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  1. Disgraced barrister tried to overcharge clients who had lost life savings
    By Kristian Silva

    Norman O'Bryan was one of Melbourne's top barristers — until he was caught trying to overcharge his clients in a scandal described as "one of the darkest chapters" in Victorian legal history.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/dis

    #ScamsandFraud #LegalProfession #KristianSilva

  2. Legal Aid NT flags more cuts to services amid ongoing funding crisis
    By Lillian Rangiah

    One of two legal bodies responsible for representing vulnerable Territorians in court is considering making further cuts, six months after its services were previously slashed.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/mor

    #LegalProfession #Courts #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LillianRangiah

  3. UK High Court warns lawyers face criminal charges for submitting AI-generated fake legal cases after two recent incidents involving hallucinated content. Judge Sharp: "Misuse of AI poses significant risks to justice administration." #AI #LegalTech #UKLaw #ArtificialIntelligence #LegalEthics #Lawyers #HighCourt #AIHallucination #LegalProfession

  4. via Alberta Law Foundation:

    Bill 39 should be a wake-up call for Alberta’s legal community.It proposes adding political control over major grants, and cuts funding for Legal Aid—push the burden to the Alberta Law Foundation.This isn’t about efficiencies. It’s about who decides how legal services are funded, and who gets left out when those decisions are politicized.We have a responsibility to speak out.Contact your MLA: action.albertalawfoundation.org

    @AlbertaLawFoundation

    #Bill39 #ABLaw #LegalProfession #JusticeMatters #AccessToJustice

  5. via Alberta Law Foundation:

    Bill 39 should be a wake-up call for Alberta’s legal community.It proposes adding political control over major grants, and cuts funding for Legal Aid—push the burden to the Alberta Law Foundation.This isn’t about efficiencies. It’s about who decides how legal services are funded, and who gets left out when those decisions are politicized.We have a responsibility to speak out.Contact your MLA: action.albertalawfoundation.org

    @AlbertaLawFoundation

    #Bill39 #ABLaw #LegalProfession #JusticeMatters #AccessToJustice

  6. via Alberta Law Foundation:

    Bill 39 should be a wake-up call for Alberta’s legal community.It proposes adding political control over major grants, and cuts funding for Legal Aid—push the burden to the Alberta Law Foundation.This isn’t about efficiencies. It’s about who decides how legal services are funded, and who gets left out when those decisions are politicized.We have a responsibility to speak out.Contact your MLA: action.albertalawfoundation.org

    @AlbertaLawFoundation

    #Bill39 #ABLaw #LegalProfession #JusticeMatters #AccessToJustice

  7. “The #legal profession is the place where people contest efforts to try to destroy the #ruleoflaw. And so it is not coincidental that #Trump is trying to force both higher #education and the #legalprofession to capitulate to him” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

    We Are Sleepwalking Into Autoc...

  8. Australian patients have a hard time proving medical negligence, but in NZ it's a different story
    By Owen Jacques and Grace Whiteside

    Families face an expensive legal battle to prove medical negligence in Australia, but experts say reforms that New Zealand undertook two decades ago offer a solution.

    abc.net.au/news/2024-10-15/aus

    #Health #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #LegalProfession #MedicalProcedures #LawCrimeandJustice #OwenJacques #GraceWhiteside

  9. Is Your Law Firm Using A.I.? Tell Us How. - We want to hear from lawyers using generative A.I. to better understand how firms incorpo... - nytimes.com/2024/05/06/busines #artificialintelligence #legalprofession

  10. Looking for a light morning read? How about Chief Justice Roberts' 2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.

    TL;DR: Roberts raises concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in the courts, emphasizing the need for caution and humility while noting the potential such tech might have for access to justice.

    supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/ye

    #LegaTech #A2J #AI #LegalProfession

  11. Looking for a light morning read? How about Chief Justice Roberts' 2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.

    TL;DR: Roberts raises concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in the courts, emphasizing the need for caution and humility while noting the potential such tech might have for access to justice.

    supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/ye

    #LegaTech #A2J #AI #LegalProfession

  12. Looking for a light morning read? How about Chief Justice Roberts' 2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.

    TL;DR: Roberts raises concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in the courts, emphasizing the need for caution and humility while noting the potential such tech might have for access to justice.

    supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/ye

    #LegaTech #A2J #AI #LegalProfession

  13. Looking for a light morning read? How about Chief Justice Roberts' 2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.

    TL;DR: Roberts raises concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in the courts, emphasizing the need for caution and humility while noting the potential such tech might have for access to justice.

    supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/ye

    #LegaTech #A2J #AI #LegalProfession

  14. Looking for a light morning read? How about Chief Justice Roberts' 2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.

    TL;DR: Roberts raises concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in the courts, emphasizing the need for caution and humility while noting the potential such tech might have for access to justice.

    supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/ye

    #LegaTech #A2J #AI #LegalProfession

  15. "When White House lawyers are inventing cockamamie theories to stop the peaceful transition of power and copping pleas to avoid jail time, it’s clear we in the legal profession have come to a crisis point."

    ~ George Conway, Judge Luttig, and Barbara Comstock

    #Trump #democracy #fascism #lawyers #LegalProfession #judiciary

    nytimes.com/2023/11/21/opinion

  16. CLEANING UP the #legal profession. This almost feels too late.
    And are they going after the Federalist Society…that's organized crime imo.

    “‘We believe that American democracy and the rule of law are in grave peril today. And that the #legalprofession ... is uniquely positioned and uniquely obligated to stand up and support and defend the Constitution and the rule of law today. And the profession has not done that over the past seven years,’ [@judgeluttig] said.”