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The billable hour has long been the standard for the Australian legal profession, but it is increasingly seen as a relic of an inefficient era. Boutique firms are leading the move toward more sophisticated pricing models.
Profession Contributor · 14 March 2026
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Wellbeing in the law has become a "performance" rather than a practice. Until we address the structural pressures of the billable hour and the culture of availability, superficial initiatives will continue to fail.
Profession Contributor · 13 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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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.
· 1 March 2026
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The legal profession's periodic campaigns against the billable hour tend to generate more heat than insight. The real question isn't whether time-based billing is philosophically defensible — it's whether law firms and their clients are having the right conversations about value, risk, and fairness.
Profession Contributor · 28 February 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
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LinkedIn is no longer optional for Australian lawyers serious about their careers or client pipelines. From profile optimisation to strategic engagement, this guide covers how to use the platform with purpose, precision, and professional credibility.
Profession Contributor · 17 February 2026
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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.
· 1 February 2026