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Mary Digiglio featured in Law Society Journal
Chair of Meritas Australia and New Zealand Regional Committee Mary Digiglio featured in the Law Society Journal to discuss the recent Wellness survey which was conducted by Meritas Australia and New Zealand and revealed most employees at small- and medium-sized law firms feel their mental health and wellbeing is important…
Wellness program Q&A featured in the Australian Law Management Journal
In the Q&A featured in the Australian Law Management Journal, Mary Digiglio, managing partner of Swaab and a board member of the Minds Count Foundation, explains why wellness programs can only be successful if they are incorporated as part of the culture of the practice…
2019 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards
The 19th annual Australian Law Awards is the pinnacle awards program for the nation’s legal profession, recognising the outstanding work being done across major legal practice areas and whilst we did not win the award for Wellness Initiative of the Year, we were absolutely thrilled to have been nominated.Congratulations to…
New lawyer joins our Litigation team
Alexandra will be working alongside Partner Marc Baddams and the litigation team bringing over 10 years of experience in commercial dispute resolution and litigation. Alexandra practices predominantly in the areas of commercial dispute resolution and litigation, insolvency and commercial advice, has a broad range of experience in acting for and against major Banks…
BREAKING | ANZ Meritas Wellness Survey 2019
MEDIA RELEASE JULY 2019 Australian & New Zealand Meritas Wellness Survey 2019 The wellbeing of everyone working in the legal sector is a subject being examined worldwide. This includes the pioneering work done in 2009 by the Brain and Mind Institute in Australia for the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation (now called The Minds…
Mary Digiglio featured in Lawyers Weekly
Meritas Australia & New Zealand regional committee chair and Managing Partner of Swaab, Mary Digiglio discusses the results of the first ever Meritas Wellness Survey. The survey involved over 200 staff members from Meritas affiliated law firms. Read more You can view the results of the 2019 Meritas Australia & New Zealand Wellness…
Mary Digiglio featured in the Australasian Lawyer
Managing Partner of Swaab and chair of the Meritas Australian and New Zealand regional committee Mary Digiglio comments on the captivating results.To view the article click here or to view the survey report click on the download below…
Mary Digiglio featured in Lawyers Weekly podcast
Jerome , David and Mary unpack whether a four-day week would work, the importance of flexibility and other such movements away from the traditional nine to five. Click here to listen to the podcast!…
Breaking: Mary Digiglio featured in The Australian today — ‘Mental issues affect majority in law firms’
Mary Digiglio is featured in today’s article in The Australian, saying “when you peel back the layers, there is now a lot more permission to talk about this issue”. For more details on the survey visit the Meritas page of our website, alternatively, you can view the media release from The…
Breaking: The Australian — Partnership Survey 2019
Key findings in today’s instalment of The Australian’s partnership survey, shows the proportion of female equity partners at Swaab being well above the legal profession’s average. With females making up 60% of equity partners and 53% of total partner numbers. Managing partner — Mary Digiglio commented saying ‘gender equity within…