Law School: Events

JSI Seminar | Bathroom Bills and Liberal Rights
2023-10-12 18:00 - 19:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar: Bathroom Bills and Liberal Rights
In-person event
On June 30th 2023 Florida’s House Bill 1521 came into effect. The bill requires that all trans people must use Florida public restrooms that align with the sex they were assigned at birth. This includes restrooms in all Florida airports, government buildings, schools and universities, city parks and beaches, and many Florida stadiums, rest stops, service stations, and conferences. The implications of this bill are that all trans women, for instance, must use the men’s bathroom in these places even if they have had sex reassignment surgery, have lived as a woman for decades, or since they were a child, are perceived to be a woman by everyone they meet, and/or have changed their birth certificate, their driving license, and their passports so that they acknowledge that they are female or a woman.
Earlier in 2023, Kansas adopted a similar bathroom bill, North Carolina adopted a similar bill in 2016-2017, the UK government is considering adopting a similar law, and at least 21 other US states have proposed similar bathroom bills. There has been a lot of discussion and criticism of these bathroom bills but no sustained case for their injustice (or their justice) has been made. This paper argues that bathroom bills like Florida’s breach trans people’s rights in three ways. I argue that we have the following three rights: (1) rights to not be made to subject ourselves to significant risks of harm in order to participate in the (face-to-face) public or social world; (2) rights to not be unjustly discriminated against; (3) rights to have our interests considered equally in lawmaking and policymaking.
I argue that a variety of more specific liberal and egalitarian rights and claims, made by a variety of liberals and egalitarians, imply (1-3) and (1-3) are very intuitive. And I argue that bathroom bills like Florida’s breach trans people’s rights to (1-3). I argue that bathroom bills force trans people to risk significant harm in order to participate in the public or social world, and refraining from adopting bathroom bills does not force anyone to incur any similar significant risk of harm to participate in the public or social world. I argue that the different philosophical theories of unjust discrimination that we have imply that bathroom bills are instances of unjust discrimination. And I argue that the adoption of bathroom bills does not involve equal consideration of trans people’s interests.
About the speaker:
Associate Professor Rach Cosker-Rowland
Rach Cosker-Rowland is an Associate Professor in Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of Leeds. She is the author ofÂ The Normative and the EvaluativeÂ (OUP, 2019) andÂ Moral DisagreementÂ (Routledge, 2020) as well as the co-editor ofÂ FittingnessÂ (OUP, 2022). She has recently published papers on the nature of gender, the relationship between gender identity and gender, and gender-identity-based rights in journals including Nous, Analysis, and the Journal of Medical Ethics. Before taking up her position at Leeds she held positions at the Australian Catholic University, La Trobe University, the University of Oxford, and the University of Warwick.
Thursday 12 October 2023, 6-7.30pm AEST
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is proudly presented by theÂ Julius Stone Institute of JurisprudenceÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

The Modern Slavery Act Review: Can the law drive meaningful change?
2023-10-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Law Foyer, Level 2
The Modern Slavery Act Review: Can the law drive meaningful change?
In-person event
In May this year, the Government tabled a report on the findings of the statutory review of Australia’sÂ Modern Slavery Act 2018. The Review, led by Professor John McMillan AO, made 30 recommendations to strengthen the Act. If the recommendations are adopted, it will mark the first mandatory human rights due diligence law in Australia, reflecting the rapidly changing legislative landscape internationally.
What does a strengthened Modern Slavery Act mean for reporting entities, including the higher education sector? Can legislative reform drive meaningful change for people vulnerable to modern slavery in Australia, such as international students and migrant workers?
The event will explore the unique role of academic research and universities in partnering with government, civil society and business to drive meaningful action on addressing modern slavery.

Opening remarks by the Australian Ambassador to Counter Modern Slavery, People Smuggling and Human Trafficking, Ms Lynn Bell.
Ambassador Bell is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Assistant Secretary, Crisis Preparedness and Management Branch. She has previously served as a Senior Adviser at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and overseas in Papua New Guinea. Ms Bell holds a Master of Public Administration from University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Technology Sydney.
Keynote address byÂ Professor John McMillan, AO, author of the Modern Slavery Act Review.
Professor McMillan is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, where he taught administrative and constitutional law from 1983-2003. He is a co-author ofÂ Control of Government Action: Text, Cases and CommentaryÂ (2022, 6th ed). John has held the statutory positions of Commonwealth Ombudsman (2003-10), Integrity Commissioner (Acting) for the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (2007), Australian Information Commissioner (2010-15), NSW Ombudsman (Acting) (2015-17), and member of the Australian Copyright Tribunal (2015-17).
Panel Discussion
Through diverse perspectives and expert insights, the panel will provide practical takeaways on the implications of the Modern Slavery Act Review in the context of wider legislative and policy changes in Australia and abroad.
About the speakers
Professor Jennifer Burn AM
Professor Burn is a lawyer and Director of Anti-Slavery Australia at UTS, a specialist legal practice, research and policy centre committed to the abolition of modern slavery in Australia. Jennifer received an Order of Australia this year for her significant service to anti-slavery and migration law. She has also been awarded the 2016 UTS Deputy Vice Chancellor’s Medal for Research Impact and the 2020 Law Council of Australia Outstanding Migration Lawyer of the Year. Jennifer serves on the Australian Government National Roundtable on Human Trafficking and was the Interim NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner from 2018 to 2020. Jennifer sits on the Mercy Foundation Board and is a member of the Advisory Group for the Centre for Research on Modern Slavery (CReMS) at the University of Auckland.
Associate Professor Anna Boucher
Anna Boucher (PhD, LSE) is an Associate Professor in Political Science and Chair of the Discipline of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney as well as a practising solicitor. Her work covers comparative immigration data, immigration policy, diversity and immigration and labour exploitation. Her most recent book,Â Patterns of Exploitation: Migrant Worker Rights Violations in Advanced DemocraciesÂ (Oxford University Press: New York, 2023) explores migrant worker rights violations in four countries and six labour law jurisdictions over a twenty-year period. She is an advisor to the Australian, Canadian and British governments, alongside international agencies such as the ILO, OECD and World Bank on immigration and labour market issues.
Esty Marcu
Esty is the Director of the University of Sydney’s Modern Slavery Unit, where she leads the University’s strategic response to modern slavery and enables academic excellence on business and human rights. She also lectures at the Sydney Business School on shared value and inclusive business models. Esty is on the Advisory Panel for the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner and the Board of Trustees for Electronics Watch, supporting public buyers to address human rights risks in the electronics industry. She has previously worked in both the Commonwealth and NSW state government advising on complex public policy issues, including temporary migration, refugee settlement, international development and health policy. She was the Co-founder and Director of Project Girl Code, a non-profit providing digital literacy and coding skills to trafficking survivors in Cambodia.
Moderator: Professor Simon Bronitt
Professor Simon Bronitt is the Head of School and Dean of Sydney Law School commencing July 2019. In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, Professor Bronitt has published widely on criminal justice topics ranging across terrorism law and human rights, comparative criminal law, covert policing, family violence, and mental health policing. Recent publications includeÂ Rape Law in ContextÂ (The Federation Press, 2018),Â Principles of Criminal LawÂ (4th ed, Thomson Reuters 2017) andÂ Law in ContextÂ (4th ed, The Federation Press, 2012).

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Friday 13 October
Time:Â 1-2.30pm
Venue: Law Foyer, Level 2, New Law Building (F10)
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This event is proudly co-presented by Sydney Law School and the Modern Slavery Unit at the University of Sydney.

