President's Message

On Saturday, 4 February 2023, the NSW Bar, the Law Society of NSW, and the Judicial Commission of NSW, led by its Ngara Yura Committee, co-hosted a symposium titled “Exchanging Ideas:...
Read more >On Saturday, 4 February 2023, the NSW Bar, the Law Society of NSW, and the Judicial Commission of NSW, led by its Ngara Yura Committee, co-hosted a symposium titled “Exchanging Ideas:...
Read more >The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Board decided on 7 February 2023 to raise the cash rate target from 3.10% to 3.35%. Accordingly, the rate of interest on unpaid legal costs prescribed by s 195 of...
Read more >The NSW Attorney General is seeking applications from persons qualified for appointment as a magistrate under the Local Court Act 2007. For more information, please click here.
Read more >A Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of Julie Zaki as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court on...
Read more >The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Deborah Sweeney as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales will be held in Banco Court on Wednesday, 8 February 2023 at...
Read more >Please join our President, Gabrielle Bashir SC, Chair of the Wellbeing Committee, Cynthia Cochrane SC, and our guest of honour, the Hon Arthur Emmett AO KC, for the Wellbeing Committee’s...
Read more >An opportunity to lead the legal profession regulation sector within NSW as an independent statutory officer which sits within the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)
A Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of John Arms as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court on...
Read more >A Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of Gemma Slack-Smith as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court...
Read more >The Hon. Thomas William Waddell KC, former Chief Judge in Equity in the Supreme Court of NSW celebrates his one hundredth birthday today.
Read more >New year, new you? Yoga classes in the Bar Association Common Room will be held on Tuesday's at 1pm beginning next week on Tuesday, 31 January 2023. Jolie welcomes you with the intention...
Read more >Lunar New Year celebrations draw to an end this weekend with the Lantern Festival.
The Lunar New Year is the beginning of a calendar year that uses both lunar and solar to determine dates. Lunar New...
Read more >Join Scott Fraser, Public Defender and Rajiv Baldeo, 7 Garfield Barwick tomorrow Wednesday, 1 February 2023 at 5.00pm for discussion on appearing in legal aid...
Read more >Join the Practice Development Committee on Thursday, 2 February 2023 at 5.00pm for discussion on the value of legal directories chaired by David Thomas SC.
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Read more >The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Sarah Hopkins as a Judge of the District Court of New South Wales will be held in John Maddison Tower on Level 21 on Thursday, 2...
Read more >A vacancy exists for an associate to the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW. The position of Associate is responsible for the provision of high level support services as an...
Read more >The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Richard Weinstein SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales will be held in Banco Court on Wednesday, 1 February 2023 at...
Read more >This week marks the Opening of Law Term and the resumption of Opening of Law Term church services and ceremonies, following their postponement last year due to the Omicron outbreak of COVID-19. A...
Read more >A Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of Gemma Slack-Smith as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court...
Read more >A Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of John Arms as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court on...
Read more >A Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of Julie Zaki as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court on...
Read more >A Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of Michael Maher as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court on...
Read more >The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Sarah Hopkins as a Judge of the District Court of New South Wales will be held in John Maddison Tower on Level 21 on Thursday, 2...
Read more >The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Lara Gallagher as a Judge of the District Court of New South Wales will be held in John Maddison Tower on Level 21 on Thursday, 16...
Read more >The formal ceremony to mark the retirement of Justice Robert Macfarlan as a Judge of the Court of Appeal will be held in Banco Court on Wednesday, 22 February 2023 at 9.15am.
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