b'Serving the Australian legal professionThe firms lawyers have always taken an active roleMany of the firms lawyers lectured at universities and within the legal profession. In Sydney, Alfred Hemsley,published articles and books to share their knowledge SirNorman Cowper, Bob Stevenson and Alan Loxton servedand enthusiasm for the law. Ian Renard lectured at the as presidents of the Law Society of New South Wales. InUniversity of Melbourne before going on to become Melbourne, Kenric Brodribb, William Fookes, TC Alstonchancellor. He was also the co-author of the legal text and Sir Arthur Robinson served as presidents of the LawTakeovers and Reconstructions in Australia. Partners of the Institute of Victoria. In Brisbane, Bill Rowland and Peterfirm continue to keep this text up to date. John Lehane and Short served as presidents of the Queensland Law Society;Bill Gummows lectures on equity were held in particularly Short also served as president of the Law Council of Australia. high regard at the University of Sydney, as were the tutorials of Jim Dunstan. Allens continues to host a biennial These roles reflect a long tradition of investment in the legallecture by a leading jurist to honour Lehanes contributionprofession and education. Arthur Robinson helped establishto the law. the Council of Legal Education, which was responsible for overseeing the professional standards required for admissionSoon after he graduated in 1949, Alan Loxton found himself in Victoria. For over a century his firm provided the councildelivering lectures on criminal law at Sydney Law School, with an honorary secretary, a position filled successively byeven though it was not an area of law practised at the Sir Arthur Robinson, George Forrest Davies, Ian Harper, Colinfirm. He ran the course for seven years and said he felt Galbraith and Anne Ferguson (who went on to be appointedcomfortable he understood the subject after the first three. chief justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria). The text Equity Doctrines & Remedies, originally co-authored byRoderick Meagher, William Gummow and John Lehane, is still considered authoritative. Lehane and Gummow were both partners at Allen Allen & Hemsley when the text was first published in 1984. Lehane served as managing partner and later chairman of the firm and became a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Gummow became a judge of the High Court of Australia and Meagher a judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal.The book remains a highly regarded text in Australia and internationally.133'