Inbrief
Coming up in CPD tonight
A seminar will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm tonight: "The 2015 Plunkett Lecture". Presented by Dr Kelvin Widdows and chaired By Jane Needham SC. Learn more here
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NSW CLCs celebrate 40 years
Community legal centres in NSW are celebrating 40 years of achievements. Events will be held over two days, commencing on 19 November 2015 with an evening cocktail party at Doltone House at Hyde...
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Join One Hundred Women
Promoted by Corrie Goodhand, 8 Selborne Chambers
Funding from women is being sought for a documentary about women refugees from different parts of Africa. The film covers the traumatic events that...
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Coming up in CPD tomorrow
A seminar will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm tomorrow: "Conversations about Equitable Briefing". Presented by Arthur Moses SC, Kate Eastman SC and Zoe Hillman and chaired by Jane Needham SC....
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Election of 2016 Bar Council - the Ballot
Ballot papers for the election of the 2016 Bar Council have been mailed to all those eligible to vote. Any member who has not received their ballot paper by COB Friday, 23 October and who wishes to...
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Mentors wanted for the Indigenous Law Students Mentoring Program: Sydney location
Have you been at the bar between three and seven years and are looking for a new challenge that provides an important opportunity to assist Indigenous law students on their way through law school?...
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Coming up: AACL seminar on judicial appointment reform
The Australian Association of Constitutional Law will host a seminar on "Revisiting Judicial Appointments Reform in Australia", to be held on Monday, 19 October 2015 in Court 18B of the Federal...
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2015 Pink & Blue Ribbon Breakfast – Friday, 30 October – all welcome!
Members and their friends are invited to the 2015 Pink & Blue Ribbon Breakfast on Friday, 30 October, 7.45am at Hyde Park Barracks Café. Come and enjoy a two-course breakfast and help raise money...
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Reminder: CIArb Centenary Celebrations Australia
23–24 November 2015, Sydney
Members are invited to help celebrate the centenary of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The program includes discussion on "Opportunities and Challenges...
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Invitation to apply
The Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Justice
The Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Justice invites applications from junior counsel for appointment to a...
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Coming up in CPD tomorrow
A seminar will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm tomorrow: "The 2015 Plunkett Lecture". Presented by Dr Widdows and chaired By Jane Needham SC. Learn more here
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Coming up in CPD this week
A number of seminars will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm this week:
Tuesday 20 October:"The 2015 Plunkett Lecture". Presented by Dr Widdows and chaired By Jane Needham SC. Learn more here
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Candidates for 2016 Bar Council now listed online
Nominations for the 2016 Bar Council closed at 4.00pm on Monday, 12 October. Thirty-one senior counsel and 59 members of the junior bar (including 16 under 5s) have nominated. A list of the nominated...
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2015 Justice Awards
The Justice Awards dinner was held last night at the Strangers' Dining Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street. The Bar Association sponsors the Law and Justice Volunteer Award, which is presented...
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The ALRC is turning 40
The Australian Law Reform Commission is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Join Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, ALRC president; the Hon Robert French AC, chief justice of the High Court;...
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Launch of Asian Australian Lawyers Association in Sydney
The Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA) is excited to announce that the NSW branch of the association will be officially launched on Monday 2 November 2015 at 6pm, at Baker & McKenzie, Level...
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Copyright Law and Practice Symposium 2015
Promoted by the Copyright Council
The Copyright Society of Australia together with the Australian Copyright Council will host the 17th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium in Sydney on...
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Coming up in CPD next week
A number of seminars will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm next week:
Tuesday 20 October:"The 2015 Plunkett Lecture". Presented by Dr Widdows and chaired By Jane Needham SC. Learn more here
...
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Coming up in CPD this month
A number of seminars will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm this month:
Tuesday 20 October:"The 2015 Plunkett Lecture". Presented by Dr Widdows and chaired By Jane Needham SC. Learn more here
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Third edition of Sentence
A third edition of Sentence, the comprehensive discussion of the law of sentencing in NSW courts for state and federal offences, written by Stephen Odgers SC, has been published. This edition is...
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Spigelman Public Law Oration and Public Law Section Dinner
The Public Law Section of the Bar Association invites members to "Values in Public Law", the second Spigelman Public Law Oration, to be delivered by the Hon James Allsop AO, chief justice of the...
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Bench and Bar Lunch
Collegiality
The Bench and Bar Lunch is set to return, due to popular demand, on Thursday, 22 October 2015 at the Hyde Park Barracks Cafe. Learn more here.
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New Barristers' Committee Junior Drinks
The New Barristers’ Committee would like to invite you to attend Junior Drinks tonight at Verandah Bar, 55-65 Elizabeth Street starting at around 5:00 - 5:30pm.
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2015 Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture
The Annual Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Lecture will take place on 27 October 2015 at 6.00pm in the Federal Court of Australia, Level 21, Queens Square. The lecture will be delivered by Alex...
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Save the date: 2016 Bench and Bar Dinner
The 2016 Bench & Bar Dinner has been confirmed for Friday, 6 May at the Hilton Sydney.
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