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Inclusive language guide
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What is LGBTIQ+ inclusive language? The Inclusive language guide is for all Allens employees. It explains how to use language respectfully and inclusively when working with and referring to LGBTIQ+ colleagues and clients. Using inclusive ...

Scams and fraudulent activity
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Scams and fraudulent communications are increasing, with scammers using advanced tactics to impersonate reputable organisations, including law firms. These communications can be highly convincing, using official logos, familiar language, ...

A fitting tribute to a lifelong dedication to service
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Phillip Cornwell AM, a distinguished former partner of Allens, has been recognised in the Australia Day 2025 Honours List for his significant service to conservation and the environment, community health and the legal profession. ...

Our LGBTQIA+ inclusive policies
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Parental leave Our policies apply to all of our people regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or relationship status, including our market leading parental leave package which removes any distinction between primary and ...

Our history
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Allens was founded on 22 July 1822, the day after 21-year-old George Allen was admitted as an attorney and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and became the first person to complete their full legal training in Australia. When he began his small legal practice in a cottage on Elizabeth Street in Sydney, he could not have forseen the story that would follow.  ...

Coronial inquest providing a voice for Aboriginal rights
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Stories Navigating new legal territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this page contains images of deceased people.    Following the tragic death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, Ms Day's four children are ...

Progress and purpose: supporting the First Peoples' Assembly
Stories 06 Nov 2022

Progress and purpose: supporting the First Peoples' Assembly ...

Restoring wetlands to capture carbon
Insight 26 Aug 2019

Swapping suits for gumboots and laptops for lab coats, thirteen of our people spent a day with scientists at sites in Melbourne and Sydney to investigate how mangrove restoration enhances carbon capture and storage. ...

Supreme Court decision overturns mandatory sentencing of 13 year old
Insight 16 Sep 2019

Meet David*, an Aboriginal boy from Bunbury in Western Australia, who was just 13 years old when he was sentenced under Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws, having pleaded guilty to a number of burglary offences. ...

Investing in innovative approaches to support the vulnerable
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McAuley Community Services for Women McAuley Community Service for Women supports women and their children by providing 24/7 crisis support and temporary accommodation. For women aged 25 to 44, family violence is the greatest health risk ...

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