2010 What's New
6 July 2010 - ACLA Announces new CEO
This week, ACLA welcomed a new CEO, Ms Trish Hyde and farewells the former CEO, Mr Peter Turner. After eight years leading the profession’s peak body, Mr Turner hands over the reins of ACLA to Ms Hyde to build on his successes and take the organisation into its next phase of growth.
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23 June 2010 - ACLA Files Submission on National Legal Profession Reform Bill
ACLA has filed a submission with the National Legal Profession Reform Taskforce in response to the recently released reform package. Click here to read the submission.
ACLA welcomes comments and suggestions for further submissions and/or refinements from members.
The closing date for submissions is Friday, 13 August.
10 June 2010 - ACLA Announces support for the 2010 Lawyers Weekly Icon Awards
ACLA has agreed to support the 2010 Lawyers Weekly Icon Awards which commend excellence, innovation and leadership within the Australian legal profession. In particular, ACLA endorses – and will help judge – the Dolman In-house Award, which forms a key part of the Awards suite.
Lawyers Weekly is inviting lawyers in government departments or corporations, or teams of lawyers within government departments or corporations, to nominate themselves, or their team, for the In-house Award.
Entry is free, nominations for the 2010 Lawyers Weekly Icon Awards close on 15 June. For more information and to register, visit www.lawawards.com.au
9 June - ACLA announces winner of its 2010 Member-get-Member Promotion
ACLA is pleased to announce the names of the prize winners from its 2010 Member-get-Member membership promotion.
The winner of the lucky draw first prize for a Travel Voucher valued at $1,000.00 from ACLA’s travel agent, Corporate Traveller is: Miranda Breisch, Legal Practice Board of Western Australia, in Perth.
The winner of the lucky draw second prize for a iPhone 3GS is:Justin Coss, InterRISK Australia Pty Ltd, in Sydney.
The member who signed up the greatest number of new members for ACLA during the promotion was Victoria Coorey, Tabcorp Holdings Limited her prize is registration to ACLA National Conference & Dinner 2010.
ACLA congratulates to the winners and thanks all of the participants in this year’s membership drive, which once again produced a large number of new members for ACLA. All the new members will now reap the rewards of ACLA membership. Permit Nos. NSW LTPS/10/03661, ACT TP 10/01716.1
3 May - ACLA Member-gets-Member Promotion
ACLA, in May, is offering you the chance to introduce new full members on a special promotional basis - a membership fee of $190.00 (incl. GST) with membership valid for over 12 months, until 30/06/11. (Membership fee from 1/07/10 will be $210.00 (incl. GST) for 12 months).
Every ACLA member who ‘signs up a friend’ as a new ACLA full member during May will go into a draw for a travel voucher worth $1,000.00* from ACLA’s travel agent Corporate Travel, or an iPhone 3GS valued at $879.00*. In addition, employment conditions permitting, the ACLA member who signs up the greatest number of new full members during May will go into the draw to win a registration to the ACLA National Conference and Dinner to be held in November in Sydney*.
The travel voucher (first prize) and iPhone 3GS (second prize) winners will be drawn from names in a barrel. If more than one member signs up the greatest number of new full members, the National Conference and Dinner prize winner’s name will also be drawn from a barrel. Draws will take place at 10am on 4 June 2010 at ACLA’s National Office, Suite 2, Level 1, 620 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Winners will be notified in writing and an announcement of the winners' names will appear in the public notices of The Australian Newspaper, on Friday 11 June 2010. Please note: ACLA Directors, Executive Committee Members and Staff are not eligible to enter this promotion. In the event that prizes are unclaimed after 3 months from the original draw date, a re-draw of unclaimed prizes will occur on 3 September 2010 at ACLA’s National Office.
Authorised under NSW Permit No: LTPS/10/03661. Authorised under ACT Permit No: TP10/01716.1
31 March - ACLA Announces: Australasia’s leading legal department benchmarking resource launched
ACLA has launched, in associations with CLANZ, Australia and New Zealand’s leading legal benchmarking survey today. Registered General Counsel should now all have received their personal invitations to participate in the survey – Australasia’s leading research initiative of its kind. ACLA commends participants’ commitment to excellence in legal department operations, and their valuable contribution to excellence in the in-house profession.
ACLA also encourages early participation so these valuable resources can be available for participants’ benefit as soon as possible, including an extensive report, strategy guide tools and exclusive Chief Legal Officer seminars - scheduled to be available from July 2010.
If your legal department has not received an invitation in the past few days, late registrations are still possible for a limited time to join your peers and secure a no-obligation opportunity to maximise benefits and savings available exclusively to participants.
12 March - Deloitte Forensic Corporate Counsel Survey 2010
ACLA is delighted to provide members with the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s (‘Deloitte’) third annual survey report “Do Corporate Counsel Hold All the Cards?”
The report is based on the findings of a survey of ACLA members and Deloitte clients conducted during and after the 2009 ACLA National Conference. The results show that corporate legal counsel have increasing influence within the Australian business community and the legal profession.
More than 200 corporate counsel from the private and public sectors completed the on-line survey to express their views on issues such as the role and profile of general counsel, how corporate counsel have influenced the delivery of legal services and the value of corporate counsel to their organisation. To read the report, click here.
19 February - ACLA Announces: ACLA/CLANZ Legal Department Benchmarking Report 2010
The inaugural 2008 ACLA/CLANZ Legal Department Benchmarking Report was extremely well received. With challenging times for business and government in more recent years, the value of benchmarks - and having strategies for using them - is even greater. They help enormously to optimise the legal function and to demonstrate its value.
You do need to register to participate in this study and we encourage all Chief Legal Officers - or their designates - to register their interest for the report now, with no obligation to purchase it, using either the form accompanying the letter sent to them by mail or alternatively, online at:www.legaldepartmentbenchmarking.com Read More..
27 January - ACLA Announces George Beaton’ Essay: