Top 10: The major news updates young lawyers won’t want to miss
By Naomi Neilson|17 May 2021
From an upcoming careers fair, a new Christian Porter defamation update and the consequences of a magistrate accused of sexual harassment, there has been a lot happening in the legal profession over the last fortnight. Protégé breaks it down.
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There is less than a month left before the inaugural Lawyers Weekly Career Expo and Emerging Leaders Summit 2021, so it’s very important that law students, graduates and lawyers with less than five years’ experience register now. The summit will connect attendees with firms, organisations and others for one-on-ones while also delivering expert commentary on a series of panels.
‘Everything happens for a reason’ and other timeless tips for making it to the High Court
‘Everything happens for a reason’ and other timeless tips for making it to the High Court
03 May 2021 • By Naomi Neilson Share
For one of the High Court’s newest associates, the timeless advice of giving things a go and believing that everything happens for a reason has followed her from one big achievement to the next. Speaking to Protégé, recent Queensland graduate Anna Kretowicz talks about the positive approach that got her to Australia’s highest court.
University of Queensland graduate Anna Kretowicz was not always destined for law and if not for a mid-university degree change from science, she may not have ever ended up as the valedictorian, as a researcher for expert legal professionals, an award-winner and certainty not as one of the High Court’s newest graduate hires.
Team of Victorian law students takes away major mooting win
Team of Victorian law students takes away major mooting win
03 May 2021 • By Naomi Neilson Share
A team of three law students with a Victorian university has won a prestigious, global mooting competition on intellectual property and has credited its achievement to the law school’s practical skills training and the “rush” of knowing that it successfully argued a hard case in front of expert legal professionals.
Swinburne University students Madeline Connolly, Elliott Mann and Connor Morgan can now add 2021 University of Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot champions to their list of achievements after successfully preparing written submissions and orally submitting them during a virtual UK event.