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How the global pandemic is building an Australian court system for the future

Published 05/06/2020

The Grata Fund have produced a new report discussing how COVID-19 has forced Australian courts into various stages of closure and adoption of new technologies. While these changes have created some issues, they have also seen technological adaptations that without a pandemic could have taken years, heralding new opportunities and new risks for access to justice.

Podcast: Finding new ways to undertake legal pro bono work

Published 30/01/2020

The Lawyers Weekly podcast featured the Australian Pro Bono Centre's CEO Gabriela Christian-Hare to discuss how Australian lawyers compare to the rest of the world in the number of pro bono hours undertaken and the crucial factors to the success of a firms pro bono program.