This CPD session will explore keeping Chambers competitive in an evolving and increasingly complex environment. It will consider the business case for...
Read more >The Honourable Chief Justice William Alstergren AO and the Judges of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) invite members of the New South Wales Bar Association to attend the...
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The Wellbeing Committee is pleased to announce that the annual Bench & Bar Lunch will be held at the Social Dining at Verandah (55-65 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000) on Wednesday, 12 November 2025...
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The ABA Taxation Committee will be holding a CPD on GST/VAT Anti-Avoidance on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at 5PM.
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Across Australia, many legal practitioners work in isolation, whether in small towns, circuit courts, remote jurisdictions, or even within a city as sole practitioners, barristers, or in-house...
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The Diversity and Equality Committee would like to invite members of the NSW Bar to the Concert for Diversity, an artistic celebration of diversity on Thursday, 13 November 2025 in the Portrait...
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The next meeting of the Bar Knitting Group will occur on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 in the Conference room at Level 22 Chambers. Light refreshments will be served.
All are welcome. See you there!
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The Bar Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month.
November’s book is "Is a River Alive?” by Robert Macfarlane. It is a non-fiction book that The Guardian describes as an...
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The President of the NSW Bar Association, Dominic Toomey SC, is pleased to chair a CPD on the “Law of War”.
The panel of speakers includes:
Dr Helen...
The remaining Silk Bows ceremonies for 2025 will be held on the following days:
District Court of NSW – Sydney - Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at 9:00am
District Court of NSW – Parramatta -...
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The Bar Library will have changed operating hours on Monday, 27 October 2025. The Library will open at 9am and close at 5pm and will be closed for one hour between 1 and 2pm. Response times to...
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The Women Barristers Forum and the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales invite all members of the Bar and Judiciary to celebrate the appointment to silk of Joanne Shepard SC, Lyndelle Barnett...
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Every barrister who holds a NSW practising certificate, is a member of the Bar Association and has approved professional indemnity insurance, is covered by the NSW Bar Association’s Professional...
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The Annual Commonwealth Law Conference will be held Friday, 27 February 2026 8:30AM - 3:00PM and will be followed by a networking funtion at the Hilton, 488 George St, Sydney NSW 2000.
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The ABA Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive is taking place over 19-23 January 2026 in Brisbane. This is a residential five-day course that aims to develop barristers' skills, such as addressing,...
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The Wellbeing Committee invites barristers and their canine family members to attend Dog Day Out – a meeting and playdate for all barristers, judges, clerks and staff and their canine companions....
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The 2025 Sir Maurice Byers Annual Lecture will be delivered by John Sheahan KC on Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 5:15pm in the New South Wales Bar Association Common Room. The title of the lecture is...
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In 1934 Yolngu leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda went missing while being returned to his tribal lands, after the High Court of Australia had quashed his...
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Next Wednesday, 29 October 2025, the Bar Association is hosting a screening of the film ‘Dhakiyarr vs The King’.
In 1934, Yolngu leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda was convicted and sentenced to death...
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The Legal Services Council is developing updated standard cost disclosure forms and is conducting user testing with legal practitioners.
The Legal Services Council is inviting barristers, who accept...
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The District Court of NSW, in collaboration with the NSW Bar Association, Law Society of NSW and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, is offering three fully-funded training sessions...
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The Sir Garfield Barwick Dinner will take place on Wednesday, 29 October, at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel (169 Castlereagh Street). Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC will deliver this year’s address,...
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Register by Friday 24 October to receive 30% off with promo code JUSTICEBAR30.
The Law Council of Australia is excited to announce that the National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference will...
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The use of AI in court has become a topical issue. Practitioners around Australia have been referred to regulatory bodies and disciplined for failing to...
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For forty years, EDO has been using the power of the law to deliver legal solutions for peoples, nature and climate. Please join for an evening of celebration along with special guests, including...
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