The grey zone: the implications of the ageing legal profession in Australia

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/1460728x.2022.2027118

A. Melville, V. Caines, Marcus Glenn Walker

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Lawyers in many jurisdictions are ageing, and yet there is little information concerning the age profile of the legal profession. This paper presents the first consideration of the age profile of lawyers outside of the US, showing that Australian lawyers are ageing and delaying retirement. These findings have serious implications. Problems associated with a growing proportion of older lawyers include an increasing risk of lawyers suffering from age-related cognitive and physical impairment, and the related rise of complaints and malpractice claims against older lawyers. It is also clear that the Australian legal profession is unprepared to address these problems. The legal profession has ignored important gender-specific implications of ageing, such as female lawyers experiencing menopause and the lower savings of female lawyers moving into retirement. Regulatory regimes have not considered the impact of the profession's ageing profile, and there is no mandatory reporting of lawyers suffering from age-related impairment or provisions should a lawyer die. The profession also has not provided strategies to positively transition lawyers into retirement, and there is a lack of flexible working arrangements and succession planning, especially in firms located outside urban centres.

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灰色地带:澳大利亚法律职业老龄化的影响

摘要：许多司法管辖区的律师都在老龄化，但关于法律职业的年龄分布信息却很少。本文首先考虑了美国以外律师的年龄状况，表明澳大利亚律师正在老龄化和延迟退休。这些发现具有严重的影响。与越来越多的老年律师相关的问题包括律师患与年龄相关的认知和身体损伤的风险增加，以及针对老年律师的投诉和渎职索赔的相关增加。同样显而易见的是，澳大利亚法律界对解决这些问题毫无准备。法律界忽视了老龄化对性别的重要影响，例如女性律师经历更年期，女性律师退休后储蓄减少。监管制度没有考虑到该行业老龄化状况的影响，也没有强制报告律师患有与年龄相关的损伤，也没有规定律师死亡时的准备金。该行业也没有提供积极过渡律师退休的战略，也缺乏灵活的工作安排和继任规划，尤其是在城市中心以外的公司。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.