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Your direct connection with the Victorian legal profession LawNews provides advertisers with direct daily access to the legal profession s leaders, influencers and decision makers. Your message is delivered directly to a niche market of 11,485 practising lawyers accessible by desktop, tablet or mobile five times per week. LawNews provides the greatest daily reach of any online publication to the Victorian legal profession. This is an exciting opportunity to market your company, product or service to all members of the Law Institute of Victoria. Covering the latest legal news and analysis from the media, courts, government and industry. Key Statistics* Average recipients per day 11,485 Frequency of emails 5 days a week Average open rate 41.1% Average click-through rate 31.9% *12 month average to November 2017 2% GRADUATES 4% NEW SOLICITORS 55% PRACTISING MEMBERS 8% SOLE PRACTITIONERS 22% EMPLOYEE SOLICITORS 9% AFFILIATES 1
LawNews provides an opportunity to build your brand within the legal profession Advertising banners are limited to a maximum of four advertisers per week, ensuring high visibility and cut through for your message. 1 The first two advertising positions comprise of a Tower plus a Banner which creates visual impact and an opportunity for varying message content. Advertisements are linked to your nominated website page. 2 Creative and innovative opportunities are available, including social media sharing on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, podcasts, video content and sponsorships. The LIV s brand is well recognised within the Victorian legal community 3 and has a solid overall social media following. As of November 2017, the following LIV channels have this reach: 4 f LIV Young Lawyers Facebook page LIV President s Twitter account 10,548 likes 5,165 followers The LIJ Twitter account 5,132 followers LIV LinkedIn page 9,664 followers 2
Advertisement details & packages Position Rate (excl. GST) Duration Top Banner and Top Tower $2500 1 week (5 days M F) Premium position in Law News integrated within the day s top news stories. 1 Second Banner and Second Tower $2000 1 week (5 days M F) Positioning with the day s top news stories. Third Tower $1500 1 week (5 days M F) Positioning within latest legal industry news and analysis. 2 Fourth Tower $1000 1 week (5 days M F) Positioning within latest legal industry news and analysis. Podcast $2500 2-4 weeks 3 The award winning LIJ podcast is published on the staying informed section of the LIV website and shared across LIV social channels. It is specifically related to the LIJ on a broad range of topics and is also promoted in LawNews. Deadlines Booking Deadline: Monday prior to following Monday publication date 4 Artwork Deadline: Artwork delivery Wednesday prior to Monday publication date Advertising material should be submitted as JPG (preferred) or GIF. No Flash or Shockwave files or animated GIFs. Recommended maximum initial download file weight: 40k. If you are unsure of how to supply your artwork, please contact Advertising on T: 03 9607 9496 or E: advertising@liv.asn.au 3
Contact To discuss how to get your message across to the legal profession, contact: Advertising Sales Executive Law Institute of Victoria, 470 Bourke St, Melbourne Vic 3000 T: +61 3 9607 9496 E: advertising@liv.asn.au Lisa Crowle Business Development Manager T: +61 3 9607 9337 E: lcrowle@liv.asn.au Terms and Conditions 1. Submission of advertisements (a) Submission of an advertisement by an Advertiser constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. (b) The LIV requires all advertisements to be submitted by 5pm on the day of the booking closing date and in accordance with the LIV s specifications. (c) The Advertiser acknowledges and accepts that LIV is under no obligation to publish any material received after the deadline or which is outside the set specifications. (d) The Advertiser acknowledges and accepts that is responsibility of the Advertiser for ensuring the accuracy of the content of all advertisements and that the advertisement complies will all applicable laws, regulations and industry codes. The LIV assumes no responsibility for this role. 2. Approval and placement of advertisements (a) Any advertisement or copy submitted to the LIV will be subject to capacity and approval by the LIV, which may be withheld by the LIV at its absolute discretion. (b) Following receipt of a proposed advertisement, the LIV will consider the advertisement and notify the Advertiser of the outcome. (c) The Advertiser acknowledges and agrees that the LIV reserves the right to refuse any advertisement or copy, amend any advertisement or copy, or withdraw any advertisement or copy at any time, without giving any reason. (d) The Advertiser acknowledges that the LIV reserves the right to head an advertisement Advertisement above or below a copy which in the LIV s opinion resembles an editorial. (e) The LIV reserves the right to position all advertisements where it deems appropriate in the relevant publication and in keeping with the Advertiser fees paid. 3. Fees and Payment (a) The LIV reserves the right to set a standard advertising rate and a contract series rate for all advertisements, which shall be exclusive of GST. The Advertiser acknowledges that rates quoted by the LIV are not inclusive of any agency commission which may be charged by approved agencies. (b) All standard rates set by the LIV may be amended by the LIV at any time by providing one months notice. All contract series rates may be amended by the LIV following completion of the contract series. (c) Should an advertisement be amended by the LIV, the applicable rate provided to the Advertiser at the time of submission of the advertisement will continue to apply. (d) Once an advertisement is published (whether in original or amended form), the LIV will issue an invoice to the Advertiser which must be paid within 30 days of the date of the invoice. (e) Any dispute arising in relation to an invoice must be raised with the LIV promptly and no later than 45 days after the date of the invoice. After this time, Advertisers will be deemed to have accepted the amount payable as a true and accurate reflection of the services provided. 