The latest edition of Bar News, a Special Edition on Criminal Law & Inquests is now available online.
Be sure to take note of the images on the front cover. The first person to correctly identify...
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The Wellbeing Committee and the Bar Council has commissioned The Black Dog Institute to provide mental health training for members, including heads of chambers, clerks and chambers staff....
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The next meeting of the book club will be on 1 June 2020 at 5.30pm in the Bar Association Library. There are two books nominated for discussion.
You can read either or both, but please come prepared...
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The next meeting of the book club will be on 1 June 2020 at 5.30pm in the Bar Association Library. There are two books nominated for discussion.
You can read either or both, but please come prepared...
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Innovation and Technology Committee Blog
Big Data is becoming increasingly prevalent in our society. Because of this, it is important for barristers to know what it is, and how to use it.
What is...
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The STEP Australia 2021 Conference will be held at a luxury Sydney hotel, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, commencing with welcome drinks on the evening of Thursday 29 July 2021, followed by two...
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The Law Society of NSW are seeking mentors with bar experience willing to help lawyers eager to progress their career. If you can spare one hour a month to act as a mentor in either the early career...
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Members are advised there will be a joint ceremonial sitting next Friday 21 May 2021 at 4.30pm, for Justice Ryan and Stevenson in the Family Court of Australia to mark their retirements.
The joint...
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The Law Council of Australia has released a detailed summary outlining the outcomes of interest to the legal profession from last night’s 2021-2022 Federal Budget announcements. The summary is...
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Job Advertisement
The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as Acting Commissioners of the Land and Environment Court of NSW. There are a number of...
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The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor (Wollongong) under the Crown Prosecutors Act 1986 for a fixed term of up to seven...
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This annual one-day Conference will be held virtually on Saturday 22 May 2021.
The Conference, which has been held since 1989, provides an open forum for discussion of significant issues in...
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The New South Wales Bar Association extends an invitation to all members of the Bench & Bar to attend the unveiling of a portrait by Joshua McPherson of the Hon M H McHugh AC QC.
The work will be...
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The Law Society of NSW are seeking mentors with bar experience willing to help lawyers eager to progress their career. If you can spare one hour a month to act as a mentor in either the early career...
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The rapid adoption of virtual hearings by the Bar is to be commended. However, care needs to be taken to ensure that the same high standards of professionalism that apply in a real court room are...
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The STEP Australia 2021 Conference will be held at a luxury Sydney hotel, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, commencing with welcome drinks on the evening of Thursday 29 July 2021, followed by two...
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BarCare provides independent counselling for members of the New South Wales Bar, their families and staff, but not workplace training. That is why the Wellbeing Committee and the Bar...
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Our members are our greatest strength. The Association’s committees serve an important role in working with the Bar Council and staff to promote access to and the administration of justice and to...
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The Women Barristers Forum is delighted to invite all barristers to this special event to celebrate the centenary of Ada Evans becoming the first woman barrister to be admitted to the NSW Bar on 12...
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The latest edition of the Court of Appeal’s Decisions of Interest Bulletin is now available here.
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The third instalment of the ABA's monthly brief, the National Brief, has now been published and is available here.
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In this second ABA podcast, ABA President Matthew Howard SC and Kate Eastman SC, Chair of the ABA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, speak with Rachel Doyle QC, Barrister at the Victorian Bar, about...
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In the first gathering of the Australian Bar for more than 18 months, Re-emerge 2021 is your opportunity to re-engage with colleagues, reflect on having endured a momentous year, and participate in...
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On 3 May 2021, the Uniform Rules Committee approved Amendment No 95 to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.
The amendments include:
• Rule 3.10 – the correction of a typographical error in...
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The Bar Association is delighted to announce that the first recipient of the Katrina Dawson Award for 2021 is Winnie Liu.
Since December 2017, Winnie has been a solicitor at Herbert Smith...
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