Inbrief

Applications for appointment as senior counsel

President Jane Needham SC invites applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2014. The deadline for applications is this Friday, 25 July 2014 at 5.00pm. The principles governing selection and...

"#BringBackOurGirls" - Fundraising screening of "I Am A Girl" - Monday, 28 July

A number of members of the New South Wales Bar and other lawyers have organised a fundraising evening for Amnesty International in response to the plight of schoolgirls who have been kidnapped in...

An anthology of classic cross-examination

Hugh Selby is an ACT barrister, author of practical legal works and teacher at the University of Wollongong's LLM Criminal Practice program. Hugh wants to compile and publish a collection of good...

For the diary: Public Law in the Age of Statutes

On Friday, 24 October the Australian National University's College of Law will hold a one day conference in honour of Emeritus Professor Dennis Pearce, entitled Public Law in the Age of Statutes....

Trusts and Trustees - a Journal of Equity and CLA conference

Promoted by Commercial Law Association

The Commercial Law Association of Australia will organise a one day conference on Trusts and Trustees in conjunction with the Journal of Equity on Friday, 29...

Tonight in CPD: The Psychology of Influence

This seminar will be presented tonight by Pancho Mehrotra from Frontier Sales Performance and chaired by Chris Whitelaw. This seminar will focus on developing awareness in the lawyer to understand...

Tomorrow in CPD: The Smiler

This seminar scheduled for Wednesday 23 July will be presented by Michael Pelly and chaired by Carol Webster SC. The Smiler, published earlier this year, draws on more than 100 interviews with...

4th Annual International Family Law Conference

Promoted by Legalwise Seminars

Join us at the 4th Annual International Family Law Conference, taking place in Shanghai, China between 17 and 19 September 2014. Throughout the three days of this...

National Initiative to Develop Female Leaders in the Legal Sector - Advanced Leadership Program Scholarships

Two $11,000 scholarships will be awarded by Women and Leadership Australia (WLA) to New South Wales Bar Association members to assist their participation in the Advanced Leadership Program (ALP)....

Tomorrow in CPD

This seminar scheduled for Tuesday 22 July will be presented by Pancho Mehrotra from Frontier Sales Performance and chaired by Chris Whitelaw. For full details download a flyer here

Appointment of acting public defenders

Peter Krisenthal and Antony Evers have been appointed as acting public defenders commencing 14 July 2014 and expiring on 13 July 2015.

World Indigenous Legal Conference

Between 24 and 27 June 2014 the Indigenous Lawyers Association of Queensland (ILAQ) hosted the biennial World Indigenous Legal Conference (WILC 2014) at the Queensland University of Technology in...

Bar FC suffers only its second loss of the DSL season

Notwithstanding Patchildinho’s new found love of possession football and all things Brazilian, Bar FC found itself down at half time 3-0 today against Announcer FC, a younger, fitter and faster...

RACS newsletter for July 2014

The Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) has published its July 2014 newsletter. Learn more here.

2014 Judicial Q&A

Specifically for the junior bar (barristers called to the New South Wales Bar in 2007 or later), the Judicial Q&A event enables the junior bar to put forward questions for the judicial panel to...

Next week in CPD

A number of seminars have been scheduled in the Common Room for next week:

Tuesday 22 July: The Psychology of Influence. Presented by Pancho Mehrotra from Frontier Sales Performance and chaired by...

CPD in July and August

A number of seminars have been scheduled in the Common Room for the coming months:

Monday 28 July: The Future of Disability Advocacy. Presented by Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes...

The National Family Law Conference - early bird registration closes tomorrow

Early bird registration for the 16th Biennial National Family Law Conference, to be held in Sydney from 7-10 October 2014, has been extended until 18 July 2014.

With more than 90 international and...

Position vacant: part-time chairperson of the NSWLRC

The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as the part-time chairperson of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission for a period of up to three years. More...

The John Lehane Memorial Lecture

Promoted by Allens Linklaters

The biennial John Lehane Memorial Lecture will be delivered this year by Lord Neuberger, president of the UK Supreme Court on "Equity: A roguish thing or a symmetrical...

Archibald Prize exhibition tour

Following successful tours of the Sydney Moderns and the America Painting a Nation exhibitions last year, barristers and their friends are invited to a guided tour of the Archibald Prize exhibition...

Martin Place Early Learning Centre opening 21 July

The Martin Place Early Learning Centre is a state of the art childcare facility. Some say it's more sumptuous than many chambers. The good news is that Bar Council has reserved 10 full time child...

Papers to note from the Federal Court

The chief justice of the Federal Court has issued Practice Note CM 23 Electronic Court File and Preparation and Lodgment of Documents. Learn more here.

The registrar of the Federal Court has issued...

2014 Tutors & Readers Dinner – RSVPs close tomorrow

Collegiality

All 2/13 and 1/14 readers and their tutors are invited to the annual Tutors & Readers Dinner on Friday, 25 July 2014. The dinner begins at 7.00pm at Doltone House Hyde Park. The dinner...

Common Law Practice Update 62

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 62, with case notes on section 7A of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), Section 5R of the Civil Liability Act...