Inbrief

Nominations for 2014 Bar Council

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Members are reminded that nominations for the 2014 Bar Council must be received by the returning officer by **4.00pm on Monday, 14 October 2013. **Nomination forms have been posted to all members....

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Call for papers: 2014 CPD Conferences and CPD Intensives

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The NSW Bar Association's professional development department invite members to sumbit suggestions and/or abstracts for papers to be included in the Association's 2014 CPD Conference series as well...

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Peter King for the University of Sydney Senate (ADVERTISEMENT)

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As a valued colleague I am seeking your support for my election to the Senate of the University of Sydney in the postal ballot election commencing on 9 October 2013 and concluding on Remembrance Day...

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Call for papers: 2014 Personal Injury Conference

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The NSW Bar Association's 2014 Personal Injury Conference is scheduled for Saturday, 15 March 2014. The association's Professional Development Department would like to invite members to sumbit...

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UNSW Justice Talks (ADVERTISEMENT)

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The next address in the UNSW Law Justice Talks series will be held on Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 6.00pm. Titled "Criminal Justice and Criminal Law: A pig in a poke?" it will be delivered by former...

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TONIGHT: Representing Clients at Mediation - Choosing the Most Effective Role

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Tonight's seminar will be presented by Robert Angyal SC with demonstrations by Peter Callaghan SC and Deborah Robinson. The seminar will discuss the various roles counsel might play in a mediation...

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How to flunk Ancient History and still succeed

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The next instalment of the 2013 Successful Speaker Series will be held tonight, Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 5.15 in the Bar Common Room. The Hon Justice Beazley AO, president of the New South Wales...

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NSW Women Lawyers Achievement Awards 2013

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The Women Lawyers Association of NSW supported by the Law Society of NSW, the NSW Bar Association, the Attorney General & Justice Department of NSW, the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and...

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Volunteers needed for the Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library

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The Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library needs volunteers from the NSW Bar to spend a couple of hours packing books for various hostels in New South Wales at the library’s storage unit at Kennard's...

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Bench and Bar versus Solicitors chess match

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This year the 21st annual Bench and Bar versus Solicitors chess match for the Terrey Shaw Memorial Shield will take place on the evening of Thursday, 14 November 2013 at 5.45pm. Members of the Bench...

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Announcement of appointment of senior counsel for 2013 - 1pm today

The appointment of Senior Counsel for 2013 will be announced at 1pm today.

A copy of the President’s announcement will be emailed to all members and clerks and posted both on the Bar...

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Negotiation and mediation workshop - 6 November 2013

A negotiation and mediation workshop will be held at the NSW Dispute Resolution Centre on 6 November entitled "Applying neuriobiology to negotiation and mediation". A discounted rate of $550 for the...

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15 Bobber for the Hon Justice Michael Wigney

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The 15 Bobber to celebrate the appointment of the Honourable Justice Michael Wigney to the Federal Court of Australia will be held on Friday, 22 November 2013. Speaking for his Honour will be Ian...

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New migration application forms

By way of the recent Administrative Arrangements the department currently known as the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has changed to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection....

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AIJA Seminar on restorative justice alternatives

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The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration invites members to a video screening of a seminar on the potential for restorative justice alternatives to the criminal justice system for...

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TONIGHT: Innovative practices: the contributions of international courts and interpreter users to interpreting quality

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Tonight ****at 5.15.pm **Professor Ludmila Stern from the University of New South Wales **will present a seminar entitled Innovative __practices: the contributions of international courts and...

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