JSI Seminar | Contract law and reasons for action: A crash course in private law theory
2023-10-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar | Contract law and reasons for action: A crash course in private law theory
In-person event
If contract law is to be authoritative, it must mediate between the subjects of contract law and reasons for action they have. Either implicitly or explicitly, this insight informs various approaches to the theorisation of this law. Some have tried to understand contract law as mediating ordinary moral reasons relating to promising. Others have argued that this law embodies duties of private right, the sort of reasons that apply to us as independent individuals cooperating as equals. And there are others still who identify different sets of reasons for action special to the contractual relationship.
In my talk, I will identify the common flaw shared by these different theories. I will explain why focusing our attention on contract law as an exercise ofÂ politicalÂ authorityâ€”rather than authoritative in the abstractâ€”paves the way not only to a better understanding of the normative basis for contract but also the broad stakes involved in the making of contract law.
About the speaker:
Dr Arie Rosen
Arie Rosen is a legal theorist based at the University of Auckland Faculty of Law and a founding co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Legal and Political Theory. His work in legal and political philosophy focuses on political authority, the grounds for its exercise, the ideology that sustains it, and the impact it has on law and practical reasoning. His work appears in various edited volumes and leading journals, includingÂ Legal Theory, the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, the University of Toronto Law Journal, and theÂ Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence. His current project focuses on how political authority is exercised in the context of private law and what this can teach us about constitutional structures and the core commitments of liberal political morality.
Thursday 19 October 2023, 6-7.30pm AEST
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is proudly presented by theÂ Julius Stone Institute of JurisprudenceÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

Webinar | Children's Rights and Participation in Youth Justice Systems: An International Perspective
2023-10-25 19:00 - 20:30
Children’s Rights and Participation in Youth Justice Systems: An International Perspective
Join the Youth Justice Research Collaboration at the University of Sydney and the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University at this free webinar. It will provide an opportunity for academics and professionals to detail and discuss the upholding of children’s rights and participation in the English and Australian Youth Justice Systems. There will be plenty of opportunities for interactive discussions about the enablers and barriers to meaningful participation in youth justice systems. Youth justice systems have been the focus of considerable scrutiny and review in many jurisdictions in recent years and many of these systems are grappling with how to better involve young people in shaping these systems. Practitioners and academics from England and New South Wales will talk about their work and research. The Forum will bring together key stakeholders working to prevent youth crime and to administer the various aspects of youth justice. Presenters will discuss latest trends, research and policies in these areas and will showcase some of the relevant work across the University of Sydney.
About the Speakers

Professor Hannah Smithson– ProfessorÂ of Criminology and Youth Justice, Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Dr Hannah Smithson has worked within the field of criminology for over 20 years and she specialises in the area of youth justice. Hannah is the Director of the world-leading Manchester Centre for Youth Studies. Hannah is co-convenor of the award-winning Greater Manchester Youth Justice Partnership – a partnership between Man Met and each of the 10 Greater Manchester youth justice services. The partnership has led to the creation of a transformative new framework: Participatory Youth Practice (PYP). PYP is the first framework to be co-created with justice-involved children based on their lived experiences. PYP has had an impact on youth justice practice, on national and international youth justice strategies, and, most importantly, on justice-involved children themselves. Hannah works collaboratively with a variety of local, national and international communities and stakeholders, including professionals, activists and third sector organisations. Her research has been instrumental in shaping agendas in research and policy across the interconnected areas of youth justice, serious youth violence and child criminal exploitation. She has written extensively on the problematic reductionism of SYV to involvement in gangs. Her most recent publications explore the benefits and challenges of participatory practice with justice-involved children. Her output can be found here.

Associate Professor Garner Clancey– The University of Sydney Law School, Australia
Dr Garner Clancey is an Associate Professor in Criminology. Before joining the University of Sydney Law School in 2011, Garner worked in criminal justice agencies (including Juvenile Justice NSW and the NSW Police Force) between 1992-2002 and worked as a crime prevention consultant between 2002-2010. Garner also taught crime prevention, policing, juvenile justice, security and criminology courses at five other Australian universities between 2000 and 2011. Garner’s work focuses on the intersection between research, policy and practice. Currently, Garner is working to develop a whole-of-university approach to youth justice and youth crime issues. Garner is working closely with industry partners and colleagues from across the University of Sydney to tackle various practical and systemic challenges impacting the youth justice system. This work has resulted in the establishment of the University of Sydney’sÂ Youth Justice Collaboration.
Garner is a member of various research centres including the Sydney Institute of Criminology, theÂ Matilda Centre, theÂ Technology Addiction Team (Brain and Mind Centre), and an affiliate of the Wellbeing Health and Youth Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health.
His most recent article considers long term positive trends in youth justice detention. He co-authored Crime Prevention: Principles, Perspectives, PracticesÂ which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Dr Lisa Ewenson– Research Associate, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW, Australia
Dr Lisa Ewenson is a social worker and lawyer who has worked for over 15 years in both the youth justice detention and immigration detention centre contexts. Lisa completed her doctoral thesis in 2022, which explores the lived experiences of youth justice detention in New South Wales, Australia, and is now a research associate at UNSW.Â Her thesis, Children Must be Heard When They Cannot be Seen, analysed youth justice detention in contemporary Australia considering external oversight mechanisms, children’s rights and the capabilities approach. Relevantly, her work published in the Australian Journal of Human Rights, outlines the legal background to monitoring requirements in youth justice detention and makes practical recommendations for monitoring bodies to be effective in protecting rights and preventing harm to people in detention. It can be accessed here.

Ms Annika Ross– Youth Justice NSW, Australia
Ms Annika Ross has spent her career supporting and engaging with young people at risk. Her university studies focused on grass roots programs for young people through community arts and recreation. This was strengthened through master’s studies in Social Science. Annika has spent the last 17 years working with young people who offend, both in NSW and the UK. Annika has worked for Youth Justice NSW since 2006, in various operational roles and has been most recently managing the Strategic Projects Unit. This role handles a diverse portfolio of policy and project work for the agency including leading the Child Safe Framework, the Disability Action Plan, The Domestic and Family Violence Strategy and diversity, inclusion and wellbeing work for staff and young people.
Mr Thomas Lang– Head of Services, Manchester Youth Justice, Children’s and Education Directorate, United Kingdom

About the Discussant

Ms Anne Longfield CBE
Ms Anne Longfield CBE is Chair of the Commission on Young Lives.
From March 2015 to February 2021, Anne was the Children’s Commissioner for England.
Anne has spent the last three decades working to improve the life chances of children, particularly the most vulnerable. She previously led a national children’s charity and has also worked on the delivery of the Sure Start programme in the Cabinet Office. Anne is a passionate champion for children, influencing and shaping the national debate and policy agenda for children and their families. She spent many years campaigning for better childcare, often at a time when many saw the issue as obscure or niche. As Children’s Commissioner, Anne spent six years championing the rights and interests of children with those in power who make decisions about children’s lives, acting as children’s â€˜eyes and ears’ in the corridors of power in Whitehall and Westminster. Anne is also Special Advisor to the Lords Public Services Committee on their inquiry into public services and vulnerable children and is the Independent Chair of the NHS Children and Young People Learning Disability and Autism Board.
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Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Cost: Free
Time:Â 7- 8.30pm AEST
Location:Â Online (please note, an in-person offering is not available)
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Capacity is extremely limited. If your availability changes, we ask that you promptly update your registration accordingly so we can allocate your space to another participant.

Contact
General enquiries may be directed to: law.events@sydney.edu.au
Research related enquiries may be directed to:Â garner.clancey@sydney.edu.au or h.l.smithson@mmu.ac.uk

Gratuitous Concurrence and the Role of the Prosecutor
2023-10-26 00:00
2023 Criminal Law CPD Series: Gratuitous Concurrence and the Role of the Prosecutor – Presenting a Fair and Firm Crown Case in the Face of Sociolinguistic Challenges

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
CPD Points: 1.5
About
A unique challenge faced in the adversarial system is that the prosecution only â€˜wins’ when justice is done. An agreeable witness may, prima facie, seem like a blessing for those bringing the prosecution case. However, the presentation of a fair and firm prosecution in the criminal justice system must be reconciled with three distinct considerations:

The over-representation of Indigenous Australians interacting with the criminal justice system;
The phenomena of gratuitous concurrence – that is, the Indigenous Australian cultural practice of agreeing to direct questions to placate or appease the questioner; and
A prosecutor’s obligation to act fairly to the accused, act with integrity, and be mindful of cultural sensitivities – especially those relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

How, then, are a prosecutor’s obligations discharged in the face of appeasement? The presentation aims to give an overview of the role of the prosecutor, as a minister of justice, and the distinct ethical framework the Crown operates in. From that overview, authorities which have developed and considered the phenomena of gratuitous concurrence are discussed. These decisions, and â€˜practical’ applications, are contrasted with research and analyses of the phenomena within academia. The synthesis of academia and common law development are considered in extant justice stakeholder and law reform bodies, and what recommendations have been made, and are on foot.
Presenters
Shannon Matchett is a solicitor employed by the NSW ODPP, who currently practises in Wagga Wagga. Previously, he prosecuted in Parramatta and the Sydney West Trial Courts. Shannon graduated from the University of New England in 2018 whilst employed as a researcher in criminology, focusing on Family Law and judicial interpretations of the â€˜best interests of the child’. Shannon’s major research interest concerns how psychology and the law intersect. He has previously presented CPDs on extra-curial punishment, tribal punishments (and their status/recognition within statutory framework) – and is working towards a later presentation on assessing demeanour/body language, and the perils of armchair psychology in the jury room.

