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Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network
The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network explores the myriad issues, challenges, trends and opportunities facing legal professionals in Australia. Produced by Australia's largest and most-trusted legal publication, Lawyers Weekly, the four shows on the channel – The Lawyers Weekly Show, The Corporate Counsel Show, The Boutique Lawyer Show and Protégé – all bring legal marketplace news to the audience via engaging and insightful conversations. Our editorial team talking to legal professionals and…
Episodes
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProductivity gains from firms' use of AI
In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, recorded at the Partner Summit 2025, LEAP Legal Software founder and chief executive Christian Beck talks…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkUnpacking the new BNPL laws
Earlier this month, new regulations for buy now, pay later (BNPL) services in Australia came into effect. Here, a BigLaw partner explains how and why this has…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkHow good is your grasp of AI as a law firm leader?
In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, recorded at the Partner Summit 2025, Attune Legal's principal reflects on the extent to which firm partners…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: Winning strategies for clerkship success
As law students begin the summer clerkship application process, Jessica Trinh shares essential tips and insights – covering the often-overlooked details and…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkSilent AI: The threats and opportunities for insurers
While there are myriad risks inherent with silent AI, one BigLaw partner also feels there are opportunities to develop risk controls and garner business. In…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Boutique Lawyer Show: Reducing the risk of costs disputes
Given that one of the most common gripes clients have about their lawyers is (perceived) high fees, it is essential that practitioners get this right – as…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkDebunking the myths lawyers live by
Believing that you must be available 24/7, that money brings happiness, and that asking for help is a sign of weakness are just some of the common myths…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: What we learnt at the 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit
In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, recorded at the 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit, two in-house lawyers from ClearBridge Investments reflect…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: Tackling a legal career after rugby
After a decade-long career as a professional rugby union player, marked by captaincy honours and the pride of representing his country, Michael Wells shares…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Boutique Lawyer Show: Unique branding, charitable donations, and the firm as a 'side hustle'
As a small-firm owner, James d'Apice is walking the road less travelled – not just in terms of his marketing and revenue distribution but also in terms of how…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkLawTech Talks: Building smarter legal tech stacks – strategies for evaluation, adoption and future-proofing
In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with Thomson Reuters, host Lauren Croft speaks with Thomson Reuters associate general counsel…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: Everything you need to know to start your own law firm
With many feeling lost and overwhelmed when starting their own law firm, one young lawyer who has navigated these challenges covers key steps to launch and…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Breaking the leadership bottleneck
Many senior in-house lawyers, Adrian Moffatt says, find themselves stuck in what he calls the "GC waiting room". Here, he fleshes out how best law department…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Lessons learnt from investigations and regulatory matters
In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, produced in partnership with FTI Consulting, we explore best practices for conducting investigations and…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkReflections on the Secure Jobs, Better Pay amendments
Here, a BigLaw partner reflects on what we've learnt in the last year and a half from the Secure Jobs, Better Pay legislative changes and what it all means for…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Why the future of legal work is flexible
In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, produced in partnership with Elevate Flexible Legal Resourcing, we explore why contracting roles are no…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Students' use of AI and challenges for university in-house teams
In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, recorded at the 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit, Professor Michael Adams reflects on the myriad issues law…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkPreventing bad laws based on after-the-fact reasoning
In the modern age, we are seeing multiple examples of reactionary legislation being passed based on faulty, after-the-fact reasoning. Lawyers, among others…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Being seen as less risk-averse
In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, recorded at the 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit, SBS senior legal counsel Nicole Choolun reflects on why…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkInterest rates, property prices, and what lawyers need to know
In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with Distinctive Finance, we unpack the current economic outlook, including the…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkMessaging apps and information management
A recent report from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) pertaining to government use of messaging apps raises pertinent legal and…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Awareness of in-house careers is 'still lacking'
Despite progress in recent years to raise awareness of in-house vocational pathways, much work remains to be done, one GC argues. In this episode of The…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkFostering better relationships with cyber security experts
In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with NSB Cyber, we explore how and why it is more important than ever for lawyers…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe PepsiCo proceedings and other trends and challenges in tax law
Here, a leading tax lawyer reflects on the current state of affairs for practitioners, the intangibles and implications from a high-profile High Court…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: The secret to a well-balanced life as a law student
Juggling university life, work commitments, and social activities seems like an impossible task for many law students. However, Aaron Lee argues that with the…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: AI and legal, ethical, and professional duties
In this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, produced in partnership with LegalVision, we explore how innovative legal teams can navigate the myriad…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkA refresher on the laws and processes for Australia's federal elections
With voting now underway for the 2025 federal election, we take a look at the legislative and constitutional requirements governing our electoral processes…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Boutique Lawyer Show: Regional families and access to justice and resources
Given the unique needs of clients in family law proceedings, it is fundamental that those in regional and rural Australia have access to the requisite court…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkWhen making career decisions, be open-minded while following your 'North Star'
While one cannot control the external environment, one can control the progress and direction of their legal career. As this BigLaw partner has learnt, putting…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe intersection between AI and cyber security
The complexity of cyber security implications for businesses, and therefore their lawyers, "has exploded" in the last few years, and the proliferation of…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: The hidden benefits of slowing down your law degree
While some law students may believe that rushing through their degree offers a competitive advantage, this might not be true. Instead, taking a more measured…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkMeet the young lawyer taking on Albo in Grayndler
Motivated by issues such as the ongoing housing crisis and workers' rights, lawyer turned aspiring MP Hannah Thomas is looking to unseat the Prime Minister in…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkTrauma theory and overcoming 'masculinist' tendencies in law
For Dr Colin James, the legal profession's relative reluctance to appreciate the impact of trauma in workplaces and educational settings is, in part, due to a…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkHow to work better with expert witnesses
Having given evidence as an expert witness dozens of times nationally and regionally, Owain Stone understands not only the biggest challenges such experts face…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkIs the ban on non-competes good policy?
