Law School: Events

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Reforming creditors' schemes of arrangement: Lessons from the Netherlands
2022-03-15 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Reforming creditors’ schemes of arrangement: Lessons from the Netherlands
This webinar will discuss the new creditors scheme of arrangement (WHOA) reforms in the Netherlands that were introduced in 2020. The webinar will provide an overview of the WHOA and discuss what lessons can be learnt from the initial cases decided under the new law. Will the Dutch scheme supplant English schemes post-Brexit as the restructuring tool of choice in Europe? Does the Dutch scheme offer lessons for Australia in reforming our scheme of arrangement procedure?
These questions will be discussed by our expert panel:
Speaker: Johan Jol
Johan works for ABN AMRO Bank NV as part of the Financial Restructuring and Recovery Legal Team and has extensive experience working as legal counsel for a range of banks and law firms in the Netherlands, London and New York. Johan is a member of the Expert Group on Restructuring and Insolvency Law for the European Commission and teaches international and comparative bankruptcy law in the United States as well as teaching at Leiden Law School. Johan is also an INSOL Fellow. Johan’s publications and presentations can be found here: www.legalhoudini.com
Commentator: Leonard McCarthy
Leonard is a special counsel at William James in Sydney, where he practices in insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation. Leonard acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors and debtors and has acted on some of Australia’s largest insolvencies and restructurings. Leonard is an INSOL Fellow, a member of ARITA and of the TMA.

Chair: Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

Webinar via Zoom, Tuesday 15 March 2022, 6-7pm AEDT
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This seminar is sponsored by theÂ Ross Parsons CentreÂ atÂ Sydney Law School.

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The Invasion of Ukraine: Legal, Political and Personal Consequences
2022-03-22 12:00 - 13:00
The Invasion of Ukraine: Legal, Political and Personal Consequences
Although Russia appears to be acting with impunity, there are very real consequences to its actions in Ukraine. Some of these consequences are having immediate effect, while others will last for years.
This webinar analyses the ramifications of Russia’s recent aggression against Ukraine in legal, political and personal terms. Panelists will address the international response to Russia’s actions, focusing on such diverse topics as economic sanctions, actions at the International Court of Justice and criminal prosecutions at the International Criminal Court.
While it is unclear how long the current military conflict will continue, what is certain is that the consequences of Russia’s aggression will last for years to come. This one-hour conversation features a diverse array of experts who will shed light on this complex and rapidly evolving situation.
Speakers

ProfessorÂ Chester Brown, The University of Sydney Law School
Associate ProfessorÂ Markus Wagner, University of Wollongong
ProfessorÂ Sarah Williams, UNSW.

Moderator

Professor Lisa Toohey, University of Newcastle

Webinar via Zoom, Tuesday 22 March 2022, 12-1pm AEDT
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This webinar is presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School and the University of Wollongong Transnational Law and Policy Centre.

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Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Central Bank Digital Currencies as a potential response to the financial inclusion challenges of the Pacific
2022-04-05 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Central Bank Digital Currencies as a potential response to the financial inclusion challenges of the Pacific
Despite years of effort, financial inclusion persists as a major challenge in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs), with many in the region still lacking access to financial services. This webinar considers what central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) offer as a solution to (i) the financial inclusion challenges of the PICs and (ii) the problem of high remittance costs that currently serve as a tax on the earnings of Pacific Islanders abroad.

Speaker: Dr Anton Didenko, Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Justice, UNSW
Commentator: Urszula McCormack, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney
Chair: Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

Webinar via Zoom, Tuesday 5 April 2022, 6-7pm AEDT
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This seminar is sponsored by theÂ Ross Parsons CentreÂ atÂ Sydney Law School.

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The Invasion of Ukraine: The Personal Cost - Refugees
2022-04-13 12:00 - 13:00
The Invasion of Ukraine: The Personal Cost – Refugees
The world has been watching the horrific events in Ukraine for over a month, and what is abundantly clear is that Russian aggression has caused significant human suffering.
This one-hour webinar considers the issue from the perspective of the more than 4 million refugees who have left Ukraine in the last month.
Two esteemed experts in refugee law – Professor Mary Crock of the University of Sydney and Dr Niamh Kinchin of the University of Wollongong – will discuss the issues facing refugees both now and in the coming months and perhaps years.
Speakers

Professor Mary Crock, The University of Sydney Law School
Dr Niamh Kinchin, University of Wollongong.

