Inbrief

Today: Bar Book Club

The Bar Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month.

December’s book is “What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan. The novel is set a century in the future and looks back at today through the...

Tomorrow: Sir James Martin Moot - 2 December 2025

On 19 November 1873 Sir James Martin was sworn in as the fourth Chief Justice of New South Wales. In honour of this remarkable man, students from Western Sydney University School of Law and The...

Australian Bar Association office bearers

The Australian Bar Association Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 25 November 2025. At that meeting the following office bearers were elected:

President: Michael Izzo SC – New South Wales...

Edward Muston SC made Life Member of the Bar Association

At its meeting on 27 November 2025, the Bar Council resolved by acclamation to award life membership of the New South Wales Bar Association to Edward Muston SC for exceptional service to the Bar...

Wellbeing resources at the Bar Library

The Bar Association Library’s wellbeing collection offers members a variety of books and games on addiction, ADHD, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, trauma, men’s and women’s health,...

Emergency Childcare

To assist barristers with childcare responsibilities to manage court or other commitments when children are ill or regular care arrangements are unavailable, the Bar Association has created an...

Save the Date – 2026 Regional CPD Conference Series

The NSW Bar Association is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 Regional CPD Conference Series. This curated series is an opportunity to advance your professional development, gain expert...

ABA Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive 2026

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,...

NSW Bar Association governance

Office Bearers

At a meeting of the Bar Council on 18 November 2025, the following were elected as office bearers of the NSW Bar Association:

• President: Dominic Toomey SC
• Senior Vice-President:...

Cybersecurity guidelines

Members are encouraged to review the Cybersecurity Guidance for NSW Barristers that was published on 28 June 2024.

The guidelines identify preventative steps that barristers should take to protect...

Today: Bar Knitting Group

The last meeting for 2025 of the Bar Knitting Group will be held on Tuesday, 25 November. We meet in the Conference Room of Level 22 Chambers from 5pm. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be...

Vale: Warren Peter Young Austron (1946–2025)

Warren Austron passed away on 7 November 2025. He was called to the Bar in 1984 and practised from 15 Wardell Chambers for many years until his retirement from the Bar in 2013. A funeral will be held...

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.

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...