Inbrief
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...
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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...
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Expressions of interest: Local Court arbitrators list 2026–2027
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 period 1 January 2026 to 31 December...
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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’...
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Commonwealth Law Conference - 27 February 2026
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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Trauma-informed client care for barristers
Tuesday, 25 November – In person, 5-6pm
Whether it's in a first introduction or during the end stages of trial preparation, communicating and collaborating with clients can sometimes feel...
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Vicarious trauma and burnout in the law
Tuesday, 09 December – In person, 5-6pm
This CPD offers NSW barristers an opportunity to hear Dr Colin James, lawyer, researcher and author of his recent book “Vicarious Trauma and Burnout in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Solution Focused Justice – A Cross Jurisdictional Symposium
Friday, 20 February 2026 AND Saturday, 21 February 2026
On the 20th and 21st of February 2026, the Bugmy Bar Book, the NSW Bar Association, Te Kura Kaiwhakawā (New Zealand Institute of Judicial...
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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...
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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,...
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RSVP: LARS 2025 thank you function
The NSW Bar Association Legal Assistance Referral Scheme (LARS) is hosting a thank you function for participating members on Thursday, 20 November 2025. LARS has formally existed since 1996 and...
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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...
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Admiralty and Maritime Users’ Group Meeting – 17 November 2025
The Federal Court of Australia invites members to attend a meeting of the Admiralty and Maritime Users’ Group on Monday, 17 November 2025. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
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Today: Law of War
Tuesday, 11 November – In person, 5-6pm
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:
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Tomorrow: AIAL: In Conversation with the Hon John Basten AO KC
Presented by the Australian Institute of Administrative Law NSW Chapter.
Chair: The Hon Justice Rachel Pepper, Land and Environment Court of NSW
Speakers:
- The Hon John Basten AO KC
- The Hon...
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Tomorrow: Bench and Bar Lunch 2025
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 from 12.30-2.00pm.
Tickets for the lunch are $50 per...
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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...
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Accessibility Suggestions Inbox
Have you ever been in the same court building or courtroom as a person with a disability? Did they struggle to hear, be heard, or otherwise engage in typical activities in court? Were they unable to...
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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...
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Tomorrow: FCFCOA: Ceremonial sitting to welcome her Honour Judge Amy McGowan
The Hon Chief Justice William Alstergren AO invites members to a ceremonial sitting to welcome her Honour Judge Amy McGowan to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2). The...
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Peteris Ginters Day
Professor Dominic Rowe, a brilliant neurologist who heads Macquarie University’s world leading Motor Neuron Disease Centre, calls MND ‘a brute of a disease’. In 2020, it took the life of...
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