In Labor's pre-election budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a ban on non-compete clauses for workers earning less than $175,000. Here, we unpack…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: A pro tennis player's journey to law
Jade Hopper, once a former gold medal-winning athlete, has traded the tennis courts for the courtroom. Here, she shares her journey and how her experience as a…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkMeet the plaintiff lawyer running for Labor in Capricornia
In this second episode featuring lawyers turned political candidates, we speak to the asbestos, dust and occupational cancers lawyer looking to return the…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkBuilding deeper, richer relationships with clients
Given the breadth of change to the nature and delivery of legal services in recent years, a lawyer's connection to clients will be the difference-maker…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: A nurse turned lawyer on helping neurodivergent workers thrive
Having previously served as a nurse and having grown up with neurodivergent family members, Libby Thomas believes there is much more that legal employers can…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkMeet the KWM lawyer running for the LNP in McPherson
In this first episode in a series of conversations with lawyers turned political candidates, ahead of the 2025 federal election, we sit down with the…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkImproving remuneration and incentive strategies
Remuneration and incentives have always been a Pandora's box for law firm leaders. In the post-pandemic climate, however, in which employee values have…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Grasping opportunities in a global business
If you work in a global business and opportunities arise to relocate abroad, leaning in can make you a much more rounded corporate lawyer, says one…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkWhat WA lawyers want from their next state government
Tomorrow (Saturday, 8 March), Western Australians will head to the polls to elect their next government, in what is being seen as a bellwether for the upcoming…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkWhat we've learnt about firms' gender pay gaps this week
Earlier this week, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) released its second annual breakdown of gender pay gaps in large Australian businesses. Here…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Boutique Lawyer Show: Will firms start using employee ownership structures?
Employee ownership structures could become increasingly common in the Australian market, and – in an age of rapid market change and shifting employee sentiment…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkProtégé: Overcoming the struggle of making professional connections
Despite the legal profession's strong emphasis on professional connections, many law students and young lawyers struggle to establish them early in their…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network'Corporate cancel culture' and employee freedoms
In recent years, there have been numerous examples of workers – such as rugby star Israel Folau – having suffered employment consequences, including…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: Fractional GC life in the current climate
For Elle Jones, working as a fractional general counsel not only better suits her needs – it also works well, she says, for businesses that don't have an…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network2 recent High Court judgments and the implications for historical sexual abuse matters
Recently, the High Court has recognised that an "impoverishment of evidence" will not, in and of itself, give rise to successful applications for permanent…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Boutique Lawyer Show: How firm-owning mums can prepare for maternity leave
The prospect of a career break for family planning and childrearing purposes can be incredibly daunting. Here, a firm owner and new mum reflects on how legal…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkTalking like a real human to clients
Lawyers, Jahan Kalantar says, are a "conduit for complicated problems". To this end, practitioners must be better at appreciating the "greater fiduciary duty"…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Corporate Counsel Show: How workplaces can better support parents of neurodiverse children
Here, a senior corporate lawyer reflects on the three-year career break she took to be a full-time carer and what businesses need to do to ensure that the…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkHow smart lawyers can take advantage of falling interest rates
In recent days, and on the back of lower inflation, hopes of a rate cut have been boosted. Here, we unpack how legal professionals of all stripes can prepare…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe Boutique Lawyer Show: The need for collaboration in elder law matters
In the face of myriad forms of elder abuse and against the backdrop of an ageing population, interprofessional collaboration on legal matters will be paramount…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkHow to become a barrister
Here, a Canberra-based barrister details her pathway to joining the Bar and outlines how emerging practitioners can forge their own pathways to becoming…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkSetting boundaries with clients
Oftentimes, it is necessary for lawyers to outline clear boundaries so that the client relationship is not blurred. Doing so, one firm leader says, allows her…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkJudicial competence and ensuring better support for the bench
Traditionally, the burden of judging has fallen to the individuals on the bench, and the profession and broader society have not taken responsibility for…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe year that was in cyber security (and 2025 predictions)
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, brought to you by our sister brand, Cyber Daily, we look back at some of the most notable cyber incidents from the…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkThe evolving nature of advocacy and other observations about professional experience
Criminal defence lawyer Rebecca Fogerty recently wrapped up her term as president of the Queensland Law Society. Here, she reflects on her presidential term…
Lawyers Weekly Podcast NetworkA barrister and pilot on living a full life
Experience has taught Damien Toohey – a practising barrister and professional pilot – that there are "no limitations in life". Here's how he does it. In this…