A recording of this webinar will be released on Thursday, 26 October 2023.
Find out more about the series.

2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: Human rights, climate justice and the UN Acceleration Agenda
2023-10-31 18:00 - 19:00 | Law Lounge, Level 1
2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: Human rights, climate justice and the UN Acceleration Agenda
In-person event
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Acceleration Agenda spells out the actions needed from government, business and finance leadersÂ to accelerate their efforts to deeply cut emissions and deliver climate justice to protect lives and livelihoods. In the context of climate justice and drawing from the 2019 report of the Task Force on Justice, the Address will focus on two key thematic issues: climate change displacement and climate change litigation. Based on Dr Fry’s recent reports to the Human Rights Council (June 2023) and the UN General Assembly (October 2023), it will begin by discussing climate change displacement and the absence of appropriate legal measures for people displaced across international borders due to climate change. The Address will then focus on climate change litigation and barriers to accessing justice for people defending their right to live in a world free from climate change impacts.
Speaker: Dr Ian FryÂ (Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change)

This event forms part of a full-day conference on climate action.Â For further information, click here.

RegistrationÂ

2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: $40
Student rate: $20

Tuesday 31 October 2023
Time:Â 5-7pm (Cocktail reception from 5-5.30pm)
Venue:Â Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)

This event is hosted by the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School.

Just Cause launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School
2023-11-01 17:30 - 19:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Just Cause launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School
In-person event
Join us to celebrate the launch of â€˜Just Cause,’ a podcast created by staff and students affiliated with the Sydney Law School Social Justice Advisory Group. Learn more about this exciting new project, and get a glimpse into the variety of informative episodes that feature in season one. If you are student seeking to becoming involved in social justice initiatives at USyd, an academic seeking to platform your social justice research, or just someone who enjoys podcasts, then come join us!
Speakers:

Professor Simon Rice
Dr Rachel Killean
Ms Juliette Marchant

Wednesday 1 November 2023, 5.30-7pmÂ AEST
Refreshments to follow panel.
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), Level 4, Common Room, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

This event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney.

JSI Seminar | The law and ethics of a property rights approach to frozen embryo disputes
2023-11-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar: The law and ethics of a property rights approach to frozen embryo disputes
In-person event
Disputes over frozen embryos represent a particularly problematic case, legally and ethically, due to the ambiguity of their moral and legal status and the potential rights-claims which can be made with regard to them. Recent work has contextualised frozen embryos as liminal and suggested a contextual approach to their legal classification.
By appeal to personal property law, with a lens provided by Roman law doctrines, and reproductive bioethics, we argue that frozen embryos may be subjects of property rights, providing a more stable framework for dispute resolution. To illustrate how a property approach would work, we reconsider the facts of the influential Evans case and argue that if a proprietary rather than promissory estoppel claim had been pursued, the reverse outcome may have been reached, to the benefit of women who are disproportionately harmed in these scenarios.
About the speaker:
Teresa Baron
Teresa is a Nottingham Research Fellow working on reproductive ethics and philosophy of parenthood. She was previously a postdoc at the Czech Academy of Sciences, and a visiting research fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
Thursday 2 November 2023, 6-7.30pm AEDT
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is proudly presented by theÂ Julius Stone Institute of JurisprudenceÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

Business, human rights and development: A case for course correction
2023-11-03 13:30 - 14:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Business, human rights and development: A case for course correction
In-person event
Businesses are expected to respect all human rights. However, there is little evidence that human rights abuses-linked to businesses are on the decline despite the evolution of plethora of standards. Businesses are also expected to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, as highlighted by the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023, the world is seriously offtrack to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and businesses have again not done enough to overcome global challenges such as poverty, inequalities, child labour, hunger or climate change.
What should businesses do differently in future? Building on his first thematic report (A/78/160) to the UN General Assembly as the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Professor Deva will argue that a fundamental shift is required in the current role and place of business in society. There is a need to reorient the purpose of business, change irresponsible business models and go beyond the â€˜do no harm’ approach. By doing so, businesses will be able to make a meaningful contribution not only to achieving inclusive and sustainable development but also to building a human rights economy.

About the speaker
Surya Devais a Professor at the Macquarie Law School and Director of the Centre for Environmental Law at Macquarie University. He is also the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development and a Co-Director of the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum. Deva is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of business and human rights. He served as a member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (2016-22). Deva has advised UN agencies, governments, national human rights institutions, multinational corporations, trade unions and civil society organisations on issues related to his expertise. He researches in the areas of business and human rights, comparative constitutional law, international human rights law, sustainable development, climate change, and gender equality. Deva is one of the founding Editors-in-Chief of the Business and Human Rights Journal, and is an elected Vice President of the International Association of Constitutional Law (2022-26).

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Friday 3 November
Time: 1.30-2.30pm
Venue: Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10)
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This event is proudly co-presented by the ANZIL International Human Rights Law Interest Group (IHRLIG) & The University of Sydney Law School.

Book launch: Contempt
2023-11-07 17:30 - 19:00 | Supreme Court of NSW
Book launch: Contempt
In-person event
The University of Sydney Law School and The Federation Press are delighted to invite you to the launch ofÂ ContemptÂ by David Rolph.Â The book considers all forms of contempt, including civil contempt, sub judice contempt, contempt in the face of the court, scandalising the court and interference with the administration of justice as an ongoing process. It examines the difficult issue of the distinction between civil and criminal contempt. It considers not only contempt of superior courts of record but also examines the contempt powers of a range of inferior courts and tribunals. The book also analyses the procedure and penalties for contempt of court.
The book will be launched byÂ The Honourable Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW. The launch will be followed by a cocktail reception.
AboutÂ Contempt
Contempt of court is a vitally important part of the administration of justice. Being a summary jurisdiction, the law of contempt often needs to be applied swiftly and is not regularly the subject of appeal. There are many complexities and idiosyncrasies about the law of contempt, which have developed over centuries. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the Australian law of contempt of court. It provides a rigorous but accessible exposition of the fundamental principles of this somewhat arcane area of law.
The book considers all forms of contempt, including civil contempt, sub judice contempt, contempt in the face of the court, scandalising the court and interference with the administration of justice as an ongoing process. It examines the difficult issue of the distinction between civil and criminal contempt. It considers not only contempt of superior courts of record but also examines the contempt powers of a range of inferior courts and tribunals. The book also analyses the procedure and penalties for contempt of court.
The book will be available for purchase on the evening.
Find out more about the book and order it online here.
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Tuesday 7 November 2023
Time: 5.30-7pm (including a cocktail reception)
Venue: Banco Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales ,184 Phillip Street, Sydney
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About the author
David Rolph is a Professor at the University of Sydney Law School, specialising in media law. He is the author of two books, as well as many book chapters and journal articles, on all aspects of media law. From 2007 to 2013, Professor Rolph was the editor of theÂ Sydney Law Review, one of Australiaâ€™s leading law journals. He currently serves on the editorial boards of theÂ Media and Arts Law Review, theÂ Communications Law Bulletin, Communications LawÂ and theÂ International Journal of the Semiotics of Law. Professor Rolph is also a regular columnist for theÂ Gazette of Law and JournalismÂ and a frequent media commentary on a range of media law issues.
This event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.

