Just to let you know that from this Thursday 11th April until 30th April I am going to be in the USA. What am I going to be doing in the States? Unfortunately I won’t be lucky enough to be joining my bro-in-law this week in Augusta at the US Masters-however I will be seeing …
This article was first published in the December 2012 edition of The Australian Corporate Lawyer, the quarterly publication of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA) and is reproduced with kind permission from ACLA. With the days of time billing inevitably drawing to a close John Chis …
The ACLA Corporate Counsel Day™ Victoria 2013 continues with the strong tradition of providing corporate counsel with everything you need to be an effective in-house lawyer. The theme for the conference is Recipe for Success. We will be opening up the pantry to give you the ingredients for up …
A recent website poll conducted by Lawyers Weekly asked, “is it time to phase out billable hours?”. 47% of respondents apparently believed billable hours are harmful to the profession and 30% said “maybe” they should be phased out, suggesting that perhaps they should only be …
Lawyer’s Skills Dates: 3rd-5th December 2012 Location: Leo Cussen Centre for Law, 360 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. An interactive workshop designed to introduce young lawyers to a broad range of issues they will encounter throughout their career. “An entry level lawyer should be abl …
I returned late last week from the USA (to the depths of Melbourne winter). In addition to being fortunate enough to spend some time in the amazing Yosemite National Park and a week in Nashville I attended the Meet Verasage 2012 Conference in Las Vegas. Most of you know that the Verasage Institute, …
Ron Baker’s Firm Of The Future Australian eastcoast tour wrapped up in Sydney on Friday 16 March with approximately 300 professionals attending Forums and MasterClasses in Hobart, Melbourne, Brisbane & Sydney. Ron & I also got to have discussions with ACLA in house counsel in Melbourn …
