Jacqueline So

Jacqueline So

Jacqueline So

Jacqueline leads content production for the Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer websites as the news editor, reporting on major updates in the legal profession for these regions and conducting exclusive interviews with leaders in the industry. She is also a contributing writer for Canadian Lawyer, Law Times, and Lexpert.

She aims to bring a human element to every piece she writes, bolstering the accessibility of complicated legal matters to an audience of both learned and laymen. She has created content for mainstream markets, having begun her journalism career as a feature writer and researcher with Australian real-estate consumer magazine Your Investment Property.   

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House of Commons report finds UK’s criminal legal aid sector ‘financially unsustainable’

House of Commons report finds UK’s criminal legal aid sector ‘financially unsustainable’

The justice select committee described the criminal duty solicitor scheme as being in a ‘dire state’

YouTube, Meta challenge jury on social media addiction verdict

YouTube, Meta challenge jury on social media addiction verdict

Both had filed post-trial motions which were rejected last month

University of Calgary law faculty appoints Haley Hrymak as first-ever experiential learning director

University of Calgary law faculty appoints Haley Hrymak as first-ever experiential learning director

She spearheads clinical programs and the Student Legal Assistance initiative

Freshfields cuts partners, equity shares in US growth push

Freshfields cuts partners, equity shares in US growth push

The firm had implemented a new compensation system late last year

Paramount’s pickup of Warner Bros faces major legal setback as 12 US states, WGA file challenges

Paramount’s pickup of Warner Bros faces major legal setback as 12 US states, WGA file challenges

The separate lawsuits raised concerns about antitrust law breaches and barriers to competition

BD&P brings in Nathan Baines as senior counsel

BD&P brings in Nathan Baines as senior counsel

He has held roles with ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil

UK courts record patchy diversity progress

UK courts record patchy diversity progress

Women are better represented on the bench, but the percentage of Black judges has barely increased

Apple sues OpenAI in California court over alleged trade secret theft

Apple sues OpenAI in California court over alleged trade secret theft

Apple claimed employees were urged to disclose sensitive information while being recruited by OpenAI

Cozen O’Connor takes Ashley Ainsley from TSX Venture Exchange

Cozen O’Connor takes Ashley Ainsley from TSX Venture Exchange

Ainsley becomes a counsel with Cozen O’Connor’s global corporate practice

Ex-UK lord chief justice, Slaughter and May help form Luminance’s new customer advisory board

Ex-UK lord chief justice, Slaughter and May help form Luminance’s new customer advisory board

The board includes leaders from BBC Studios and Staples Canada