Book your place at the 36th Australian Legal Convention

19/08/2009

Members are invited to attend the 36th Australian Legal Convention, which will be held in Perth at the Burswood Entertainment Complex from 17 to 19 September 2009. The convention will showcase leaders and decision-makers from the legal profession in Australia and across the world. The deadline to receive standard registration rates ends on 31 August 2009. Register before this date to receive a discount on your registration costs. The Australian Legal Convention, which only happens every second year, is the premier national CPD event on the Australian legal calendar. The business program features a range of topics of great relevance to the practising profession.� In particular, the business streams will deal with issues including legal professional structures, challenges to the rule of law in our region, and access to foreign law markets by Australian lawyers.� Featured speakers include the Hon Wayne Martin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, Mr Jim Dunstan, executive partner – Asia, of Allens Arthur Robinson, Mr Andrew Grech, the managing director of Slater Gordon and Mr Ken Murphy, director general of the Law Society of Ireland.

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For the first time in the convention’s history it will incorporate the inaugural Australian Young Lawyers’ Conference. One of the highlights of the convention is the young lawyer’s stream - covering a number of relevant and diverse topics.

**29 August 2009 **