ISSUE 6: OCTOBER 2025
ISSUE 6: OCTOBER 2025 Accessibility is about more than accommodating disability. It’s about challenging the assumptions that limit people’s potential. True inclusion means seeing beyond what’s visible and recognising that …
Law, Language & Leadership: Turning Multilingual and Cross-Cultural Experience into a Career Asset at Law School and Beyond
Estimated Reading Time: 1-2 Minutes In a profession that’s adapting to the world’s vast and ever-changing spectrum of people and practice, law scholars and practitioners who communicate across cultures don’t …
Legal Volunteering as a First-Year: Why It’s Not Too Early
Estimated Reading Time: 3-4 Minutes 1. Why I Started Volunteering What’s the meaning of life? Does it exist on its own, or do we only create it by searching for …
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ISSUE 5: JUNE 2025
ISSUE 5: JUNE 2025 Accessibility matters now more than ever – it’s about removing barriers, whether physical, digital, or social, so that people with diverse abilities can fully participate in …
ISSUE 4: SEPTEMBER 2024
ISSUE 4: SEPTEMBER 2024 In recent years accessibility has become an increasingly important topic, especially within professional and academic environments. Despite some progress, individuals with disabilities often face barriers that …
ISSUE 1: APRIL 2023
ISSUE 1: APRIL 2023 UTS law student, Sam*, joins us in our first issue of the Diverse-abilities Blog to talk about their experiences identifying with a disability. *The name Sam …
ISSUE 2: SEPTEMBER 2023
ISSUE 2: SEPTEMBER 2023 Hyper-focus on capacity and performance has stigmatised perceptions on how to survive the competitively natured legal industry. This creates a culture which exacerbates ableist and dismissive …
ISSUE 3: OCTOBER 2023
ISSUE 3: OCTOBER 2023 Whilst employers and academic institutions were pressured to employ flexible working/studying arrangements during the pandemic, only some have continued to practice it, with others limiting. Law …
The life of a first-year law student
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes You may be overwhelmed starting law school if you don’t know someone in law school or who recently attended law school. I know I was. …
The immense impact of volunteering, not just to your resume
Estimated Reading Time: 3-4 Minutes “Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they have the heart.” – Elizabeth Andrews Volunteering is a business of the heart; it is the inherent …
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