strong and principled leadership from people who matter, outgoing Victorian Legal Aid CEO Bevan Warner said at his farewell speech last week...

Access to Justice

The Inconvenient Reality

Ian Bloomfield 02 Aug 2018

The need for law firms to act on cyber security is overwhelmingly compelling...

Communication Innovation Intellectual Property Technology

No penalties for Modern Slavery non-compliance

Karin Derkley 02 Aug 2018

The LIV has described as "fundamentally flawed" the fact that new federal legislation to combat modern slavery does not include penalties against companies that fail to comply with its requirements...

Legislation Workplace Relations

Our LIV Young Lawyers members reach out this winter

LIV Young Lawyers Community Issues Committee 01 Aug 2018

In the midst of Melbourne’s chilly winter, the LIV’s Young Lawyers Community Issues Committee has partnered with Orange Sky, an influential not-for-profit...

Young Persons

Labour Hire Licensing Act 2018

Dr Elizabeth Shi 01 Aug 2018

In 2016, the Victorian Inquiry into Labour Hire and Insecure Work found significant exploitation of workers in the labour hire industry. The Victorian State Government responded to the Inquiry’s recommendation...

Legislation

Ask the Guru: Retirement villages and aged care facilities

Melissa Lirosi 01 Aug 2018

Do you know the non-legal issues your client should consider when looking to move to a retirement village...

Aged Persons Continuing Legal Education Education Health Succession Training Programs

August LIJ flipbook

Law Institute Journal 01 Aug 2018

Welcome to the August LIJ flipbook. You can turn pages electronically, magnify type and click through to editorial content, LIV goods and services and upcoming events and advertising.

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