Australia’s legal profession is facing a leadership pipeline crisis. New research from the University of Melbourne and ANU, Lawyer Wellbeing, Workplace Experiences and Ethics: A Research Report (2025), shows it is systematically burning out the very people who should become its future leaders.

 

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