Professor Dominic Rowe, a brilliant neurologist who heads Macquarie University’s world leading Motor Neuron Disease Centre, calls MND ‘a brute of a disease’. In 2020, it took the life of...
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Join the Bar Choir from 6:00 – 7:00 PM on Thursday, 20 November 2025 for an evening of Christmas music at St James Church.
This year, the Bar Choir has chosen to support the Indigenous...
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Every Monday, the Bar Walking Group meets at the fountains in Martin Place, between Macquarie and Phillip Streets, for a brisk and stimulating walk around the Botanic Gardens. The walk caters for...
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The Wellbeing Committee invites barristers and their canine family members to attend Dog Day Out – a meeting and playdate for all barristers, judges, clerks and staff and their canine companions....
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Presented by the Australian Institute of Administrative Law NSW Chapter.
Chair: The Hon Justice Rachel Pepper, Land and Environment Court of NSW
Speakers:
The ballot for the 2026 Bar Council will close at 1.00pm on Thursday, 13 November 2025.
Members who are eligible to vote have been sent a link via email to the electronic voting platform. If you...
Read more >The Hon Chief Justice William Alstergren AO invites members to a ceremonial sitting to welcome her Honour Judge Amy McGowan to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2). The...
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The NSW Bar Association will host the annual visit from First Nations students attending the UNSW pre-law course on Friday, 28 November 2025, commencing at 9:30 AM in the Bar Association’s Common...
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The Bar Association is seeking expressions of interest from qualified persons for nomination by the Bar Association to the Local Court Arbitrators List for the period 1 January 2026 to 31 December...
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The two peak representative bodies for the NSW legal profession have united to support the establishment of a public inquiry...
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The Hon Justice Kristina Stern, Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW and Judge of the Court of Appeal, will speak on 'Arbitration and the High Court' on Wednesday 19 November at Holding Redlich,...
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The NSW Bar Association Legal Assistance Referral Scheme (LARS) is hosting a thank you function for participating members on Thursday, 20 November 2025. LARS has formally existed since 1996 and...
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The annual Bench & Bar Lunch will be held at the Social Dining at Verandah (55-65 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000) on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 from 12.30-2.00pm.
Tickets for the lunch are $50 per...
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The President of the NSW Bar Association, Dominic Toomey SC, is pleased to chair a CPD on the “Law of War”.
The panel of speakers includes:
Dr Helen...
The 2025 Sir Maurice Byers Annual Lecture will be delivered by John Sheahan KC on Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 5:15pm in the New South Wales Bar Association Common Room. The title of the lecture is...
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A list of upcoming CPDs can be found below. The complete CPD calendar can be found on the NSW Bar Association website here (member login required).
November
11 November: Law of War
25 November:...
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The Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) is holding its next seminar on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. The Hon Justice Younan will chair the event. Myles Pulsford, Hannah Ryan and...
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To assist barristers with childcare responsibilities to manage court or other commitments when children are ill or regular care arrangements are unavailable, the Bar Association has created an...
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Whether it's in a first introduction or during the end stages of trial preparation, communicating and collaborating with clients can sometimes feel...
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Malcolm Batten passed away on 1 November 2025. He was called to the Bar in 1981, and was a founding member of both First Floor University Chambers and Henry Parkes Chambers, where he practised until...
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The Diversity and Equality Committee would like to invite members of the NSW Bar to the Concert for Diversity, an artistic celebration of diversity on Thursday, 13 November 2025 in the Portrait...
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The Women Barristers Forum and the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales invite all members of the Bar and judiciary to celebrate the appointment to silk of Joanne Shepard SC, Lyndelle Barnett...
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On the 20th and 21st of February 2026, the Bugmy Bar Book, the NSW Bar Association, Te Kura Kaiwhakawā (New Zealand Institute of Judicial...
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The Bar Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month.
November’s book is "Is a River Alive?” by Robert Macfarlane. It is a non-fiction book that The Guardian describes as an...
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The use of AI in court has become a topical issue. Practitioners around Australia have been referred to regulatory bodies and disciplined for failing to...
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