Conjuring science fiction films of robotised justice, an American court has ruled using a risk assessment tool can be considered as part of sentencing decisions.

A celebration of Marie Byles, a trailblazing lawyer who was the first practising female solicitor in NSW. She was also a mountain climber, bush walker and environmentalist.

'Children never thrive in storage' is the message from an examination of juvenile detention in the USA.

Chair restraints, spit masks, solitary confinement used in juvenile detention in the Northern Territory are legal. When the Royal Commission begins its investigation what legal reforms should be paramount?

Is the training and regulatory framework around Australian Migration Agents up to scratch?

The trial of Hamdi Alqudsi who lost his bid to have a judge only trial on Federal Anti-terrorism related charges in a state court.

Could robots make family lawyers redundant? In the Netherlands over a thousand divorces have been settled through an on-line dispute resolution platform.

An award winning App that tracks and stores evidence of domestic violence after women have separated from their abusive partners.

Fighter not killer is a mobile app aimed at informing non state combatants about the laws of war as set out in the Geneva Conventions.

What drives some prison officers to become corrupt and how can it be prevented?