- LawyerlyAn independent news source devoted exclusively to legal news, Lawyerly is a current awareness tool of choice for Australia's best commercial lawyers. Enter your email address to receive a daily newsletter delivered to your inbox.
- LexologyLexology is a comprehensive source of national and international legal updates, analysis and insights. Publishing in excess of 450 articles every day from over 900 leading law firms and service providers worldwide across 50 work areas in 25 languages.
- The Law Report - ABC Radio NationalFocuses on the law-makers and the law-breakers, examining those who frame the laws and those who have to comply with them. The Law Report makes the law accessible to the inquiring listener, keeps lawyers informed of the broader trends, and also serves as an ideal educational tool. The program aims to provide both legal practitioners and the general listener with clear, jargon-free information.
You can listen live on Tuesday’s at 5.30 pm. The show is repeated on Wednesday's at 5.30 am and Thursday's at 11am. You can also listen or download via the Law Report’s website.
The Supreme Court of Victoria podcast Gertie's Law, takes a deep dive into some of the lesser-known, misunderstood or complex parts of the Court's work, such as sentencing, mental health, juries and the criminal trial process. Revisit historic cases, meet the many people who work at the Court and take a closer look at how a modern justice system operates in a 19th century building.
The series is available to listen to via the Supreme Court of Victoria website or you can listen and download wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes will be released fortnightly.
- Fee Fie Foe Firm AustraliaA search engine that focuses on the websites of Australian law firms. Search for legal experts, law firm bulletins, articles and press releases.
- Google NewsA Google alert can be used to monitor news published on the internet. To set one up, go to Google Alerts. When entering your search terms try to be as specific as possible to avoid retrieving too many irrelevant results. Here are a few tips:
If you only want results from newspapers or news websites, select News from the results type drop-down list
Enter phrases in double quotation marks, e.g. "exit tax"
Use a minus sign (-) in front of words you want to exclude, e.g. FSA -food
Use the site: operator to limit your search to specific sites, e.g. oman site:nytimes.com
To exclude results from a specific site use the -site operator, e.g. "alex salmond" -site:thetimes.co.uk
Once you are happy with your search, decide whether you want to receive alerts by email or RSS. If you choose email, you will need to have a googlemail or gmail email address. Finally, click "create alert".
- Capital Monitor (LexisNexis)Capital Monitor provides legal news, press releases, ministerial announcements and information services from Parliament, Government and the Courts. Up to date Bills Monitors, Acts Proclamations and Assent sections and lists and links to all Acts during the current year are available for Federal and Victorian jurisdictions.
- TimeBase : online legislation researchTimeBase offers a free daily news email on legislative and other legal developments. To subscribe, select the 'Free Legislation News' button and enter your email address.
- Westlaw AustraliaWestlaw Australia includes the Alert24 service that will send you emails on a practice area's latest legal developments.
To set up an Alert24 alert:
1. From the landing page, select Alerts from the top navigation menu
2. Click Alerts in the pop-up box
3. Select Create Alert and choose Publication Alert from the drop-down menu
4. Name your alert and select Continue
5. In the content section, select 'News and Current Awareness' and choose your preferred alert24. Click continue.
Your chosen alert will appear to the right. You can only select one Alert24 at a time.
6. Choose how you want to receive your alert, add or change email address, format style and click Continue.
7. Schedule the alert by choosing frequency, date and time zone..
In the Alert Centre you can pause, edit or delete your alert.
- FactivaFactiva provides access to the latest business and industry news. It is a valuable research tool for many disciplines, including political science, media studies, business, technology studies, social science, journalism, the arts, and more. The database allows users to browse through a collection of global content sources from 200 countries, in 26 languages – including newspapers, continuously updated newswires from Dow Jones and Reuters, journals and magazines, websites, blogs, and multimedia.
Global Legal Monitor
Legal news and developments from around the world from the Library of Congress' Global Legal Monitor. It is updated frequently and draws on information from official national legal publications, and reliable press sources. You can subscribe to all news, or narrow the alert to particular jurisdictions or topics. Alerts are available by email or RSS.
Oxford Reports
Oxford Reports on International Law brings together decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts, and ad hoc tribunals. It makes the full scope of international case law available in one place, accompanied by expert analysis. New cases are added daily.
- Oxford Reports on International LawLatest International Legal News from OUP
To set up an alert on the Oxford International Law Reports (ORIL) website, go to the ORIL Homepage and select the RSS 'latest content' link near the bottom of the page, and subscribe to the alert.
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