Mills Oakley launches new charity dedicated to pro bono
By Tony Zhang|12 January 2021
National law firm Mills Oakley has launched a new charity at the start of the year that will be dedicated to expanding its pro bono work across the country, as the firm takes its pro bono strategy to the next level.
The new charity, known as Everyday Justice, will provide free legal advice for the “missing middle.” This term describes the growing number of low to moderate-income earners in Australia who are ineligible for means-tested Legal Aid services but are unable to afford a private lawyer.
Mills Oakley found to access the legal system, the missing middle often must make a difficult choice between incurring substantial financial hardship, self-representing or abstaining from pursuing their legitimate legal claims altogether. Everyday Justice hopes to alleviate some of this undue hardship.
Top 20 podcast episodes in 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy|20 December 2020
2020 saw extraordinary growth on The Lawyers Weekly Show. Here’s what you listened to this year on our primary podcast stream.
This past year has seen The Lawyers Weekly Show hit new heights, with monthly downloads now regularly topping 20,000 per month. It has been a year like no other, and our audio content has subsequently been rich, diverse and illuminating in conjunction with such times.
Here, we count down the top 20 episodes for 2020, as per the rate of downloads by you, our dedicated audience!
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