**CANCELLED** Let's Talk About Corporations | Monetary sanctions against corporations: options for reform
2023-11-08 13:00 - 14:00
**This event has been cancelled.**
Let’s Talk About Corporations | Monetary sanctions against corporations: options for reform
Hybrid event
Monetary sanctions are the main method of punishing corporations for breaching the law. They are a mainstay of enforcement in many areas, including competition and consumer law, securities and investment law, environment law, bribery and corruption, privacy, and money-laundering. In this presentation, Professor Brent Fisse and Dr Radha Ivory examine the utility of these sanctions, with particular focus on the ALRC recommendations in the Final Report on corporate criminal liability (2020) and the escalation of maximum penalties under the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 (Cth).
About the speakers
Professor Brent FisseÂ
Brent Fisse is the principal of Brent Fisse Lawyers, Sydney. He was a partner of Gilbert + Tobin in Sydney from 1995-2003. He is a consultant to the Asian Development Bank on competition law and policy in Pacific Island economies including Fiji and PNG. Brent is an honorary professor of law at the University of Sydney.
He is the co-author (with Caron Beaton-Wells) ofÂ Australian Cartel RegulationÂ (2011) and the author of various books and papers on competition law and corporate regulation.
Dr Radha IvoryÂ
Dr Radha Ivory is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Queensland, Australia (UQ), where she teaches company law and researches the transnational regulation of corruption and corporate crime. Radha’s work has been published by leading university presses and with leading law journals. Her current projects include studies of efforts to reform economic crime laws, including the international rules on corporate settlements in foreign bribery cases.
Chair: Dr BarboraÂ JedliÄkovÃ¡
Dr BarboraÂ JedliÄkovÃ¡Â is a Senior Lecturer and Fellow of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law and the Australian Centre for Private Law in the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland in Australia. DrÂ JedliÄkovÃ¡Â specialises in competition lawÂ with principal research interests in competition-law theories, competition law in the digital economy and comparative competition law. She has published both internationally and nationally, and hasÂ been a visiting scholar at the University of Iowa, Boston University and the Court of Justice of the European Union. She has also been an Australian reporter for the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) for five international LIDC projects and has served asÂ an Editor of the Oceania Column of Competition Policy International (2019-2023) andÂ as a General Editor of theÂ LAWASIA JournalÂ (2014).Â DrÂ JedliÄkovÃ¡Â is a member of theÂ Law Council of Australia’s Competition and Consumer Committee.
â€˜Let’s Talk About Corporations’ Seminar Series – a joint project of the UQ Law School and Sydney Law School.
Find out more about the series.
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Wednesday 8 November, 2023
Time: 1-2pm AEDT (12-1pm AEST)
In-person venue: Law School Board Room (W353), Level 3, Forgan Smith Building, The University of Queensland, St Lucia
Online:Â Zoom
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This event is proudly co-presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and the School of Law at the University of Queensland.

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Comparing Australia's insolvent trading regime with New Zealand's reckless trading regime
2023-11-08 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Comparing Australia’s insolvent trading regime with New Zealand’s reckless trading regime
Online event
This webinar will discuss the current state of insolvent trading law reform in Australia and contrast this with the reckless trading in New Zealand by discussing the recent NZSC decision in Yan v Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd (in liq) [2023] NZSC 113.
Speakers

Dr Jason HarrisÂ (Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School)
Mark WellardÂ (Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University)
Natasha McHattanÂ (Lawyer & Consultant in Insolvency, Restructuring & Commercial Disputes)

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Wednesday 8 November
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: Online webinar
CPD Points: 1
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This event is proudly presented by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.

Self-represented Accused and Appellants in the Criminal Justice System and a Prosecutor's Duty
2023-11-23 00:00
2023 Criminal Law CPD Series: Self-represented Accused and Appellants in the Criminal Justice System and a Prosecutor’s Duty

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Professional Skills
CPD Points: 1.5
About
Self-represented accused and appellants often add complexity and time to court proceedings. Prosecutors have a unique role in matters involving such persons, as they must balance their duty to the Court and their responsibilities to the ODPP. On one hand, the prosecutor must act on behalf of the State and related stakeholders (e.g. victims, police) and, on the other, they must assist the Court to ensure that justice is effected quickly. This seminar will consider such issues as: what a self-represented actually is; the arrangements that are made for self-represented litigants in the criminal justice system; relevant prosecution guidelines; practical issues that arise concerning self-represented litigants; balancing prosecutorial duties with the duty to assist the Court; and case law that bears on such issues.
Presenters
Felicity Evans is a Solicitor with the NSW ODPP, based at Parramatta. Felicity has significant experience in District Court appeals involving self-represented litigants and holds a JD from UNSW and an LLM in Global Laws from the University of Sydney.

A recording of this webinar will be released on Thursday, 23 November 2023.
Find out more about the series.

JSI Seminar | Bringing law back in: Theorizing the role of law in shaping the social reproduction bargain
2023-11-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar | Bringing law back in: Theorizing the role of law in shaping the social reproduction bargain
In-person event
A rich interdisciplinary feminist project spanning the fields of critical political economy, feminist economics, geography, migration, sociology and social policy has long sought to theorize and make visible the role social of reproduction and reproductive labour in sustaining both life and labour power, and its transformations, â€˜depletions’ and â€˜crises’ in post-Fordist life. With some notable exceptions, however, much of the intensive feminist attention upon social reproduction has taken placeÂ outsideÂ of legal scholarship. This might be attributed to several general factors: a dearth of materialist-informed approaches in feminist legal theory, legal feminists’ liberal orientations towards work, and a greater focus on unpaid care in the family, rather than paid reproductive labours performed in the market. In addition, non-legal disciplines have, for their part, been routinely less concerned with the role of law in their accounts of social reproduction, leaving the role of law in shaping the social reproduction bargain undertheorized.
This seminar paper maps aÂ legalÂ feminist approach to social reproduction theory. In doing so, it articulates the constitutive and distributional role of law in shaping markets in reproductive labours, focusing specifically on paid care and domestic work. Attention to law is important because when we focus on law’s distributional and disciplinary outcomes we can begin to imagine how different legal rules might shape them otherwise.
About the speaker:
Angela Kintominas
Angela Kintominas is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney where she teaches labour law. Her research interests lie in feminist and critical approaches to work, gender, migration and social reproduction. She is particularly interested in the intersection between social security/welfare state law, labour law and migration law in producing gender (and other) inequalities. Her research has focused on forms of gendered, informal and reproductive labour including care and domestic work, au pairing and surrogacy, as well as the platformization of care and domestic work in the gig economy, family migration and transnational family life, and the human and labour rights of migrant workers.

Thursday 23 November 2023, 6-7.30pm AEDT
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is proudly presented by theÂ Julius Stone Institute of JurisprudenceÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Navigating the Consumer Data Right: A Business Perspective
2023-11-28 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Navigating the Consumer Data Right: A Business Perspective
Online event
The introduction of the Consumer Data Right (â€˜CDR’) in Australia in 2019 heralds a new era in data governance, with profound implications for businesses across various sectors. This world-leading initiative holds the potential to inject much-needed competition into key sectors of the economy and reinvigorate a waning commercial morality. However, like most transformative innovations, it is not without its challenges. One pressing concern is the need to safeguard consumer data rigorously, without imposing regulatory burdens that might discourage new market entrants. The impact of CDR on businesses is multi-faceted, depending on whether a business assumes the role of â€˜a consumer’, â€˜a data holder’, or â€˜a data recipient’ (accredited or not). This webinar explores the complex landscape of the CDR from a business perspective, shedding light on the challenges and opportunities that arise for entities engaged in this transformative journey.
Speakers

Presenter: Dr Natalia Jevglevskaja, Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
Commentator: Alysia Abeyratne, Senior Manager, Digital Policy, DD&A | National Australia Bank Limited
Chair: Dr Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

About the presenter
Natalia is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law and Justice of the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney, Australia) and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. As a member of the Australian Research Council Laureate ProjectÂ â€˜The Financial Data Revolution: Seizing the Benefits, Controlling the Risks’, she looks at how data and technology are transforming financial services in Australia and abroad and what measures may be required in the area of data and technology governance to facilitate innovation in finance. Natalia’s research on the Consumer Data Right (â€˜CDR’) can be accessedÂ here. The most recent analysis of the CDR and its potential impact on similar regimes evolving worldwide may soon be found in a monograph with Routledge (Anton Didenko, Natalia Jevglevskaja and Ross Buckley,Â Customer Data Sharing Frameworks: Twelve Lessons for the WorldÂ (2024, forthcoming)).
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Tuesday 28 November
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: Online webinar
CPD Points: 1
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This event is proudly presented by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.

