Edition · 1 February 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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Diversity statistics are improving. The experience of being the only person of colour in many rooms within Australian corporate law firms is not yet substantially different. The gap between institutional commitment and everyday reality — and why closing it matters more than any policy document.
Amara Osei-Bonsu · 11 May 2026
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There is no shortage of legal technology on the market. There is a shortage of honest guidance on what is worth your time and what is just expensive noise... If you run a small to mid-sized firm, sort out your practice management first. Everything else is secondary to this. If your matter management, billing, time recording, and documents are fragmented across different systems — or worse, spreadsheets — no AI tool in world will fix the underlying chaos.
Profession Contributor · 6 May 2026
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Employment contracts fail in litigation not because of dramatic errors but because of small ambiguities, missing terms, and provisions that were copied from a precedent without being adapted to the specific relationship. Getting the drafting right requires both legal precision and a realistic picture of how employment relationships actually end.
Profession Contributor · 11 April 2026
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Australian professionals are increasingly assessing employers not only on salary and career opportunities, but on whether organisational values are reflected in leadership behaviour. In an environment shaped by transparency, reputational risk and heightened workplace expectations, workers are paying closer attention to the gap between what organisations say and what their leaders do. For legal and professional employers, authenticity, consistency and credibility have become critical factors in attracting and retaining talent.
Profession Contributor · 9 April 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