President's Message

The Bondi Junction attack of 13 April 2024 has shocked our entire community. A place where people expected to find joy brought them terror.
The NSW Bar Association offers its condolences and support...
Read more >The Bondi Junction attack of 13 April 2024 has shocked our entire community. A place where people expected to find joy brought them terror.
The NSW Bar Association offers its condolences and support...
Read more >The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment to NCAT as a full-time Senior Member under the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.
For more...
Read more >The Australian Pro Bono Centre warmly invites members of the NSW Bar to become signatories to the National Pro Bono Target.
What is the Target?
The Target is a voluntary and aspirational benchmark...
Read more >The Janet Coombs Lunch to welcome the women joining the NSW Bar in the May Bar Practice Course will be held on Wednesday, 8 May 2024. The biannual lunch co-hosted by the Women Barristers Forum and...
Read more >The Australian Government has announced the appointment of Justice Robert James Bromwich as the next Chief Justice of the Norfolk Island Supreme Court.
Click here to read the media...
Read more >The NSW Attorney General has announced that Justice Huggett has been appointed as Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW and President of the Dust Diseases Tribunal.
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Read more >Applications are now open for the inaugural grant from the Joanna Knight Scholarship Fund after a successful launch and fundraiser in June 2023.
These scholarships include:
The NSW Attorney General has announced that Magistrate Ross Hudson has been appointed a judge of the District Court of NSW.
Click here to read the media release.
Read more >A function honouring the Hon. Andrew Rogers AO KC will be held on Wednesday, 10 April 2024 from 5.30pm in the Supreme Court of NSW in Banco Court.
The event will be chaired by the Hon Justice D...
Read more >The Supreme Court of New South Wales was founded on 17 May 1824 and to celebrate its bicentenary the Court has published an illustrated history: Constant Guardian, Changing Times. On Wednesday, 3...
Read more >World Day for Safety and Health at Work is a UN international day that is observed annually on 28 April to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. 28 April is also the...
Read more >Lesbian Visibility Day, observed annually on 26 April, is a day to recognise and celebrate the contributions of lesbians around the world. It is also a day to raise awareness of issues faced by...
Read more >Passover, also known as Pesach, is one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar which is celebrated for seven or eight days. This year it begins at sundown on 22 April 2024.
On the...
Read more >Today is the last day of the Month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Ramadan is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of dawn-to-sunset fasting, prayer, reflection and...
Read more >A well-appointed, fully networked, internal room is for licence until October 2024 with the potential for an extension. The size of the room is 13.2m². The floor is busy and...
Read more >Applications are sought from suitably qualified and experienced persons for appointment to the position of General Member (Full Time) in both the Workers Compensation or Motor Accidents...
Read more >Barrister Harry Black (7 Garfield Barwick) is seeking interested actors, singers and musicians to join the Bar Revue production. The show will run from 3-5 July 2024. Relaxed open auditions will take...
Read more >Lionel Robberds AM KC has passed away.
Lionel was called to the Bar in 1966 and took silk in 1982. He practised for 55 years before retiring in 2021.
A celebration of Lionel's life will be...
Read more >This webinar will discuss the new offence of coercive control coming into effect from July 2024 and raise forensic and practical implications in criminal and family...
Read more >The Honourable Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of New South Wales has been interviewed by the ABC for the court's 200th anniversary here.
Read more >Do you run cases with traumatising evidence and finish a trial overwhelmed with emotions or notice changes in your mood? Do specific cases linger in your thoughts long after working on...
Read more >The Federal Court has launched the first two oral history podcasts entitled "Lives and Times of Judges of the Federal Court of Australia".
For more information, please click here.
Read more >The 2023/2024 CPD year has now ended. We encourage barristers to update their CPD attendances in there CPD profile on the CPD streaming platform. Everything that is watched through online streaming...
Read more >The NSW Attorney General has announced that Rashelle Seiden SC has been appointed a judge of the District Court of NSW and Deputy President of NCAT.
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Read more >A formal ceremony to mark the swearing-in of Rashelle Seiden SC as a Judge of the District Court of NSW and Deputy President of NCAT will be held in John Maddison Tower on Level 21 on...
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