John Emerson Oration and CLAANZ Annual Lecture: Statutory Eucalypts in the Law of Charity
2023-11-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Law Lounge, Level 1
John Emerson Oration and CLAANZ Annual Lecture: Statutory Eucalypts in the Law of Charity
Hybrid event
The Law Council of Australia Legal Practice Section’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Committee, the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (CLAANZ) and the University of Sydney Law School will host the fourth John Emerson Oration and CLAANZ Annual Lecture in Sydney on 29 November 2023. The Oration will be delivered by the Hon Justice Mark Leeming, New South Wales Court of Appeal and Challis Lecturer in Equity Sydney Law School, on â€˜Statutory Eucalypts in the Law of Charity’. The address will focus on the often hidden interaction between statute law and equity as it relates to the law of charity.
About the John Emerson OrationÂ

The John Emerson Oration is in honour of John Emerson AM. John has retired from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was a partner for almost four decades. John is a Member of the Order of Australia for services to law and to the community, particularly through the provision of advice to charities and not-for-profit organisations and the development of public administration reform to encourage philanthropy in Australia.

About the CLAANZ Annual Lecture

In promoting its objective of charity law education, CLAANZ holds an Annual Public Lecture, which is open to anyone with an interest in charity law and the not-for-profit sector. The Annual Lecture addresses key, contemporary legal issues in the charity and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and New Zealand.

About the speaker
The Hon Justice Mark Leeming
The Hon Justice Mark LeemingÂ has served as a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2013. He has been Challis Lecturer in Equity at the University of Sydney since 2004, and is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Equity and the Australian Bar Review. He is the co-author of two leading practitioner texts and a casebook on equity and trusts, and has published widely in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law, equity, trusts and legal history, including his recent book, Common Law, Equity and Statute: A Complex Entangled SystemÂ (2023).
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Wednesday 29 November, 2023
Time: 5-7pm (drinks and canapes from 5-5.30pm)
Location: University of Sydney, Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Aennex, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown, NSW
Cost:Â Â Â $50Â in person & $25 onlineÂ (free for University of Sydney staff and for students at all institutions)
Student registration:Â If you are a student, please email law.events@sydney.edu.au to receive a discount code.
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This event is proudly co-presented by University of Sydney Law School, The Legal Practice Section’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Committee, and the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (CLAANZ).

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | AI and Contracting: An EU Perspective
2023-11-29 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | AI and Contracting: An EU Perspective
Online event
This webinar will discuss the use of artificial intelligence systems in commercial contracting. This is a joint event by the Ross Parsons Centre and the Automated Decision-Making and Society Centre, both of Sydney Law School.
Speakers

Professor Teresa RodrÃguez de las Heras Ballell
Sir Roy Goode Scholar at UNIDROIT, Rome, 2021-2022
Profesora Titular de Derecho Mercantil / Professor of Commercial Law
Departamento de Derecho Privado
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
A/Prof Jorge Feliu Rey
Departamento de Derecho Privado
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Chair: Dr Jason Harris,Â Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

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Wednesday 29 November
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: Online webinar
CPD Points: 1
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This event is proudly presented by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.

The 2023 Kim Santow law and social justice panel: Is there a looming crisis in social justice recruitment?
2023-11-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Law Lounge, Level 1
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Business and Human rights: Recent Developments and Comparative Lessons
2023-12-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Business and Human rights: Recent Developments and Comparative Lessons
In-person event
Given that human rights abuses-linked to businesses are on the rise rather than in decline, it is no surprise that â€˜business and human rights’ remains a rapidly evolving research field. There are various national initiatives (e.g. the French loi de vigilance, one of the pioneer laws in this field, the new German Lieferkettengesetz or the currently ongoing review of the Modern Slavery Act in Australia). At the same time, there are various international initiatives (e.g. the UN Guiding principles or draft of a new binding treaty at the UN Human Rights Council) with different prospects for success. The talk will analyze the most recent developments on the different legal levels (national, regional and international) and draw comparative conclusions for the field of business and human rights. In doing so, the talk with focus on two distinct sub-questions: corporations’ human rights obligations vis-Ã -vis the environment as well as corporate human rights due diligence in areas of conflict.
About the speaker
Pierre ThielbÃ¶rger is a Professor of Public Law and Public International Law at Ruhr University Bochum. He is also the Executive Director of the Institute for the International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Germany’s biggest research institute on armed conflicts and humanitarian crises. He serves as chairman of the General Assembly of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA), is co-convener of the Interest Group on Human Rights of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) and sits on the advisory board of the German Institute on Human Rights. He advises the German government on all matters concerning the United Nations as well as humanitarian action and is the co-editor of several peer-reviewed journals in international law. His research field is (business and) human rights, the law of peace and armed conflict, ICL and transitional justice, as well as environmental law and the law of the global commons (including water).
Tuesday 5 December 2023,
Time: 1-2pm AEDT
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points: 1

This event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insider Trading, Fiduciary Relationships, and Market Integrity: A Comparative Consideration of Insider Laws of United States and Australia
2024-02-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Law Lounge, Level 1
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insider Trading, Fiduciary Relationships, and Market Integrity: A Comparative Consideration of Insider Laws of United States and Australia
In-person event
There are a variety of distinctions that exist between the Australian and US laws prohibiting insider trading. While insider trading is prohibited in Australia under an express statutory prohibition, a broad anti-fraud provision in the US has been interpreted by courts to prohibit insider trading. Australian insider trading laws are based on the concept of an â€œinformation connectionâ€ rather than a â€œperson connectionâ€, so that any person who possesses information that they know or ought reasonably to know is inside information is prohibited from trading or procuring trading in relevant financial products, or from communicating or â€œtippingâ€ that information to another person likely to do so, in order to protect market integrity.
However, in the US, such conduct is only illegal if it constitutes securities fraud, meaning essentially that the trader or tipper has breached a fiduciary duty of disclosure owed either to the source of the information or to the shareholders of the securities issuer. The differing treatment of â€œtippersâ€ and â€œtippeesâ€ in these two jurisdictions are discussed, the varying factors that are emphasised when determining the severity of the conduct of engaging in trading or tipping are considered. The comparative relevance of the existence of a fiduciary or other close relationship both for liability to arise and as a possible aggravating factor in sentencing convicted insider traders is also addressed.

Speakers
Professor Donna M. Nagy, Indiana University Maurer School of Lawâ€”Bloomington
Professor Donna M. Nagy (BA Vassar College, JD NYU School of Law) is Executive Associate Dean and C Ben Dutton Professor of Business Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law.Â She teaches and writes in the areas of securities litigation, securities regulation, and corporations. She has written extensively on the selective disclosure of government information; government officials and financial conflicts of interest; and insider trading and fiduciary principles. Prior to commencing her academic career, Donna was an associate at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton in Washington, D.C., specialising in securities enforcement and litigation.
Associate Professor Juliette Overland, University of Sydney Business School
Associate Professor Juliette Overland (LLB (Hons I) (QUT), PhD (ANU)) of the University of Sydney Business School, researches and teaches in the area of corporate law, particularly the regulation of securities markets, insider trading, and corporate crime. Juliette’s research examines issues concerning corporate liability for insider trading, the effectiveness of insider trading regulation, and the relationship between corporate governance and insider trading. In addition to her experience as an academic, Juliette has extensive practical experience as a corporate lawyer, having worked in leading Australian law firms and as the Australian legal counsel for a global technology company.
Chair: Professor Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law and Director of the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School
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Thursday 8 February 2024
Time:Â 6-7pm
Venue: The University of Sydney, Level 1, Law Lounge, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown
CPD Points:Â 1
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
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This event is proudly presented by theÂ Ross Parsons CentreÂ at Sydney Law School.

