Friday
Dec272013
Highs and lows
Theodora • Friday, December 27, 2013 Another fun-filled year for lawyers and the law ... 2013 bursting with distressing moments ... A collection of highlights and lowlights
Justinian bloggers (blawg)
Justinian proudly publishes some of the finest lawyers ever to get their fingers near a computer keyboard. This is part of Justinian's repository that comes out from behind the paywall.
Artemus Jones - Spending time with a women who is not his wife.
Barely Legal - Still at law school, trying to understand what it's all about.
Comment - Untamed opinions.
Critics Corner - Criticism of critics.
Dorothy Says - Dot is a partner at a big law firm with acidic observations about what goes on.
Junior Junior - Our baby barrister blogger slowly comes to grips with the mysteries of the bar.
Peach Melba - Dazzling, with a finely tuned Yarraside snout.
Procrustes - The columnist who also blogs.
Student-at-Large - Small students with large opinions.
Theodora - Theodora was married to Justinian, and despite a shaky start in life now runs the empire like Mrs Thatcher.
Unrobed - Reporting on unhealthy obsessions.
We'd happily induct you into the blawging hall of fame if you wanted to unpack a few burning issues. Contact the Ed. for further and better particulars.
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Theodora • Friday, December 27, 2013 Wednesday
Dec112013
Premier Newman misleading parliament
Stephen Keim SC & Alex McKean • Wednesday, December 11, 2013 Strong case that Premier Campbell Newman misled the Queensland Parliament ... Ducking for cover over PCMC investigations ... Patsy article from CMC in support of bikie law ... Denial strains credulity ... From Stephen Keim and Alex McKean
Wednesday
Dec042013
Bowen Hills Bugle asleep on the job
Stephen Keim SC & Alex McKean • Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Was the Crime and Misconduct Commission recruited to write puff pieces in support of the bikie legislation? ... Questions the Courier-Mail should be asking ... Conflict of evidence still unresolved ... Stephen Keim and Alex McKean press ahead
tagged Corruption, Queensland government
Corruption, Queensland government Saturday
Nov302013
Trashing Fitzgerald's legacy
Stephen Keim SC & Alex McKean • Saturday, November 30, 2013 Queensland's Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee sacked by Newman government ... Democratic institutions threatened ... Was the head of the Crime & Misconduct Commission pressured to publicly support the government's bikie laws? ... Irreconcilable evidence ... From Stephen Keim and Alex McKean
Tuesday
Nov122013
An 'A' for a lay
Dr Criminale • Tuesday, November 12, 2013 The Sydney Sparkes Orr scandal is long forgotten ... These days it is not uncommon for academics to be engaged in horizontal collaboration with their students ... Law lecturer Dr Criminale probes
tagged Academic life, Sex
Academic life, Sex Monday
Oct282013
Brief encounter
Junior Junior • Monday, October 28, 2013 The interplay between barrister and solicitor ... Did Junior Junior's female friend at the bar get a big brief because the solicitor fancied her? ... Surely it's her legal skills that are in demand?
tagged Barristers, Briefs, Solicitors
Barristers, Briefs, Solicitors Friday
Sep272013
Leave application rejected
Dr Criminale • Friday, September 27, 2013 Teaching students? - forget about it ... The pressing work of law faculty academics is filling out online forms and formatting medical certificates ... Dr Criminale flunks his test with the university's Office of Strategy and Outcomes
tagged Academic life, Sick leave, Universities
Academic life, Sick leave, Universities Thursday
Sep262013
Losing touch with ourselves
Junior Junior • Thursday, September 26, 2013 Junior Junior goes all political ... Her sought-after insights on the federal election and the bar's tussle over incorporation ... Time for change ... Colleagues agree
tagged Federal election 2013, Incorporation, NSW Bar
Federal election 2013, Incorporation, NSW Bar Friday
Jul192013
Boxing beats scholarship
Dr Criminale • Friday, July 19, 2013 A kind of madness grips Dr Criminale as his allocated pile of exam papers doesn't seem to diminish ... The academic art of staying conscious while assessing the work of students ... The production mill that manufactures new lawyers
tagged Examinations, Law students, Universities
Examinations, Law students, Universities Wednesday
Jul102013
Untrustworthy opponents
Junior Junior • Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Treachery among learned friends ... Being double-crossed by one's own ... Junior Junior would rather play fair and lose the case, than foul and win it ... How honourable can you get?
tagged Barristers, Treachery
Barristers, Treachery Friday
Jun282013
I'm a loser
Junior Junior • Friday, June 28, 2013 "Why are you here?" the judge asks ... Lessons from a run of losses ... Junior Junior is advised about the virtue of defeat
tagged Junior bar
Junior bar Sunday
Jun232013
Deferred examination application
Dr Criminale • Sunday, June 23, 2013 Law students and their sense of entitlement ... The daily horror of confronting the demands of undeserving yoof ... Dr Criminale teaches at one of our leading halls of learning and is on the front line of the battle
tagged Academic life
Academic life Friday
Jun212013
A life of crowded hours
Peter Lyons • Friday, June 21, 2013 Obit ... Peter Lyons visited an ailing Michael Hodgman QC in a nursing home, where he gives an unusually short answer ... In the grip of emphysema ... One of Tasmania's more unpredictable lawyer-politicians ... "What has the amazement of the Australian citizen got to go with it?" asks Gummow J ... Hodgman RIP
tagged Michael Hodgman
Michael Hodgman Monday
Jun102013
Turning to the dark side
Stephen Keim & Salwa Marsh • Monday, June 10, 2013 As the latest snoop revelations show, the security apparatus knows no limits ... How Australia played a role in secret detention and extraordinary rendition ... Globalizing Terror ... The case of Khaled El-Masri ... The ECHR tells a harrowing story of prisoner abuse ... From Stephen Keim & Salwa Marsh
Thursday
Jun062013
Barrister breaks down near Barrow Creek
Felicity Gerry • Thursday, June 6, 2013 UK criminal barrister Felicity Gerry in the Top End ... Meeting Les, witness number five at the Bradley Murdoch trial ... Picked-up by "ex-police officers with a mining interest" ... Spicy meat pies at the Barrow Creek Hotel and other Territory treats
tagged Bradley Murdoch, Northern Territory
Bradley Murdoch, Northern Territory