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WARNING: This post contains the name and photo of an Indigenous person who has died.
Profession updates
Ceremony to mark retirement of District Court judges Jones and Reid
15 September 2021
Correctional centres return to Stage 1
14 September 2021
Prison visits cancelled in SEQ
11 September 2021
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Spotlight
QLS First Nations Awards Winners 2021
We spoke with this year’s QLS First Nations Awards winners to learn a bit more about them and discuss their involvement with achieving justice outcomes for First Nations people.
Focus on voluntary assisted dying
QLS Proctor looks at how voluntary assisted dying is expected to work, and republishes a 2019 special feature that offered a range of viewpoints on this topical subject.
Community legal volunteers
Queensland has 34 not-for-profit community legal centres (CLCs). They have a long, established history of harnessing volunteer support and providing pro bono legal advice and assistance to society’s most vulnerable.
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Perspectives
- Perspectives
'Sovereign citizens' may 'not consent' to lawful directions, but what's the full story, and how should practitioners deal with them?
Ella Scoles
- Perspectives
For more than 10 years the UQ Pro Bono Centre has been providing opportunities for undergraduate law students to undertake pro bono legal services.
Mandy Shircore
- Perspectives
Meeting Travis Schultz prompted a clinical nurse to consider putting her law degree to good use.
Libby Thomas
In business
In practice
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Lin & Ruan [2021] FamCAFC 90 (9 June 2021) (Ainslie-Wallace, Watts & Austin JJ)
Craig Nicol, Keleigh Robinson
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Commonwealth of Australia v AJL20 [2021] HCA 21
Dr Michelle Sharpe
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WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2021] HCA 23
Dr Michelle Sharpe
Wellbeing
- Wellbeing
Have you been wanting to find a mentor? Perhaps 2021 is the time to make mentoring matter in your workplace.
Joelene Nel
- Wellbeing
Are you a people-pleaser? It's a welcome trait, but don't let it impact your mental wellbeing.
Jemma Barnard
- Wellbeing
For lawyers, being unable to grieve in that ‘common’ way can leave us lost as to how to acknowledge the life and death of their client, and to mourn in a healthy way. The grief of the lawyer is worthy of being acknowledged, and affirmed.
Lauren Phelps
Outside the law
- Outside the law
It's sure to put a spring in your step.
Cayla Marchant
- Suburban cowboy
Shane Budden confesses something that readers of his column have suspected all along – he's making it by faking it, or is that faking it to make it?
Shane Budden
- Wine
With so many fine wines, should we consider an Australia appellation scheme?
Matt Dunn
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