Inbrief

NSW Bar Association statement on proposed doli incapax reforms

The NSW Bar Association has issued a statement on proposed doli incapax reforms. To read the statement please click here.

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The Bar Association has a partnership with Member Advantage, a leading provider of benefits programs. Bar Association membership entitles you to special savings on shopping, dining,...

RSVP: LARS 2025 thank you function

This event has been rescheduled, a new date will be advised via InBrief

The NSW Bar Association Legal Assistance Referral Scheme (LARS) is hosting a thank you function for participating members on...

Today: Bar Choir Christmas concert fundraiser

Join the Bar Choir from 6:00–7:00 PM on Thursday, 20 November 2025 for an evening of Christmas music at St James Church.

This year, the Bar Choir has chosen to support the Indigenous Barristers’...

Appointments to the Supreme Court, District Court and Local Court

Supreme Court of NSW

Edward Muston SC (7 Wentworth Selborne) and James Emmett SC (Banco Chambers) have been appointed judges of the Supreme Court of NSW. Mr Muston will be sworn in on December 2 and...

Australian Legal Convention 2025

The Australian Legal Convention 2025 will be held at the High Court of Australia in Canberra from 20 to 22 November.

The purpose of the convention is to bring together a cross-section of bodies and...

Direct Access Factsheet

The NSW Bar Association recommends any members who accept direct access matters read the Direct Access Factsheet which can be accessed here.

Expressions of interest: Local Court arbitrators list 2026–2027

Applications close at 5.00pm today

The Bar Association is seeking expressions of interest from qualified persons for nomination by the Bar Association to the Local Court Arbitrators List for the...

Vicarious trauma and burnout in the law

This CPD has been rescheduled, a new date will be advised via InBrief

This CPD offers NSW barristers an opportunity to hear Dr Colin James, lawyer, researcher and author of his recent book...

Trauma-informed client care for barristers

This CPD has been rescheduled, a new date will be advised via InBrief

Whether it's in a first introduction or during the end stages of trial preparation, communicating and collaborating with clients...

Supreme Court: Use of Generative AI - Practice Note Review

The Hon A.S. Bell, Chief Justice of New South Wales, has provided a statement regarding the Use of Generative AI - Practice Note Review.

Click here for more information.

Tonight: 2025 Women Silks evening

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...

CIARB: Arbitration and the High Court with the Hon Justice Kristina Stern

The Hon Justice Kristina Stern, Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW and Judge of the Court of Appeal, will speak on 'Arbitration and the High Court' on Wednesday 19 November at Holding Redlich,...

An Evening with Mark Tedeschi AM KC at the Justice and Police Museum

The Justice and Police Museum invites members to join Mark Tedeschi AM KC and Kim Tao, Head of Curatorial & Research at Museums of History NSW, for an evening in conversation about Mark’s...

Bar Library Changed Hours

The Bar Library will have changed operating hours on Monday, 17 November. The Library will open at 9am and close at 5pm and will be closed for one hour between 1 & 2pm. Response times to reference...

Volunteers sought for Legal Assistance Referral Scheme

The NSW Bar Association Legal Assistance Referral Scheme, which has formally existed since 1996, reflects the strongly held view of the Bar that a person’s rights and access to justice should not...

Seeking volunteers: First Nations pre-law student visit to NSWBA - 28 Nov

The NSW Bar Association will host the annual visit from First Nations students attending the UNSW pre-law course on Friday, 28 November 2025, commencing at 9:30 AM in the Bar Association’s Common...

Do you have something to tell the Bar Association?

If you hold a current barristers practising certificate and have...

...been charged with a serious offence or a tax offence or convicted of a notifiable summary offence or had a bankruptcy related...

Results of the 2026 Bar Council Election

Following certification of the results by two polling officers as required by Rule 11.8.1 of the Bar Association Constitution, the Returning Officer has declared the members elected to the 2026 Bar...

Today: Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the NSW Bar Association (ABN 18 526 414 014) will be held today at 5:00pm in the Common Room of the NSW Bar Association, basement, Selborne Chambers, 174-180 Phillip...

Today: Concert for Diversity

The Diversity and Equality Committee (DEC) would like to invite members of the New South Wales Bar to the Concert for Diversity, an artistic celebration of diversity on Thursday, 13 November 2025 in...

Closing 1pm today – Election of members of Bar Council for 2026

Voting for the election of members of the Bar Council for 2026 closes today at 1:00pm. The list of candidates for the 2026 Bar Council is available on the NSWBA website here.

Paper ballots can be...

Statement of Commitment

On 23 October 2025, the Bar Council adopted the New South Wales Bar Association Statement of Commitment to Reconciliation with NSW First Nations and First Nations People.

The Statement of Commitment...

Closing tomorrow: 2026 Bar Council Election

The ballot for the 2026 Bar Council will close at 1:00pm tomorrow, Thursday, 13 November 2025. Any votes received after 1:00pm will not be counted.

Members who are eligible to vote have been sent a...

Today: Australian Association of Constitutional Law Seminar

The Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) is holding its next seminar on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. The Hon Justice Younan will chair the event. Myles Pulsford, Hannah Ryan and...