Monday
Aug272012
First week
Junior Junior • Monday, August 27, 2012 Four blunders ... Four defence points ... Three abnormal colleagues ... Junior Junior gives us lists ... Her first week in new chambers
Justinian bloggers (blawg)
Justinian proudly publishes some of the finest lawyers ever to get their fingers near a computer keyboard. This is part of Justinian's repository that comes out from behind the paywall.
Artemus Jones - Spending time with a women who is not his wife.
Barely Legal - Still at law school, trying to understand what it's all about.
Comment - Untamed opinions.
Critics Corner - Criticism of critics.
Dorothy Says - Dot is a partner at a big law firm with acidic observations about what goes on.
Junior Junior - Our baby barrister blogger slowly comes to grips with the mysteries of the bar.
Peach Melba - Dazzling, with a finely tuned Yarraside snout.
Procrustes - The columnist who also blogs.
Student-at-Large - Small students with large opinions.
Theodora - Theodora was married to Justinian, and despite a shaky start in life now runs the empire like Mrs Thatcher.
Unrobed - Reporting on unhealthy obsessions.
We'd happily induct you into the blawging hall of fame if you wanted to unpack a few burning issues. Contact the Ed. for further and better particulars.
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Junior Junior • Monday, August 27, 2012 Friday
Aug242012
Launching Eugenia
Theodora • Friday, August 24, 2012 At Sydney's Justice and Police Museum Justinian's editor launched Mark Tedeschi's book Eugenia ... The true story of Eugenia Falleni who lived her life as Harry Crawford ... Gender dysphoria in the early 20th century ... Launch speech
tagged Mark Tedeschi QC
Mark Tedeschi QC Wednesday
Aug152012
Relevance deprivation syndrome and PIMs
Dorothy Says ... • Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Client meetings versus internal law firm meetings ... Partners revolt against middle management ... Dorothy identifies tell tale signs of a pointless meeting ... Core Competency Going Forward ... Watch out for the compulsory dinner
tagged Ivan, Law firm meetings
Ivan, Law firm meetings Friday
Jul272012
The war against David Hicks may be over
Theodora • Friday, July 27, 2012 Proceeds of Crime case against David Hicks folds ... Long period of vilification for Hicks may be over ... Admission of guilt in Guantanamo Bay "unreliable" ... Shadow of political meddling in criminal justice ... Soapy Brandis wide of the mark (again)
Tuesday
Jul172012
What's the point of law school?
Student-at-Large • Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Our Student-at-Large has been wondering the point of law classes ... Most won't practice law ... Those who become real lawyers are under the misguided impression that what they are learning is of some practical benefit ... Confusion
tagged Law school, Legal profession
Law school, Legal profession Thursday
Jul122012
Malcolm in the middle
Theodora • Thursday, July 12, 2012 The member for Wentworth realises he's in favour of gay marriage … Nonetheless, he will support Plan B - civil unions - even though he's argued against such an option … Whatever his noble sentiments Malcolm Turnbull won't be deserting Liberal Party ranks … His constituents need him in the shadow cabinet … Turnbull makes a bit of a hash of his gay marriage flourish
tagged Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage equality
Malcolm Turnbull, Marriage equality Wednesday
Jul112012
Chamber's politics
Junior Junior • Wednesday, July 11, 2012 One has to be so careful in switching chambers ... The thrill of being accepted ... The cold realisation that it's time to find new digs ... Junior Junior tiptoes through the chamber's selection ordeal
Friday
Jun292012
I had a dream ...
Junior Junior • Friday, June 29, 2012 Oh no ... Is there a double standard at the modern bar when it comes to s*xual relationships? ... Junior Junior discovers the boundaries between business and pleasure
tagged Barristers, Dreams, Love affairs
Barristers, Dreams, Love affairs Tuesday
Jun192012
Find me an empty island
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Purple fever in plague proportions as suitable types seek the eye of High Court selectors ... Castan's warning to Keon-Cohen on the Mabo brief ... ASIO's adverse assessments ... US drone base for Cocos-Keeling islands ... How to empty an island with orders in council ... Procrustes opens a vein and lets its all flow out
Monday
May212012
In love - for the moment
Junior Junior • Monday, May 21, 2012 Wax and wane ... Junior Junior, quite suddenly, is flat out (like a lizard drinking) ... The work, the money, the intoxication ... Will it come to an end? ... Can peaks and troughs in work flow ever be eradicated? ... Learning to love them and leave them
Friday
May182012
Bathurst backdown on "drones"
Artemus Jones • Friday, May 18, 2012 Tom Bathurst, chief justice of NSW, is punished for speaking the truth ... In the face of an outpouring of indignation from the usual suspects he modified his "mindless drones" criticism of large law factories ... Artemus Jones, who is not unfamiliar with dronery, leaps to the CJ's defence
Thursday
May102012
Spigelman trounced
Elsewhere • Thursday, May 10, 2012 The High Court comprehensively knocks for six the NSW Court of Appeal's most peculiar decision in the James Hardie directors' case ... Duties of disclosure could not be more clear, or more necessary ... from Professor Michael Adams, dean of the law school at the University of Western Sydney ... Is Twiggy Forrest next?
Friday
May042012
A trickle breaks the drought
Junior Junior • Friday, May 4, 2012 Money woes for Junior Junior ... When will she be paid? ... Generating the appearance of busyness is so exhausting ... Importance of keeping the phone connected
Friday
Apr272012
End of the line for Mr Fees
Judge Docket • Friday, April 27, 2012 Costs hell awaits the unprepared lawyer in Britain's new civil litigation landscape ... Judge Docket spells it out to Mr Fees ... BMWs in danger of repossession ... Fallout from the Jackson reforms
Wednesday
Apr182012
Times are a changin' in Blighty
Judge Docket • Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Lord Justice Jackson's civil litigation reforms are beginning to bite ... Active judicial management of disclosure and hearings ... Horror of horrors - case budgets and cost controls ... Judge Docket reports from Blighty