Inbrief
Sports Law Conference and “State of Origin” Football Challenge
Conferences
Plans for the Annual Suncorp Bar Challenge Tournament and Sports Law Conference, which will take place on Saturday, 9 September 2017, have been finalised. Details of the conference...
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2017 Sir Garfield Barwick Address
Lectures
The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation invites members to the 2017 Sir Garfield Barwick Address, which will be delivered by David Bennett AC QC at a dinner to be held at the...
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Advocating interlocutory applications: practice and pitfalls
Coming up in CPD - Thursday, July 27 2017
Presented by The Honourable Justice Jayne Jagot, Federal Court of Australia; Vanessa Whittaker, Eleven Wentworth and Clarissa Amato, Banco Chambers. Chaired...
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BarADR Arbitration Approval Information Evening
CPD Tonight - Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Presented by Ian Davidson SC, Chair, ADR Committee. For full details please download a flyer here
Registration is required. To register, and for more...
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End of financial year drinks at the Association of Corporate Counsel
Practice development
The president of the NSW Division of the Association of Corporate Counsel Australia has informed the president of the Bar Association that members of the New South Wales Bar are...
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Admiralty and maritime law seminar on judicial sale of ships
Seminars
On Tuesday, 25 July 2017 at 5.30pm the Federal Court will hold an admiralty and maritime law seminar, "Judicial Sale of Ships". Speakers include Justice Anthony Besanko, Professor Sarah...
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The Future of Australian Legal Education Conference – places going fast!
Conferences
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Australian Academy of Law (AAL), the 90th anniversary of the_ Australian Law Journal_ (ALJ), and the 30th anniversary of the Pearce Report on...
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Call for mentors for a moot: only short period involved
Mentoring
The Indigenous Barristers’ Strategy Working Party is calling for volunteers to assist with the annual UNSW Law Mooting Competition of Australia's First Peoples. This year’s moot is on...
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Asian immigration and the development of American Constitutional and Common Law
Coming up in CPD - Monday, August 14 2017
Presented by Professor Frank H Wu and chaired by Malcolm Oakes SC. For full details please download a flyer here
This seminar will commence at 5.15pm in...
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Advocating interlocutory applications: practice and pitfalls
Coming up in CPD - Thursday, July 27 2017
Presented by The Honourable Justice Jayne Jagot, Federal Court of Australia; Vanessa Whittaker, Eleven Wentworth and Clarissa Amato, Banco Chambers. Chaired...
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BarADR Arbitration Approval Information Evening
CPD Tomorrow - Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Presented by Ian Davidson SC, Chair, ADR Committee. For full details please download a flyer here
Registration is required. To register, and for more...
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2016-17 committee membership
The president annually reviews the need for the Bar Association’s various committees, the role of those committees and their membership.
A form listing the 2016-2017 committees is available here....
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2016-17 committee membership
Governance
The president annually reviews the need for the Bar Association’s various committees, the role of those committees and their membership.
A form listing the 2016-2017 committees is...
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2016-17 committee membership
Governance
The president annually reviews the need for the Bar Association’s various committees, the role of those committees and their membership.
A form listing the 2016-2017 committees is...
Read more >
ATO Let's Talk
Practice support
In February this year, the Australian Tax Office created an online platform called 'Let's Talk: Legal Practitioners Community' to share knowledge and information with the legal...
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ATO creates online forum for legal profession
Practice support
The Australian Taxation Office has created an online platform called Let's Talk: Legal Practitioners Community to share knowledge and information with the legal profession. Members...
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Men and women of Geatland! Spear-armed Danes! Gather the Bar Book Club !
Wellbeing
The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Wednesday, 2 August from 6.00pm in the Bar Library. The book for discussion will be the Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf. For the...
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2017 Tutors and Readers Dinner – RSVPs close midnight tonight
Collegiality
All Readers from the 2/16 and 1/17 Bar Practice Course and their Tutors are invited to attend the Tutors & Readers Dinner on Friday, 28 July 2017. The dinner will be held at the No. 1...
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2017 Judicial Q&A – Registrations now open
Save the date
Barristers under 7 years are invited to the Judicial Q&A event – a great opportunity for under 7s to meet, greet and ask questions of the panel and socialise together. This year’s...
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Changes to the Supreme Court Duty Registrar Service
Court services
Commencing 24 July 2017, the Duty Registrar service at the Supreme Court will be available by appointment only. Appointments are available from 9:30am to 12:10pm and 2:30pm to 4:30pm...
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Advocating interlocutory applications: practice and pitfalls
Coming up in CPD - Thursday, July 27 2017
Presented by The Honourable Justice Jayne Jagot, Federal Court of Australia; Vanessa Whittaker, Eleven Wentworth and Clarissa Amato, Banco Chambers. Chaired...
Read more >
BarADR Arbitration Approval Information Evening
CPD - Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Presented by Ian Davidson SC, Chair, ADR Committee. For full details please download a flyer here
Registration is required. To register, and for more information, please...
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Reminder: applications for appointment as senior counsel are now open
Senior counsel 2017
President Arthur Moses SC invites applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2017. Applications must be completed online. The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 July...
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Junior barristers sought for ‘New Voices Panel’ at ICCA 2018 in Sydney
ADR
On 15-18 April 2018, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) will hold its Congress in Sydney, hosted by ACICA. The Congress has as its theme "Evolution and Adaptation: The...
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