Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Big law firms embracing change in 2020

Karin Derkley 12 Feb 2020

Leaders of large law firms are embracing change this year, in terms of technology, their workforce and the way they deal with clients...

Practice Management Technology

A-G commends bushfire legal help at Legal Laneway Breakfast

Karin Derkley 06 Feb 2020

Attorney-General Jill Hennessy opened the 2020 legal year by commending the legal profession on its support of communities affected by the summer's bushfires...

Access to Justice

Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System

Family Law Section 04 Feb 2020

The LIV has written to the Law Council of Australia to provide feedback to the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System identifying key options for reform...

Family Court

Employ creativity and strategy to protect environment

Karin Derkley 04 Feb 2020

The lawyer who helped coordinate litigation which saved a section of East Gippsland's Erinunderra Plateau from logging 11 years ago has urged lawyers to be passionate and creative in their use of the law to protect the environment...

Access to Justice Environmental Protection Human Rights

Jan/Feb LIJ flipbook

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

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

Court on camera

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

Photos from the Legal Fun Run & Walk, members' Christmas parties, family law judges panel discussion and more...

John Cain 1931–2019: Farewell to a giant of the profession

Carolyn Ford 01 Feb 2020

Former Victorian Premier John Cain died on 23 December, aged 88. His landmark reforms and visionary leadership – of the LIV, the legal profession and the state – are remembered here...

Legal Biography

Call for bushfire disaster legal help

Sam Pandya 01 Feb 2020

The LIV is a partner in Disaster Legal Help Victoria and once again lawyers are responding generously to calls for help.

Advocacy Professional Reputation Voluntary Associations/Pro Bono

Profile: Meet the new LIV president

Karin Derkley 01 Feb 2020

Lawyer Sam Pandya grew up in suburban London and sees cultural and socio-economic diversity as a theme for his presidency...

Legal Biography

LIV Council: Meet the LIV Council 2020

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

Meet the LIV Council 2020...

Welcome: Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan was welcomed to the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria on 20 November 2019. Among the speakers was 2019 LIV president Stuart Webb. This is an edited version of his speech...

Appointments

Farewell: Chief Magistrate Peter Lauritsen

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

Judge Peter Lauritsen was farewelled as Victorian Chief Magistrate on 15 November 2019. Among the speakers was 2019 LIV president Stuart Webb. This is an edited version of his speech...

Legal Biography

Technology: Algorithmic discrimination

Natalie Sheard 01 Feb 2020

Algorithmic bias or discrimination has been recorded in employment, financial, law enforcement and judicial contexts, posing challenges for the Australian legal system...

Discrimination Technology