Webinar via Zoom, Wednesday 13 April 2022, 12-1pm AEST
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This webinar is presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School and the University of Wollongong Transnational Law and Policy Centre.

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JSI Seminar: Legislative Intent: A Rational Unity Account
2022-04-14 18:00 - 19:30
JSI Seminar: Legislative Intent: A Rational Unity Account
(co-authored with David Tan, Deakin University)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ONLINE AND IN-PERSON AT SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL.
Speaker: Associate ProfessorÂ Stephanie Collins, Monash University
Does the legislature have intentions concerning the effects of legislation? If so, how can that intent be gleaned? Existing theories of legislative intent can be divided into three camps: skepticism, constructivism, and realism. This paper begins by outlining problems for constructivism and (existing accounts of) realism. However, this does not imply a retreat into skepticism. Instead, the paper offers a new account of legislative intent: the rational unity account. The paper explains how this account avoids the problems with existing versions of realism and constructivism, while also capturing the sense in which the legislature is a rational group agent with intentions that can be distinguished from the intentions of individual legislators.
About the speaker
Stephanie CollinsÂ is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Monash University. Her work primarily develops theories of group agency and group responsibility. Her monographs are The Core of Care Ethics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015),Â Group Duties: Their Existence and Their Implications for IndividualsÂ (Oxford University Press, 2019) andÂ Organizations as WrongdoersÂ (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

Thursday 14 April 2022
Time: 6-7.30pm AEST
PLEASE NOTE: This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Recent cases on Quistclose trusts
2022-04-26 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Recent cases on Quistclose trusts
Quistclose Trusts can be a useful tool in commercial and other disputes. This webinar will discuss recent decisions from across the Common Law world on Quistclose trusts.
Presenter:Â Ronny Chen, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers, Sydney.
Ronny Chen has a particular interest in cross-border commercial and insolvency disputes, including international commercial arbitration. Ronny also maintains chambers in Singapore.
Commentator:Â Dr Derwent Coshott, Sydney Law School
Derwent’s researches in the law of trusts, with a particular focus on how trusts are utilised internationally as a legitimate tool of commerce and charity, and as an illegitimate device in the context of illegal financial conduct. He has been quoted extensively in the Australian media as an expert on charities, trust law and money laundering, and has been invited to appear before the NSW parliament to give advice on draft legislation.
Chair:Â Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

Webinar via Zoom, Tuesday 26 April 2022, 6-7pm AEST
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details.

This seminar is hosted by theÂ Ross Parsons CentreÂ atÂ Sydney Law School.

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Indo-Pacific Digital Trade and National Security: A China Context
2022-04-28 13:00 - 14:00
Indo-Pacific Digital Trade and National Security: A China Context

Data collection, analysis, disposal, and cross-border flow are essential components of digital trade and investment projects. A tension exists between promoting private commercial businesses under investment and trade treaties concluded between China and countries in the Indo Pacific and protecting the national interest in data security and privacy sought by these countries against the perceived threat of China.
This multidisciplinary roundtable will bring expert opinions on critical and controversial issues such as:

The legal regulations imposed by the Chinese government on its state-owned enterprises and privately-owned companies in digital trade and the political linkage between them
The rise of digital protectionism, the confluence of industrial policy, mutual suspicion and national security
China’s digital trade in Southeast Asia, particularly investments in media companies and how this impacts national security and internet governance
The U.S.-China forced technology transfer dispute and national security implications.