Corruption, Criminal Law, and China: Offering and Accepting Bribes
2024-02-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Corruption, Criminal Law, and China: Offering and Accepting Bribes

In-person event
The XII Amendment to Criminal Law of P.R.C adopted by the Standing Committee of People’s Congress on 29 December 2023 is guided by two principles. One is to enhance protection for private enterprises and the other is to punish offering bribes and accepting bribes equally. The reason that accepting bribes, which has been punished ever since the foundation of P.R.C, is stressed now is of course the serious situation of bribery. Meanwhile, although the logic behind this is acceptable, whether legislative purpose can be realized to a high degree depends on judicial efforts.
Judging from typical cases and relative statistics, I believe four principles should be observed in terms of criminal law. In the first place, different approaches should be taken to deal with offering bribes committed by organizations and individuals. Compliance model might be a choice. Secondly, crime and civil or administrative violation should be carefully differentiated to prevent criminal punishments from leading to undue harms. Thirdly, the question whether public authorities can be charged with offering or accepting bribes should be answered in specific context. Finally, more flexible systems, such as disqualification and corporate probation, should be considered.
Speaker
Professor Zhenjie Zhou,Â Vice Dean, Beijing Normal University School of Law, China
Zhenjie Zhou, Professor and Doctor of Law. He is now vice Dean of Beijing Normal University College for Criminal Law Science Â He obtained his Doctor degree at the Law Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and then worked at Waseda Institute for Advanced Sciences (Japan) for three years. He was visiting fellows at several internationally renowned academic institutions such as the Center for Criminology at Oxford University (UK) and Australia Research Center for Excellences at Griffith University (Australia). His academic achievements in many fields, including fundamental principles of criminal law, corporate crime and history of criminal law, can be seen in books and articles he has published in Chinese, English and Japanese, awards from authoritative organizations such as Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Chinese Law Society and research funds supported by high level organizations such as EU and National Foundation of Stoical Sciences of China.
Commentators

Peili Ying, Professor at the Criminal Law School of East China University of Political Science and Law, he serves as the Vice President of the Chinese Society of Criminology, President of the Shanghai Society of Criminology, and President of the Social Governance Research Society of the Shanghai Law Society. His main research focus is criminology, and he has undertaken several research projects funded by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Education. Pei Li has published over 10 academic papers and authored three monographs.
Judy Zhou is a Consulting Solicitor of Taylor Rose Australia with dual-qualifications in both Australia and China who has a practice focus of financial and white-collar crime, proceeds of crime litigation, investigations and dispute resolution, and legal advisory concerning AML/CTF and corporate compliance. Judy is also an ACAMS certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Having previously worked at a leading criminal defence law firm in Australia, Judy is the winner of Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards criminal law category, and was nominated by Finance Monthly as the Australian White Collar Crime Defense Lawyer of the Year in 2022 and 2023.

Tianqi Gu received her PhD from the Sydney Law School. She is the recipient of an Australian Government Research Training Program scholarship. Tianqi obtained an LLB from Dalian Maritime University and two LLMs from University College London and the University of Sydney, respectively. Tianqi’s research focuses on the impact of China’s latest round of State-owned Enterprise (SOE) reforms on Chinese SOEs’ foreign investment in Australia. Tianqi and professor Vivienne Bath co-authored a book chapter titled Foreign Investment, Investment Treaties, and Corruption in China and Hong Kong for the book Corruption and Illegality in Asian Investment Arbitration, which will be published in 2024.

Chair
Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Sydney Law School.
Tuesday 20 February
Time:Â 5-6pm
CPD Points: 1
Venue:Â Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10)

This event is proudly co-presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law and the Sydney Institute of Criminology at the University of Sydney Law School.

China as a Development Model for the Global South: Opportunities and Limits
2024-02-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
China as a Development Model for the Global South: Opportunities and Limits

In-person event
With its remarkable economic success, China could be regarded by countries in the Global South as presenting a development model that is easier to emulate than that of Western developed countries. In this paper, we examine to what extent the Chinese model, which China calls â€œSocialism with Chinese Characteristics,â€ could be regarded as a universal truth for the Global South. We start with two key features of the Chinese model: its export-oriented growth model, which reversed its import-substitution model that communist China practiced in the first 30 years under Mao, and can still be found in many developing countries; and its extensive use of industrial policy that relies heavily on state-owned enterprises and government subsidies, in contrast to the more market-oriented model in Western countries.
In addition, we discuss two new areas of development that illustrate the complexity and adaptability of China’s heterodox approach to development: the phenomenal growth of its e-commerce sector, despite its longstanding censorship regime; and its sustainable development policies, as illustrated with its recent experience in climate adaptation and energy transition. We conclude by discussing how the Chinese approach, which combines a variety of seemingly irreconcilable approaches, reflects another major feature: experimental pragmatism, and what lessons it might offer to countries in the Global South.
Speaker

Professor Henry Gao,Â Singapore Management University

Chair
David S G Goodman is Director of the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney, where he is Professor of Chinese Politics. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Recent publications include: Local Governance in China: Structures, variations, and innovations Elgar 2023 (with Ceren Ergenc); Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-2021 (2 Vols) (with Marc Blecher, Yingjie Guo, Jean-Louis Rocca, Tony Saich, and Beibei Tang) Routledge, 2022.
Thursday 22 February
Time:Â 1-2pm
CPD Points: 1
Venue:Â Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10)

This event is proudly co-presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific LawÂ and the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

Book launch: Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children's Courts in NSW
2024-02-27 17:30 - 19:00 | New Law Building (F10)
Book launch: Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children’s Courts in NSW
In-person event
The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children’s Courts in NSW, co-edited by Dr Garner Clancey, Sydney Law School, and Dr Rohan Lulham, University of Sydney.
About Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children’s Courts in NSW
Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children’s Courts in NSWÂ provides a comprehensive account of the complex arrangements impacting youth crime, youth justice and Children’s Courts in NSW. The reader is provided deep insights into the many aspects of the system that impact young people â€” the journey of a young person, from their first contact with police to release from custody and the elements which shape it, are illuminated to provide a practical understanding.
Find out more about the book and order it online here.
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Tuesday 27 February 2024
Time: 5.30-7pm
Venue: New Law Building (F10), Room TBC
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
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Contributors toÂ Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children’s Courts in NSW

Foreword â€“ Judge Peter Johnstone, Chief Magistrate of NSW
Chapter 1: Introduction â€“ Dr Garner Clancey and Dr Rohan Lulham, University of Sydney
Chapter 2: Youth Crime and Youth Justice Trends â€“ Jackie Fitzgerald, Executive Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Chapter 3: Early Intervention to Divert Children and Young People from the Criminal Justice System â€“ Janet Killgallon, Manager of the Whole of Government Team, Youth Justice NSW
Chapter 4: The Children’s Court â€“ Judge Nell Skinner, President of the NSW Children’s Court
Chapter 5: Addressing the Needs of Children with Neurodevelopmental Impairments in Contact with Youth Justice â€“ Kasey Tyler, Experienced Policy and Legal Professional
Chapter 6: Development and Importance of Adolescent Criminal Identity â€“ Dr Tim Warton, Senior Manager of Practice and Implementation, Youth Justice NSW
Chapter 7: Contemporary Youth Detention Experiences in NSW â€“ Dr Lisa Ewenson, Social Science Researcher
Chapter 8: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Young People â€“ Steve Barracosa, Senior Manager of the Countering Violent Extremism Unit, Youth Justice NSW
Chapter 9: YLS-CMI Risk Assessment Tool and Neutrality – Dr Lobna Yassine, University of Sydney
Chapter 10: Intersectional Rurality and Youth Justice in NSW â€“ Dr Luke Butcher, Adjunct Associate Professor Charles Darwin University
Chapter 11: Deconstructing, Decolonising and Disrupting Youth Justice Approaches with Pacific Young People â€“ Professor Jioji Ravulo, University of Sydney
Chapter 12: A Yarn About Identity, Community and Youth Justice â€“ Joseph Clarke, proud Murrawarri/Gomeroi man and Dr Rohan Lulham, University of Sydney
Chapter 13: Conclusion – Dr Garner Clancey and Dr Rohan Lulham, University of Sydney

This event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School and the Youth Justice Collaboration at the University of Sydney.

