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 Karin Derkley 24 Sep 2020

Practitioners working with older clients need to take care they are not inadvertently colluding with perpetrators of elder abuse...
 

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 Property and Environmental Law Section 23 Sep 2020

The September edition of the Property and Environmental Law Section Newsletter is now available...

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 Gianna Fermo 15 Sep 2020

Mental illness is a prominent issue among the legal community. It does not discriminate between law students or legal professionals. The 2007 Beaton Consulting and Beyond Blue National Depression Initiative revealed that lawyers and law students have alarming rates of mental illness and symptoms. When compared to other professions, lawyers experienced the highest incidence of depressive symptoms.

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 Legal Policy 14 Sep 2020

The LIV Leases Committee provides a forum for LIV members to discuss the latest developments in residential and commercial tenancy law.

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 Karin Derkley 11 Sep 2020

Even in the face of the "wicked and infectious enemy" that is COVID-19, the government has continued to consider Victoria's Charter of Human Rights, Attorney-General Jill Hennessy said at the 2020 Higinbotham Lecture...

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 Karin Derkley 09 Sep 2020

Women lawyers should unmute their microphones and quickly raise a virtual hand to take opportunities offered in group video meetings, a conference was told recently...

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 Shaniya Vilash 07 Sep 2020

Many of us know the stress that law school and a legal career can bring. The countless sleepless nights studying for exams, preparing applications for clerkship season and giving it your all in an interview, only to find out it didn’t land you that dream job. Sound familiar?

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  Karen Finch 07 Sep 2020

During the first lockdown in Melbourne, I attended a virtual event organised by the Young Lawyers Section at the Law Institute of Victoria. During that session, an incredibly accomplished, articulate, intelligent young lawyer made a comment that impacted me greatly – “My voice doesn’t matter.”

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 Legal Policy 07 Sep 2020

The ‘DEHL’ Section comprises of three Committees: Disability, Elder and Health. These Committees were merged at the  commencement of 2020, due to the overlap of interests and policy work.

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 Technology and Innovation Section 03 Sep 2020

The LIV, informed by the Technology and Innovation Section, has expressed concerns with the ACCC's Draft News Media Bargaining Code...

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 Karin Derkley 02 Sep 2020

Negative experiences with the justice system might explain why around 80 per cent of LGBTIQ people told a survey they preferred to get legal help from a specialist legal service...

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 Law Institute Journal 01 Sep 2020

Welcome to the September LIJ online edition. You can click through to editorial content, LIV goods and services and upcoming events and advertising...

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 Sam Pandya 01 Sep 2020

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 Law Institute Journal 01 Sep 2020

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 Karin Derkley 01 Sep 2020

The legal profession isn’t alone in suffering high rates of sexual harassment but its entrenched culture of power and hierarchy perpetuates the problem.

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