Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Rice Mediations director Anne-Marie Rice. Anne-Marie went viral on social media this past fortnight for delivering a speech in which she offered a rousing call to arms for women and men across the profession to challenge the inherently masculine nature of day-to-day legal practice and ensure that practice moving forward can be more conducive to those lawyers who have responsibilities outside. In this conversation, we chat about the issues flagged in her speech and what needs to change in the future.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Piper Alderman partners Tim Lange and Ted Williams. Many of us understand whistleblowing in the context of Wikileaks and other such political matters, but in the professional realm, amendments are on the cards for new and more effective protections for whistleblowers in Australia, which – according to our guests – can hopefully have a greater impact than our existing legislative structures. In this discussion, we flesh out what the proposed amendments will mean moving forward.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by MinterEllison lawyer and former Wallaby Pat McCabe. Pat, a former professional rugby player, played 24 matches for the Australian Wallabies and made 66 appearances for the ACT Brumbies, before suffering his third broken neck and being forced into retirement. In this episode, Pat tells Jerome how he managed life in the immediate aftermath of sudden retirement, how he found studying law while being a professional rugby player, and what similarities he sees between life on-field and the legal workplace.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Herbert Smith Freehills' director of alternative legal services, Hilary Goodier. Tune in to hear Jerome and Ms Goodier discuss what law firms need to do in order to retain the best talent moving forward, necessary adjustments to legal service delivery in a full suite offering, and the various challenges and opportunities abound in establishing NewLaw teams under the umbrella of an already-established firm.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Holman Webb partner Tal Williams to talk about electronic signatures. Tune in to hear Jerome and Mr Williams talk about what e-sigs are, where they are at – jurisprudentially and practically – and the impact on daily legal practice and service delivery for clients in an ever-evolving technological landscape. Plus, we discuss the use of fingerprints and retina scans for contract signings, and how far off we are from such actions in daily legal life.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by EAGLEGATE Lawyers principal Nicole Murdoch to discuss the vexed issues surrounding a recent PEXA hack and related cyber security and fraud considerations. In this episode, Jerome and Ms Murdoch talk about meeting some of the challenges pertaining to protection of client and firm interests from cyber fraud and hacking, and in particular, what we've learned from past breaches, and where to from here.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by two of his colleagues at Lawyers Weekly's parent company, Momentum Media: head of editorial and editor of Accountants Daily and SMSF Adviser, Katarina Taurian, and editor of mortgage broking title, The Adviser, Annie Kane. In this episode, Jerome, Ms Taurian and Ms Kane discuss the prevalence of psychological distress, anxiety, depression and other related ailments in the legal, accounting, SMSF and mortgage broking spaces, the similarities across these professional services realms, and what can be done by the respective industry bodies and individuals within them to address said issues. www.lawyersweekly.com.au

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, brought to you by Practical Law, we dive into the technology space focusing on the adoption of specialised legal technology by in-house legal teams. Lawyers Weekly Director Phil Tarrant is joined by a panel of experts to cover the biggest challenges currently faced by legal departments and the role technology can play as an enabler to deliver a more agile service to their organisations. www.lawyersweekly.com.au

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Sydney-based barristers Simeon Beckett and Susan Phillips. In this episode, Mr Beckett and Ms Phillips explain why it is so important for the Australian Constitution to acknowledge the First Nations peoples and what change will emerge as a result, why the Bar Associations are so supportive of such a change, and the role of member associations across our national legal profession on sociocultural or political matters. www.lawyersweekly.com.au

We are pleased to bring you a special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, in recognition of R U OK? Day 2018. Jerome Doraisamy is joined by non-executive director of R U OK? and partner at Hall & Wilcox, Kathryn Howard. Jerome and Kathryn discuss why initiatives such as R U OK? Day are so important for lawyers, why open, honest conversations must be had every single day, how best legal institutions and individuals within firms can identify the signs and symptoms of elevated stress and anxiety and take meaningful action. www.lawyersweekly.com.au