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On the Awkwardness of Being Networked
The professional advice to "network" arrives early and often in a legal career. The practical experience of attempting to do so — the cocktail functions, the LinkedIn strategies, the alumni events and breakfast seminars — is somewhat less inspiring than the advice suggests. A junior lawyer reflects on what networking actually is, and what it is not.
Heading to the Bar? Building a Practice in an Uncertain Market
The transition to the Bar is often described in terms of independence and intellectual autonomy. Less discussed is the operational reality: building a sustainable practice without predictable workflows, institutional support, or guaranteed income. For newer barristers, the absence of structure is both the greatest freedom and the most persistent constraint.
The ultimate playbook on personal branding for lawyers
Most lawyers approach personal branding as an afterthought — something they'll get to once the work slows down. The work never slows down. Meanwhile, the profession is quietly redistributing itself toward the practitioners who understood early that reputation is not the product of good work alone. It is engineered, tended, and published.
The Letter I Wish Someone Had Written Me at the Start
Twenty years of family law practice have taught Louise Miller many things. Among them: that the legal problem is rarely the whole problem, that emotional intelligence is not soft, and that sustainability in this work requires the same intentional architecture that good lawyering does.
The Architecture of Professional Authority
True authority is not a product of self-promotion but an emergent property of consistent, high-value contribution to the public discourse.
The Specialist Path: Navigating the VLA Independent Children’s Lawyer Panel
Becoming an Independent Children’s Lawyer is more than a career move; it is a commitment to a specific, highly regulated form of advocacy. The Profession breaks down the current landscape for Victorian practitioners seeking to join the specialist list.