Young Lawyers: Ethics and Wellbeing

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Young lawyers work through ethical conundrums

MEGHAN FITZPATRICK, JONES HARLEY TOOLE

The Young Lawyers’ Committee Ethics and Wellbeing Seminar for 2022 was held on Thursday, 13 October 2022 at Mellor Olsson Lawyers.

We were fortunate to have a fresh discussion panel including Anthony Keane, the newly appointed Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner, Ros Burke, Director Ethics & Practice Law Society of South Australia and Samuel Joyce, Barrister at Frank Moran Chambers.

We were also grateful to have Law Society President, Justin Stewart-Rattray, MC the event.

The seminar was available to attend both in person at Mellor Olsson Lawyers or by way of live webinar and we were pleased to see so many new attendees both in person and online.

Attendees were provided with scenarios on topics relevant to Australian Solicitor Conduct Rules, ethical dilemmas and managing our mental health. Multiple choice answers were available by way of an interactive polling system and attendees identifi ed the most appropriate answer. Our panel members then discussed the scenario and the best approach for dealing with the different situations young lawyers might fi nd themselves in, particularly in the early stages of their career.

Attendees then had an opportunity to network before the event wrapped up.

A special thank you to our panel members for taking the time out of their busy schedules to offer their perspective and advice to young members of the profession.

The Young Lawyers’ Committee would also like to thank Justin for hosting the seminar, all the attendees who supported the event, Mellor Olsson Lawyers for hosting, major sponsor of the Young Lawyers’ Seminar Series legalsuper, as well as the Young Lawyers’ Committee major sponsor Burgess Paluch Legal Recruitment.