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Average audio length:
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English
Australia
8 episodes
since May 14, 2020
episodic

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In this final episode of season one, Mitch and Nathan chat about the skills that young lawyers should consider developing to get ahead. Nathan urges lawyers to avoid taking their lawyer attitude home in the interests of their mental health, saying: “the skills that make you a great lawyer, don’t ne…

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Will the impacts of COVID-19 bring a new breed of lawyer? Perhaps, we will see graduates who are more resilient and adaptable than ever before. What is the future of law schools as the profession continues to undergo transformation (albeit slow transformation).  Mitch and Nathan chat to Professor R…
Ask a lawyer if they know what the triple bottom line is.  Don't be surprised if they look at you with a puzzled face.  Lawyers ain't silly, but many don't know what the TBL is all about because law firms traditionally don't look beyond profit. The triple bottom line, aka profit…
Mitch & Nathan interview Melissa Lyon, Associate Principal of Hive Legal in Melbourne, as the trio argue why purpose-driven firms provide a better customer experience for both their clients and their people.
Mitch & Nathan are joined by Libby Lyons, the Director of the Australian Government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (its mission is to promote and improve gender equality in Australian workplaces). Did you know that the legal industry in Australia is female dominated? But, when it comes…
Firms in Australia are continuing to announce working from home policies for all staff beyond COVID-19 times.  Mitch and Nathan discuss what this means for the profession (including positive outcomes for clients) and laugh over a Harvard study endorsing leaving your web camera on all day to prove y…
This week Mitch and Nathan chat about law firm governance and argue that the ‘partnership model’ is not conducive to responsible business management. And, furthermore, whichever way you slice and dice it, the model is specifically designed to put profit before people. 
Why do (some) law firms move at a glacial pace when it comes embracing new technology? Why were some things impossible just a few months ago, but we hit these COVID-19 times and hey presto ... it turns out it can be done... quite easily!
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