There is much that Craig Green – who has been a partner-level lawyer for over 40 years – has learnt from his vocational journey, including that practitioners should always be fully engaged in their clients’ transactions, give 100 per cent, and the need for substantive communication.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Green Mortgage Lawyers managing director Craig Green about his journey in the legal profession and experience as a firm head, setting up a new specialist banking firm in mid-2024, what he finds so motivating about being in the mortgages and diversified banking space, and the headline challenges facing practitioners in this space.

Green also delves into the pace of change of the years lawyers like himself have had to grapple with, evolving client expectations in mortgages and banking, training and managing offshore staff, opportunities for lawyers in mortgages and banking, lessons he’s learnt along the way, and what excites him about his continued, storied journey in the law.

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While many law students may hesitate to approach experienced professionals, Kurt Cheng encourages them to take that step, emphasising that the right guidance can accelerate both career development and personal growth.

Speaking on a recent episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Grace Robbie speaks with Kurt Cheng, a law graduate at Ashurst and a global ambassador at UTS, where he shares what drives his passion for early-career mentoring, emphasises why it is crucial never to overlook the value anyone can bring to your journey, and explains why meaningful mentoring extends far beyond a one-off coffee catch-up – it’s a relationship that requires time and genuine effort to nurture.

Cheng also reflects on how empowering and transformative a mentor can be for both personal and professional growth, highlights the importance of choosing a mentor whose journey aligns with your own career path, offers practical strategies for law students looking to connect with the right people, and reflects on his own role as a mentor – highlighting just how rewarding and transformative these relationships can be.

In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with Cybertify, we unpack why legal practices are increasingly such attractive targets for cyber criminals, the ways they get past defences, and what firms can do to ensure that the “doors are locked”.

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with William Welch, the principal solutions architect for the legal sector and AI security at Cybertify, about who the company is and the work he does, why the risks inherent with cyber security are so much more prominent for Australian law firms at present, why every business is a potential target, the need for “locked doors”, why law firm owners aren’t fully across the dangers, and the lessons and takeaways from recent breaches in the legal space.

Welch also delves into what BigLaw practices need to be doing right now, ensuring systems are talking to each other properly and having the right point people, what SMEs must be doing at present, the questions those smaller firms need to be asking, overcoming concerns about being time-poor, understanding the changing landscape, and how best Cybertify can help.

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