Strong legal risk management is often built through everyday practice habits. Explore practical insights on communication, client expectations and matter management for lawyers.

Effective family law affidavits require more than drafting skills. Explore why relevance, judgement and evidence are central to affidavit preparation.

Discover why legal innovation matters and the practical skills lawyers need to create meaningful change that sticks.

Trust accounting affects far more than bookkeeping. Explore practical insights on trust money, compliance and principal responsibilities in legal practice.

As generative AI becomes part of legal practice, lawyers must balance efficiency with confidentiality, accuracy and professional judgement.

Tasman Ash Fleming, barrister, nationally accredited mediator (AMDRAS), and adjunct lecturer at the College of Law, has decades of experience in commercial and wills and estates litigation, formal training in negotiation at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School, and a practice that spans both advocacy and mediation. He is well placed to explain how Victoria built one of Australia's most developed mediation cultures, why it works, and what it genuinely demands of the practitioners operating within it.

We’ve distilled the top nine skills (across four themes) that every lawyer should be building, whether you’re two years PQE or twenty.

The College of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Monique Pearson as Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand. Monique joins the College from the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ), where she has served as Executive Director since January 2024. Her executive career includes leadership roles with AMINZ, EY, PwC and academyEX, spanning professional services, education and member-based organisations.

Professor Kyoung-sun Min shares how JBNU students developed confidence, critical thinking and global perspectives through international learning and problem-based learning in Sydney.

Concerns about undue influence and mental capacity feature large in wills and estates practice. Here to unpack the practical red flags, interview techniques, and drafting-stage safeguards is Linda Hart, College lecturer, Principal at Solace Legal, Accredited Specialist (Wills & Estates), and a TEP. Linda outlines how to identify capacity concerns early, manage family pressure in the room, and build a defensible process that protects both client and practitioner if the estate is later contested.