Vicarious trauma at the Bar
In person - Thursday, 06 February at 5.15pm
Vicarious trauma is an issue that can arise in all practice areas. Starting at 5.15pm, please join the Wellbeing Committee in a panel discussion on this...
Read more >Vicarious trauma is an issue that can arise in all practice areas. Starting at 5.15pm, please join the Wellbeing Committee in a panel discussion on this...
Read more >In civil proceedings, judges often face the extremely difficult task of choosing between competing scientific expert evidence. The notion of a non-expert...
Read more >Members are invited to attend the swearing in of 11 new magistrates to the Local Court of New South Wales. A full bench ceremony will take place at 9am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing...
Read more >Commencement services for the 2025 law term will take place from 3 to 17 February.
Details of the various services can be viewed here.
Read more >The NSW Bar Association is thrilled to announce the 2025 Regional CPD Conference Series, bringing together leading legal minds, practical workshops, and the latest insights in law.
This is your...
Read more >The annual Bar and Bench v Solicitors Golf Day returns to Manly course on Thursday, 23 January 2025. The event will be the usual Two – ball Stableford. Shot gun start 12.30 pm.
The cost for the...
Read more >Legal Aid NSW, the Department of Communities and Justice and Charles Sturt University invite you to a Future Focussed Sentencing workshop. The workshop will be held between 9.30am – 4.00pm on...
Read more >The funeral for John Nield will be held at 12:30pm on Tuesday 28th January 2025 at Northern Suburbs Crematorium (East Chapel). Refreshments will follow. All are welcome.
The original vale...
Read more >Geoffrey Ivan Charteris, formerly of Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers, passed away on 19 December 2024. He was called to the Bar in 1983. Geoff was a loved husband, brother, uncle, great-uncle and...
Read more >John Nield passed away on 12 January 2025. He was called to the Bar in 1967 and served as a judge of the New South Wales District Court from 1988 until 2009. He was an Acting Justice of the ACT...
Read more >The NSW Bar Association’s Professional Standards and Support Department is seeking Advocacy Coaches to assist twice yearly with the Bar Practice Course. Coaching sessions take place between 4.30 pm...
Read more >Chief Justice Stephen Gageler AC and the Commonwealth Solicitor-General, Dr Stephen Donaghue KC, will provide keynote addresses at the Commonwealth Law Conference in Sydney on Friday, 28 February...
Read more >The District Court of New South Wales has released a practice note, commencing 3 February 2025. The practice note can be viewed here.
Read more >Brian Hancock, a former member of the Public Defenders Chambers, passed away on 1 January 2025. His funeral will be held on Monday 13 January 2025 at 10.30am, Camellia Chapel, Macquarie Park Cemetery...
Read more >Brian Patrick Hancock, formerly of the Public Defenders Chambers, passed away on the 1st of January. Brian was called to the Bar in 2001 and was a Public Defender for the last 18 years of his...
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