2024 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture: The Rule of Law in Modern Australia
2024-02-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Law Foyer, Level 2
2024 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture: The Rule of Law in Modern Australia
Delivered by The Honourable Chief Justice Lucy McCallum
In-person event
**This event is now at full capacity. A recording will be released after the event.**
About the speaker
Chief Justice Lucy McCallum graduated with a BA/LLB from the University of New South Wales in 1986, majoring in philosophy.Â She commenced her legal career as a commercial litigation solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney before moving to Canberra to take up a position as a prosecutor in 1988.Â In 1990, her Honour joined the Queensland DPP as a trial advocate.Â She returned to Sydney in 1991 to become a barrister, taking silk in 2005.Â In 2008, her Honour was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in the Common Law Division.
In 2016, Chief Justice McCallum was appointed Chair of the NSW Judicial Commission Ngara Yura Committee, which works to educate judicial officers on matters relating to contemporary socio-cultural issues that have an impact on Aboriginal people in the justice system. In February 2019, she was elevated to the New South Wales Court of Appeal.Â Her Honour was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory on 8 March 2022.Â Her personal interests include a range of outdoor adventure sports as well as cooking, music and reading.
WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2024
Time:Â 6-7.30pmÂ (followed by a cocktail reception)
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

The Paul Byrne Memorial Fund
The Paul Byrne Memorial Fund was set up to honour and continue Paul’s interest in the criminal justice system by supporting the ongoing activities of the Institute of Criminology, such as lectures, seminars, publications, and awards. Attendees of the Paul Byrne SC Memorial Lecture are warmly invited to make a donation to The Paul Byrne SC Memorial Fund.
Gifts to The Paul Byrne SC Memorial Fund support the activities of the Institute of Criminology and other activities in the field of criminal law at Sydney Law School, in memory of the late Paul Byrne SC.

This event is proudly hosted by the Sydney Institute of Criminology, highlighting the Institute’s support of critical criminal justice research, practice, policy and debate.

Research launch | Let's talk about confidentiality: NDA use in sexual harassment settlements
2024-03-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Law Foyer, Level 2
Research launch | Let’s talk about confidentiality: NDA use in sexual harassment settlements
In-person event
Join us for the launch of research by our first Social Justice Pratitioners in Residence (SJPIR) (jointly held by Sharmilla Bargon of Redfern Legal Centre and Regina Featherstone of the Human Rights Law Centre).
After joining the law school in August 2023, Regina and Sharmilla set out to investigate the impacts of the Respect@Work Report around non-disclosure agreement (NDA) use in workplace sexual harassment disputes. They have produced a research report on the prevalence of NDA use and heard from lawyers and barristers on their experiences with NDAs of all shapes and sizes in settlement negotiations. This report also examines the rise of defamation responses to sexual harassment complaints and considers contractual enforceability of NDA terms. While legislative reform is one model to approach regulating NDA use, their report considers lawyers’ professional obligations as a largely unexplored avenue for reform.

Wednesday 6 March, 5.30-7.30pm AEDT
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), Level 2, Law Foyer, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

This event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney.

JSI Seminar | European Ã‰migrÃ© Legal Scholars in Australian Law Schools: Julius Stone's Circle
2024-03-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar | European Ã‰migrÃ© Legal Scholars in Australian Law Schools: Julius Stone’s CircleIn-person event

During and immediately after World War II, some Australian law schools had the opportunity to rescue European Ã©migrÃ© legal scholars fleeing persecution and fascism. Overwhelmingly, Australian universities did not become shelters for refugee intellectuals, despite the extraordinary efforts of some individuals and agencies supporting them. Nevertheless, some Ã©migrÃ© legal scholars did come to Australia, some gained positions in Australian universities, and they prompted a significant transformation in legal pedagogy and research.

Mark Lunney has remarked that the influence of European Ã©migrÃ© scholars on Australian law is a â€œforgotten historyâ€.[1]Â Part of a larger collaborative project that aims to retrieve that history, this paper details the contributions of Ã©migrÃ© scholars in the Department of International Law and Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney under Julius Stone’s leadership. Building upon the existing scholarship on Stone’s influence in Australia, this paper examines other individuals within Stone’s circle, including Ilmar Tammelo, Otto Bondy and Charles Alexandrowicz. It also explores the role of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, which was established to offer sanctuary and intellectual camaraderie for Ã©migrÃ© legal scholars.

Drawing upon archival records, unpublished sources and interviews with former students of the Department, the paper offers a case study of the network of jurists based at the University of Sydney in order to investigate the impact of migration on Australian legal institutions, education and practice.

The project, and perhaps also this paper, will introduce a wider cohort of characters that have influenced the development of Australian jurisprudence and legal education. In particular, it will allow for a richer understanding the aftermath of the Second World War as a key moment of transformation in the legal institutions and cultures in Australia.

[1]Â See Mark Lunney â€˜Legal Emigres and the Development of Australian Tort Law’ 36(2)Â Melbourne University Law ReviewÂ 494, 495.
About the speaker:
Katherine BiberÂ is a legal scholar, historian and criminologist, and Professor of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, where she specialises in the law of evidence. She is author ofÂ In Crime’s Archive: The Cultural Afterlife of EvidenceÂ (Routledge, 2019) andÂ Captive Images: Race, Crime, PhotographyÂ (Routledge, 2004). Her recent co-edited collections includeÂ Law’s DocumentsÂ (with Trish Luker and Priya Vaughan, Routledge 2022) andÂ Evidence and the ArchiveÂ (with Trish Luker, Routledge, 2017). She is currently writingÂ The Last Outlaws, a legal history of Australia’s last proclaimed outlaws, the brothers Jimmy and Joe Governor. Her research on the journeys and legacies of European Ã©migrÃ© lawyers in Australia is part of a collaborative research project with Eloise Chandler, Sara Dehm and Ana Vrdoljak.

Thursday 7 March 2024, 6-7.30pm AEDT
Venue: Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is proudly presented by theÂ Julius Stone Institute of JurisprudenceÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

2024 ACCEL Environmental Law Year in Review: Spotlighting Climate Change, Nature Repair, Transport, and Greenwashing
2024-03-08 08:30 - 18:45
2024 ACCEL Environmental Law Year in Review: Spotlighting Climate Change, Nature Repair, Transport, and Greenwashing
The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School invites you to its Environmental Law Year in Review Conference on 8 March 2024.
In Australia and around the world, 2023 was a significant year for climate and environmental law reform. To keep 1.5Â°C within reach, COP28 called on governments to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels. An ambitious environmental agenda was pursued by the Australian Government, including reforming the Safeguard Mechanism and advancing a framework to require financial risk disclosures related to climate change.
Biodiversity loss and the risk of ecosystem collapse continued to drive a variety of developments. The global Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures finalised a voluntary framework to assist organisations in reporting and acting on nature-related issues. A groundbreaking legal opinion also highlighted the need for directors to consider nature-related risks. The Australian Government passed the Nature Repair Act 2023, creating the framework for a voluntary national nature repair market, and consulted on complex changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999, including the establishment of a new national environment authority – Environment Protection Australia.
Meanwhile, the High Court, in a 4:3 decision, held that the Victorian electric vehicle road user charge was unconstitutional, raising broader questions about road infrastructure funding and the role of states in transport decarbonisation. Regulatory action on greenwashing surged, with increasing scrutiny by the ACCC and ASIC of company sustainability and climate-related claims. ASIC’s case against Mercer marked a historic moment, and greenwashing continues to be a focus of strategic climate litigation, including by Greenpeace.
This event will bring together academics, practitioners, members of the NGO sector, government officials and students to hear about the implications of these â€˜once in a generation’ developments in climate and environmental law. Keynote speakers and panellists will discuss the following topics:
Outcomes of COP28

Reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism
Sustainable Finance Strategy and mandatory climate-related financial disclosures
NSW Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Act 2023
Reforms to the EPBC Act
New Nature Repair Act
Legal opinion on nature-related risks and directors duties
The Vanderstock decision and transport decarbonisation
Greenwashing regulation and litigation

Book launch and reception
Following the conference proceedings, the Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of the third edition of The International Law of the Sea,Â co-authored by Professor Don Rothwell, ANU College of Law, and Professor Tim Stephens, Sydney Law School and published by Bloomsbury Publishing.
The book will be launched by Her Excellency the Honourable MargaretÂ BeazleyÂ AC KC, Governor of New South Wales.
Find out more about the book and order it onlineÂ here.
Â Draft program

9.15
Nature-related risk, repair and the EPBC Act
Panelists:
Samantha Daly – Johnson Winter Slattery
Gabriella Warden – Carbon Market Institute
Rachel Walmsley – Environment Defenders Office

10.45
Morning tea

11.15
COP28 and climate reform
Panelists:
Professor Rosemary Lyster – University of Sydney Law School
Ilona Miller – Gilbert and Tobin
Keith Rovers – Minter Ellison

12.45
Lunch

1.30pmÂ
Vanderstock – where does it leave us?
Panelists:
Associate Professor Celeste Black – University of Sydney
Roderick Campbell – The Australia Institute
David Barnden – Equity Generation Lawyers

3pm
Afternoon tea

3.30pm
Combatting greenwashing
Kirsty Ruddock – Environment Defenders Office
Kirsten Webb – Clayton Utz
Marita Hogan, Senior Executive Leader in Enforcement and Compliance, ASIC

5pm
Close and networking reception

5.30pm
Book launch
Launch of the third edition of The International Law of the Sea, launched by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales.

Registration:

Full day in-person attendance: $80 (inc. GST)
University of Sydney students (full day attendance): FreeÂ (Students will need to provide proof of student status at registration. Any registrations that do not provide valid proof, will be cancelled)

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8 March 2024
Time
Conference: Registration from 8.45am, 9am-5pm conference, followed by the book launch of The International Law of the Sea
Book launch: 5.30pm – 7pm
Venue: New Law Building (F10), Level 1, Law Lounge, University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus
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This event is hosted by theÂ Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental LawÂ (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School.

Revisiting the Role and Relevance of the 'The Right to Strike'
2024-03-11 13:15 - 14:15 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Revisiting the Role and Relevance of the â€˜The Right to Strike’

In-person event
In 2023, the University of Bristol Centre for Law at Work (UK) joined forces with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network at the Solidarity Center (Washington DC, US) to commence a project on the right to strike. In the context of the notorious decline in legal protection of industrial action across the globe, the project explores what role the right to strike could and should play in contemporary domestic and transnational labour markets.
A first convening meeting for the project has been held, which more than forty experts attended in person and online. One output of the project is a special issue of a journal (the International Labour Review) and a second will be an open access multi-authored book designed to be accessible to those seeking to engage in right to strike litigation and lobbying. Both will be published early in 2025. A website is also being constructed by the ITUC and ILAW which will host primary legal materials (international labour standards, national legislation and case law) of assistance to workers and their representatives.
In this seminar, Professor Tonia Novitz will present some of the initial findings of the project relating to issues of employment status, precarious work, global supply chains, climate change and autocratic governments. She will also outline the content of recent discussions at the International Labour Organisation, where she has been a visiting scholar in the research department. In addition, Professor Shae McCrystal will discuss her contribution to the project, arising from her collaborative research on restrictions of the right to strike for the â€˜public good’, including the mechanisms through which decisions are made and who bears the costs of their outcomes. This session will be of interest to all those interested in international labour standards and comparative labour law relating to freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial action.
About the speaker
Tonia Novitz is a Professor of Labour Law at the University of Bristol Law School in the UK. A graduate of the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Balliol College (Oxford, UK), she has held fellowships at the International Institute for Labour Studies and the research department at the International Labour Organization (Geneva), the European University Institute (Florence), the University of Melbourne and the University of Auckland. From 2019 – 2023, she was chair of the steering committee of the international Labour Law Research Network (LLRN). She is currently a UK representative on the advisory board of International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW), and a Vice President of the UK Institute of Employment Rights. She was a founding co-director of the Bristol Centre for Law at Work. Her research interests encompass collective labour rights, international and EU trade, sustainability and migration. Her publications have been cited in the Supreme Court of Canada, the UK Supreme Court and the UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights. She is the author of International and European Protection of the Right to Strike (Oxford University Press 2003) and co-author of The Right to Strike in International Law (Hart/Bloomsbury 2020). Her most recent book, Trade, Labour and Sustainable Development: Leaving no one in the world of work behind is in press and will be published by Edward Elgar in 2024.

Monday 11 March
Time:Â 1.15-2.15pm
CPD Points: 1
Venue:Â Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10)

This event is proudly presented by the University of Sydney Law School.

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insolvency and Restructuring Reform in Europe: The Italian Experience
2024-03-14 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insolvency and Restructuring Reform in Europe: The Italian Experience
Online event
This webinar will discuss recent reforms in the European Union and reflect on how those reforms have been implemented in Italy. It will provide an overview of Italian insolvency and restructuring laws, with a particular focus on reforms focussed on SMEs.
Speakers

Dr Irene Pollastro, Research Fellow, University of Turin
Chair: Dr Jason Harris,Â Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

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Thursday 14 March
Time: 6-7pm
Venue: Online webinar
CPD Points: 1
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This event is proudly presented by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.

Responding to repression and strengthening human rights systems | In conversation with Human Rights Watch's Tirana Hassan
2024-04-12 12:30 - 14:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Responding to Repression and Strengthening Human Rights Systems | In conversation with Human Rights Watch’s Tirana Hassan
In-person event
The last few years have seen extensive human rights suppression and wartime atrocities. Selective government outrage and transactional diplomacy has carried profound costs for the rights of those not in on the deal.Â The drivers of these human rights crises and their consequences often transcend borders and cannot be solved by governments acting alone. Understanding and responding to these threats needs to be rooted in universal principles of international human rights and the rule of law. These ideas built on shared human histories agreed upon by nations across all regions 75 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the basis for all contemporary human rights conventions and treaties.
This foundation is needed now more than ever. But this very system we rely on to protect the human rights of people everywhere is under threat. Every time a government overlooks or rejects these universal and globally accepted principles, someone pays a price – in freedoms and liberties, in their health or livelihood, and at times their lives. Australia grapples with the far-reaching arm of transnational repression while at the same time it chooses to sacrifice human rights in the name of military alliances, enabling autocrats, particularly across the Southeast Asia region, to erode the independence of key institutions vital for protecting human rights.
These topics will be traversed in a conversation between Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director Tirana Hassan, and the University of Sydney’s Ben Saul.
About the speakers:
Tirana Hassan is Executive Director at Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries and has over 500 staff members.
Tirana specializes in human rights protection in conflicts and crises. Prior to becoming Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director, Tirana served as director of Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Program and served on the organization’s interim executive team. Between 2010-2015, Tirana worked as a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Emergencies Division. She has worked with various non-governmental organizations including MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res (MSF), the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children. Tirana was a founding member of a refugee legal serviceÂ in Australia in the early 2000s.
She has carried out and lead teams of investigations in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, as well as East and West Africa. She has authored reports and op-eds for major publications worldwide.
Tirana graduated with honors degrees in both social work and law in Australia and holds a master’s in international human rights law from Oxford University.
Moderator
Professor Ben Saul is Challis Chair of International Law at The University of Sydney and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
Friday 12 April, 12.30-2pm AEDT
Venue: Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5
This event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School and Human Rights Watch.