4. Cancellations (a) Any cancellation made by the Advertiser must be in writing and received by the LIV prior to the booking deadline. Failure to do so relieves the LIV from any obligation to action the cancellation request and the Advertiser will be charged accordingly for any publication that arises. (b) The LIV reserves the right the cancel or suspend an Advertising Series Contract at its absolute discretion. (c) Any advertisement which is not part of an Advertiser Series Contract and which is cancelled by the LIV for any reason will incur no charge on the part of the Advertiser. 5. Intellectual Property (a) The Advertiser grants the LIV a non-exclusive, nontransferable, royalty free licence to use the Advertiser s Intellectual Property strictly for the purposes of publishing an advertisement under these Terms and Conditions. (b) The Advertiser warrants that it owns, is licensed to use and/or is solely entitled to use the Intellectual Property provided to the LIV under these Terms and Conditions. (c) Each party acknowledges that the other party s Intellectual Property is the property of the owning party, and it has no right, title or interest in or to the Intellectual Property of the other party except as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions. 6. Warranty (a) The Advertiser warrants to the LIV that it has full power, capacity and authority to submit the advertisement for publication and to perform its obligations contained in these Terms and Conditions. (b) The Advertiser warrants that the advertisement complies with all laws and regulations and that publication under these Terms and Conditions will not give rise to any claims or liabilities against the LIV, its directors or officers. Without limiting the above, the Advertiser warrants that neither the advertisement or its publication breaches the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or gives rise to defamation or infringes the rights of any person. 7. Indemnities The Advertiser agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the LIV against any liability, actions, claims, demands, damages, costs and expenses incurred or suffered by the LIV in connection with or arising in any way out of the publication of the advertisement. 4
8. Exclusion of liability (a) Notwithstanding any other provision contained in these Terms and Conditions, neither party shall be liable to the other for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive loss or damages howsoever arising (including in negligence). (b) The LIV makes no representation or warranty of any kind in relation to: (i) The ongoing nature of any publication, in print or digital form; (ii) The final placement or date or distribution of any advertisement contained within a publication; or (iii) Exclusivity. (c) Neither party will be liable for any failure to carry out any provision of these Terms and Conditions if the failure was caused by circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, fire, accident, interruptions to energy supplied, strike, riot, civil commotion or war whether declared or not (Force Majeure Event). The parties agree to do all things reasonably necessary to mitigate the effect of the Force Majeure Event in the performance of their obligations. (d) The LIV s liability for a breach of any term or guarantee implied by law is limited the funds paid by the Advertiser in relation to the advertisement. 9. Privacy and Document Management (a) The Advertiser acknowledges and accepts that the LIV may dispose of any information relating to an advertisement following publication and is not required to retain or return this information to the Advertiser. (b) The LIV protects the privacy and security of information provided by Advertisers. By submitting an advertisement for publication, Advertisers agree to the use of personal information by the LIV to process applications and for the maintenance of internal record keeping. 10. Relationship Nothing contained or implied in these Terms and Conditions results in a party being considered a partner or agent of the other party for any purpose. Neither party has the authority to bind the other party in any way. 11. Notices (a) All notices to be given under these Terms and Conditions are to be in writing. (b) All notices served under these Terms and Conditions will be considered to have been received: (i) if by post, 3 business days after posting; (ii) if by fax, on the date shown on the sender s transmission report; (iii) if by email, at the time the email enters the recipient s mail server. 12. Assignment The Advertiser agrees that it may not assign its rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions without the prior consent of the LIV. 13. Waiver No waiver by either party of any provision contained in these Terms and Conditions will amount to a continuing waiver of any other provision of these Terms and Conditions unless made in writing and signed by the party. 14. Variation The LIV reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time. Notification of any amendment will be deemed to have been given to the Advertiser upon publication on the LIV website. 15. Severability If any part of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any way, the remaining provisions will not be affected and will remain in full force. 16. Governing law These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and the laws of Victoria, the parties irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria & the courts of appeal from them for determining any dispute concerning these Terms and Conditions. 17. Entire agreement The parties agree that these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties, and that these Terms and Conditions supersede all prior agreements representations, negotiations and correspondence entered into between the parties. 18. Definitions In these Terms and Conditions the following meanings shall apply: Advertiser means the party detailed in the advertisement submission; Advertiser Series Contract means an agreement entered into between the LIV and the Advertiser for ongoing publication of an advertisement over a specified period of time; Intellectual Property means copyright, all rights conferred under statute, common law or equity in relation to inventions (including patents), registered and unregistered trade marks, registered and unregistered designs, look and feel, circuit layouts and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in, but not limited to, the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic fields; and LIV means the Law Institute of Victoria ACN 075 475 731. 5