Speakers:
Ms. Tianqi Gu, PhD researcher at the University of Sydney Law School. She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Dalian Maritime University, a Master of Law degree in International Commercial Law from the University College London, and a second Master of Law degree (general) from the University of Sydney. Her research topic focuses on the implications of the latest round of Chinese State-owned enterprises (SOEs) reform on the Chinese SOEs’ outbound foreign investment behavioural patterns in developed countries, and how developed host countries should cope with the potential risks that come with the Chinese SOEs’ investment influx.
Dr. Simon Lacey, is currently Senior Lecturer in International Trade at the University of Adelaide’s School of Economics and Public Policy. Prior to that, Simon served as Vice-President Trade Facilitation and Market Access at Huawei Technologies in Shenzhen, where he was responsible for monitoring, managing and mitigating the biggest trade and investment risks facing the company across a dozen of its most important markets internationally. Simon has worked in government advisory and policy advocacy roles in more than 30 countries supporting both sovereigns and corporates. It was in this capacity that Simon spent four years in Jakarta advising the Indonesian government on a broad range of issues in connection with the country’s membership of ASEAN, the WTO, and various preferential trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties. Simon obtained his bachelor’s in laws from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and an LLM from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC. He is currently completing a PhD in international economic law at UNSW Law.
Dr. Aim Sinpeng, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. She is a Discovery Early Career Research Fellow (DECRA) for her project on cyber activism in Thailand and is the author of Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand (University of Michigan Press, 2021). Her research expertise is on the interaction between digital media and politics in Southeast Asia, particularly on the topics of disinformation, hate speech and online political participation.
Professor Peter Yu, Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he is Vice-President and Co-Director of Studies of the American Branch of the International Law Association. He has served as the general editor of The WIPO Journal published by the World Intellectual Property Organization. He previously held the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Drake University Law School and was Wenlan Scholar Chair Professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China.
Moderator:
Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Co-Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, Sydney Law School. Jeanne is also the co-chair of the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Groups. Her research focuses on conflict-of-law issues in digital trade and dispute resolution involving Chinese parties.

Webinar via Zoom, Thursday 28 April, 1-2pm AEST
Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This event is jointly organized byÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific Law,Â China Studies CentreÂ at the University of Sydney, and theÂ International Law Association (Australian Branch).
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Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with the Hon Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW Supreme Court
2022-05-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Lecture Theatre 101, level 1, New Law Building F10A, Campderdown Campus
Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with the Hon Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW Supreme Court

In-person event
Join us for this special â€˜in conversation’ event with University of Sydney Law School alumnus and the newly appointed 18th Chief Justice of NSW, the Hon Andrew Bell, and alumna Nicole Abadee.
The Chief Justice will reflect on his life and times at the Law School, as a judge’s Associate, at the University of Oxford, NSW Bar and on the NSW Court of Appeal. His Honour will also discuss how the legal profession has changed, the enduring value of a law degree and where it might lead you and what makes a good law teacher – and judge.
This Distinguished Alumni Series is an occasional program of talks featuring eminent graduates of the Law School.

Speakers
Chief Justice Bell
Prior to his new position as NSW Supreme Chief Justice, the Hon Andrew Bell was appointed as the President of the NSW Court of Appeal in February 2019. During his time, he has presided over numerous high-profile appeals in both the Court of Appeal and Court of Criminal Appeal. His Honour led a team of nine appeal judges and two acting judges of appeal, with the responsibility for overseeing more than 300 matters which come before the Court of Appeal every year. Prior to his appointment to the Bench, Chief Justice Bell practised as a barrister for 24 years and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2006. Throughout that time, he appeared in 30 appeals in the High Court of Australia and conducted an extensive international arbitration practice. His Honour brings not only breadth and depth of knowledge to the role of Chief Justice, but proven leadership abilities from his three years as President. His academic achievements include two University Medals from Sydney University, and a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he graduated in first place (post-graduate) Bachelor of Civil Law and also completed a doctorate.
Nicole Abadee
Nicole Abadee is a University of Sydney alumna. After a 20-year career in the law, practising as a barrister at the New South Wales Bar and then teaching International Law, she moved into the literary world and now writes about books and other things for Good Weekend.

Time: Wednesday 4 May, 6-7pm, followed by a cocktail reception

CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by the Â University of Sydney Law School.

