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Bar News

Bar News is the journal of the Bar Association, written by the members, for the members. Each issue includes a mix of engaging and distracting articles on recent cases, professional conduct, notable speeches, appointments, book reviews and news from sporting and social events.

Summer 2024 

The Summer 24 edition marks several milestones, including 20 years of the Women Barristers Forum and the Australian Lawyers Surfing Association (a member of the latter, Craig Leggatt SC is pictured on the cover). We cover appointments to the newly reconstituted Industrial Court of New South Wales, headed by former Bar News editor, the Hon Justice Ingmar Taylor, as well as the outgoing and incoming Chief Magistrates of New South Wales. The Bathurst and Minds Count Foundation lectures, as well as lighter fare touching on fashion, music, books and podcasts, will keep readers occupied and diverted over the summer break. 

We welcome your feedback or a contribution for our next edition.

An archive of Bar News editions, beginning in 1985, is available on AustLII and the Bar Association's website. [Member login required]

Archive

 

An archive of digital editions, beginning in 1985, is available here. [Member login required]

 

A searchable archive of Bar News is available on AustLII.

We welcome contributions from our members and encourage you to follow the Bar News Style Guide, which is based upon the Chicago Manual of Style. Reference is also made to the current edition of The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary. Contributors are requested to study these sources before submitting material for publication. It may also be useful to study articles already published in Bar News. We reserve the right to alter grammatical construction, punctuation and citations to conform with the house style and accepted grammatical rules of construction.

Advertising welcome

The Bar News Committee welcomes advertising, but reserves the right to reject ads which it believes is inappropriate. Requests should be made using our booking form and we prefer advance credit card payment. For further information, contact the coordinator of publications.