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Australia justice system is failing victims of sexual violence: report

JURIST

The community rightly expects, and the rule of law requires, a justice system that is safe and accessible, yet we heard time and again from people who did not trust the system enough to engage in the first place or were let down when they did. ” The federal government is yet to respond to the report’s 64 recommendations.

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Australia attorney-general to improve sexual assault laws through new funding

JURIST

million will be dedicated to improving sexual assault laws across the country. Stage one will see the creation of a Law Reform Commission and an Export Advisory Group to explore the issues and provide recommendations, along with increased efforts to unify sexual assault and consent laws across Australia.

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Three Ways AI-Assisted Court Reporting Helps Improve Client Experience 

Attorney at Work

The shortage is forecast to worsen — triggering significant delays to proceedings and a sharp increase in costs by the laws of supply and demand. The challenges of increasing costs, customer service and scalability are a textbook use case for technology — especially AI. Will stenography suffer the fate of Blockbuster?

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Ethics Meets Opportunity – How AI Can Propel Your Paralegal Career

Paralegal Bootcamp

For those who are new listeners and dont know what that means Lets say that youre a litigation paralegal working in a law firm that barely ever goes to trial. So youre really good at drafting discovery, doing legal research, managing document productions, etc. Don’t Get Left Behind on This One! Lets take AI as the example.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

LawSites

We expect to grow as the legal industry becomes more comfortable with AI. AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures. Another example is our Directory of Alternative Fee Providing Law Firms. What makes you unique or innovative? What problem do you solve?

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Australia parliamentary report says proposed youth justice amendment may violate children’s rights

JURIST

Australia’s Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee concluded that the proposed Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024 can breach the state’s human rights law by not deeming imprisonment as a last resort to impose criminal penalties on youth offenders.

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2023 Trends in Law Firm Operations – and How Technology Will Help Shape Them

LawTechnologyToday

We hear a lot about legal technology changing the way law firms operate, but technology doesn’t drive change: it empowers law firms to make the changes they want to make, or that they need to make to stay competitive and grow their businesses. That represents an increase across all law firm sizes.