Federal Criminal Law Conference: 5 September 2008

03/06/2008

The Law Council of Australia and the New South Wales Bar Association will host a federal criminal law conference on 5 September 2008 in Sydney. The primary purpose of the conference is to generate new ideas for reform of criminal law and procedure at the Commonwealth level.�

The conference will also provide the opportunity for the legal profession to develop a 'reform platform' that can be fed into, and presented at, a broader federal criminal law conference hosted by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department on 30 September 2008 in Canberra. � The conference will run for one day and the president of the Law Council of Australia, Ross Ray QC will present the keynote address. � The conference will attract national delegates largely consisting of barristers and solicitors who support reform for federal criminal law, as well as members from various law reform organisations including, but not limited to, members from both Commonwealth and state AGs' departments, law reform commissions, departments of public prosecution, the Legal Aid Commission, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Crime Commission.

The conference will be followed by a conference dinner with participants and interested barristers and solicitors.� The Hon Bob Debus MP, the minister for home affairs, is scheduled to deliver the conference dinner address.

The organising committee for the conference invites members to submit one page outlines of proposed reforms in the area of federal criminal law.� Those invited to speak will be limited to a 20 minute presentation (with a comparable period for discussion).� Please submit outlines to Cindy Penrose, project officer, cpenrose@nswbar.asn.au ph: (02) 9232 4055 by 6 June 2008.

3 June 2008