TOMORROW: CPD Breakfast

Thomson Reuters invites all members to attend a CPD Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday 29 March. The seminar, ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’, will be presented...
Read more >Thomson Reuters invites all members to attend a CPD Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday 29 March. The seminar, ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’, will be presented...
Read more >The Workers Compensation Commission invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified persons for appointment as a sessional mediator, for a period up to three years. Applications are sought...
Read more >There are still some seats available at the Australian Academy of Law's first of three ethics-themed events, which it is holding in Sydney this year....
Read more >Thursday, March 30 2017:"Family Provision claims: recent decisions and practical tips" Presented by Michelle Painter SC and Despina Christofis. Chaired byJane Needham SC. For full details please...
Read more >Wednesday, March 29 2017: "Marketing tools and strategies for barristers: Three perspectives" Presented by Tean Kerr, Partner, Lander & Rogers; Michael Green SC, Level 22 Chamber and Jeh Coutinho,...
Read more >The New Barristers’ committee would like to invite you to attend the April breakfast catch-up at Silks Coffee Shop on Tuesday, 4 April. Drop in for a short (or long) period of time...
Read more >Thomson Reuters invites all members to attend a CPD Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday, 29 March. The seminar, ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’, will be presented...
Read more >The Australian Disputes Centre invites members to its Evening Seminar series, the first of which will be held on 30 March 2017 at 5.45-7.00pm. Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC will deliver "Off with the...
Read more >The president of the Law Council of Australia, Fiona McLeod SC, has appeared before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's hearing into the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill...
Read more >The Federal Circuit Court in the Sydney Registry is continuing to trial specialised lists for matters involving one or more Indigenous...
Read more >In 2016 this conference on the modern condition of professions had Richard Susskind speaking on changes associated with technology in...
Read more >A Request for Tender (RFT) was published on Monday, 20 March 2017 on eTendering for a new FACS External Legal Services Panel for child protection legal work. The RFT will be open for six weeks,...
Read more >David Michael Wilson SC has been appointed as a judge of the District Court of NSW, replacing Judge Raymond McLoughlin SC, who retired on 15 March. A swearing-in ceremony will be held on 3 April 2017...
Read more >Roger Derrington QC and Michael Lee SC have been appointed as judges of the Federal Court of Australia. View the attorney-general's media release here.
Read more >The 2017 Sydney CPD Conference is on this Saturday, 25 March 2017. The conference begins at 9.00am with arrival tea and coffee available from 8.30am. Please click the link for the full program - 2017...
Read more >The president of the Law Council, Fiona McLeod SC, has warned that drastic cuts to already under-resourced community legal centres will precipitate a legal aid crisis. The LCA predicts that $35m cuts...
Read more >The New South Wales Bar will enter a team in the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon on Sunday, 21 May 2017 to raise money for the Katrina Dawson Foundation. Senior Vice-President...
Read more >The tutor and reader relationship is an important and formative institution for successful practice at an independent bar. All members are invited to attend a seminar on Thursday, 23 March 2017 at...
Read more >Wednesday, March 22 2017: 'Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex (LGBTI) Awareness Training Seminar' Presented by Ross Wetherbee, Senior Program Manager, Pride in Diversity and chaired...
Read more >Members are reminded that the Bar Book Club meets on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 6.00pm in the Bar Library. The book for discussion is Edward III: A Heroic Failure by Jonathan Sumption.
Read more >The Redfern Legal Centre is turning 40 this year and they are holding a fundraising dinner at Sydney Town Hall on 27 April 2017. Virginia Bell is the guest speaker and the Bar...
Read more >Members are invited to a unique seminar, which will trace a construction case (based on the facts of an actual but unidentified dispute in Asia), from commencement with the QS / claims manager's...
Read more >The Bar Council urges members to complete the wellness survey, which commenced last week. The survey uses a link to a confidential online platform. Participants cannot be identified by their link....
Read more >Tuesday, March 21 2017: 'How to run a merit review case' Presented by The Honourable Justice Duncan Kerr Chev LH, President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Bernard McCabe, Deputy President...
Read more >Thomson Reuters invites all members to attend a CPD Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday 29 March. The seminar, ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’, will be presented...
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