Edition · 5 July 2026
The Edition is The Profession's bi-monthly column of considered writing — commentary, analysis, and long-form contribution from editorial and the practitioners who shape Australian legal life. Not news. Not noise. The kind of writing that earns a second reading: pieces that take a position, sit with complexity, and trust the reader to meet them there. Published twice monthly, to a standard that makes the wait worthwhile.
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From 1 July 2026, Legal Aid NSW will restrict family law representation to domestic violence victims and Aboriginal people. The 2026–27 federal budget, handed down on 12 May, provided no relief. For practitioners working in family law, the implications are immediate and practical.
Profession Contributor · 10 May 2026
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Australia's banking and finance lawyers are operating in a period of genuine legal flux — one driven not by a single legislative overhaul but by a confluence of regulatory shifts, technological disruption, and changing institutional expectations. The map is being redrawn in real time.
Profession Contributor · 17 April 2026
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As artificial intelligence begins to handle the "heavy lifting" of legal research and document drafting, what remains for the human practitioner? The Profession explores whether a return to the "artisan" model of legal practice is warranted, or inevitable.
Profession Contributor · 13 April 2026
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As the Family Law Act continues its slow evolution, the tension between past contributions and future requirements remains a point of friction for practitioners. A clearer distinction between Section 79 and Section 75(2) is not just a technicality, but a necessity for equitable outcomes in the modern era.
Profession Contributor · 6 April 2026
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The "Right to Disconnect" is a significant shift in Australian industrial relations. The Profession explores the practical implications for mid-market firms and why the cultural change may be more difficult than the legal one.
Profession Contributor · 17 March 2026
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Mid-market IP practice is neither a scaled-down version of the major firm model nor a boutique specialist's preserve. It occupies a distinctive space with its own demands — managing clients who often know a great deal about their IP and relatively little about the law, advising on risk in real time, and building a practice without the infrastructure of a large team behind you.
Profession Contributor · 1 March 2026
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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.
Louise Miller · 20 February 2026