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Protect your law practice from cyberattacks
Implementing appropriate cybersecurity protocols is essential for competent practice management. Here's what you need to do.
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Generative AI and Lawyers
We continue to watch with interest the development of AI tools, noting both their potential benefits and risks in legal practice.
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Commissioner Update - September 2023
In this issue: announcing a record grants round | Building First Nations cultural capability | Generative AI and lawyers | Guidance on labour hire arrangements and more.
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Introducing our Access to Justice Policy Statement
As well as protecting and empowering consumers, and improving legal practice and ethics, the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner has a third area of responsibility: to improve access to justice.
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Commissioner Update - July 2023
In this issue: our new Access to Justice Policy Statement | Cybersecurity and trust accounts | Guidance on professional boundaries | Owning up to your mistakes and more.
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Renew your practising certificate – only one week remaining!
Time is running out to renew your practising certificate.
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New lawyer members for the Victorian Legal Services Board
Two new lawyer members have been appointed to the Victorian Legal Services Board, along with the reappointment of an existing lawyer member.
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Commissioner Update - May 2023
The May Commissioner Update features our first ever Risk Outlook, a statement on the Human Source Management Act 2023 and more.
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Statement on the Human Source Management Act 2023
While the Human Source Management Act 2023 permits police to register lawyers as human sources and use privileged information in specific circumstances, it does not change lawyers’ regulatory and professional obligat
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Public statement on Alexander Stuart Pinnock (aka Alec Stuart; Alec Anton Stuart)
Alexander Pinnock is not a registered legal practitioner and can’t engage in any type of legal practice