Photo credit, Chief Justice portrait: Gillianne Tedder

JSI Seminar: Louise Richardson-Self & Gabrielle Mardon, "Stuck in Suffering: A Philosophical Exploration of Violence"
2022-05-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
JSI Seminar: Louise Richardson-Self & Gabrielle Mardon, “Stuck in Suffering: A Philosophical Exploration of Violence”
Speakers: Louise Richardson-Self, University of Tasmania and Gabrielle Mardon, PhD candidate, University of Tasmania
This paper considers and evaluates some of the elastic applications of the term â€œviolenceâ€.
Some of the most well-known applications are structural, symbolic, epistemic, psychosocial, and linguistic violence. Should these phenomena be understood as violence-proper or are these merely provocative hyperbole?
Some scholars are openly resistant to these elastic applications, arguing that calling these phenomena â€˜violence’ is no more than conceptual carelessness.
The question that interests Louise Richardson-Self and Gabrielle Mardon is why people continue to be drawn to the image of violence to typify certain phenomena that cause suffering. They identify that it is the temporal extension (i.e., the experiential duration) of the experience of stuckedness in suffering that unifies these conditions. In close, they offer some reflections on the relationship of law to (what is called) violence and where it can mitigate stuckedness.

Thursday 5 May 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

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Sharma: The future of climate litigation in Australia
2022-05-13 13:00 - 14:00
Sharma: The future of climate litigation in Australia
The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) invites you to a panel discussion on the Sharma decision and its impact on future climate litigation. This panel, chaired by the ACCEL interns, will be the inaugural ACCEL NextGen Series event.
You will hear from those directly involved in the landmark Sharma case and from experts in the field of environmental law, human rights law and Indigenous environmental rights.Â
The first instance judgment recognised that the Federal Environment Minister owed Australian children a duty of care to protect them from climate change harm. Its acceptance and subsequent overturning have changed Australia’s climate law landscape.
We look forward to discussing how future litigants, the government and the private sector may be affected.
Panellists:

Ava Princi, student litigant in the Sharma case
Jack McLean, Associate at Equity Generation Lawyers who represented the student litigants in the Sharma case
Ilona Millar, Partner at Gilbert + Tobin, specialising in Global Climate Change
Professor David Kinley, Chair of Human Rights Law at the University of Sydney Law School
Fleur Ramsay, Chair of the First Nations and Indigenous Peoples Program Working Group at EDO

FRIDAY 13 MAY 2022, 1-2pm AEST
Once registered, you will receive the Zoom link closer to the date of the webinar.
CPD Points:Â 1

This event is hosted by theÂ Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) at The University of Sydney Law School.

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Legal Obligation of the Security Council's mandate on the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping operations
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:00
Legal Obligation of the Security Council’s mandate on the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping operations
Speaker: Dr Tamer Morris, Sydney Law School
While the Security Council has been mandating peacekeepers to protect civilians since 1999, there is still confusion on what it means to ‘protect’. Even though the concept of ‘protection’ can seem self-evident, as UN peace missions are made up of multiple players, each person has interpreted the protection of civilians mandate differently. As the concept of ‘protection’ is borrowed language, each body of law will perceive ‘protection’ through a different lens. However, as the mandate creates a legal obligation on UN peace missions, a clear understanding of protection is fundamental to ensure performance and accountability.
Speaker:Â Tamer Morris is a casual academic at the University of Sydney teaching in international law. Tamer’s area of research focuses on protection of civilians, particularly focusing on the legal understanding of the obligation to protect.
After working briefly at the UN, Tamer’s interests in peacekeeping and international law arose. Tamer’s doctoral thesis, from the University of Sydney, was on the legal obligation of the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping. Focusing on the Security Council’s mandate and legal ramifications of peacekeepers engaging in protection activities.
Moderator: Associate Professor Emily Crawford, Sydney Law School

TUESDAY 17 MAY 2022, 12 – 1pm AEST
Once registered, you will receive the Zoom link closer to the date of the webinar.

CPD Points:Â 1

This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.
This is the first in a series of webinars highlighting the research of recently graduated doctoral candidates at The University of Sydney Law School. Â

Pandemic Policing: Sydney Institute of Criminology panel discussion
2022-05-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Pandemic Policing: Sydney Institute of Criminology panel discussion
THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ONLINE AND IN-PERSON AT SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL
With the World Health Organisation’s declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, emergency health orders were introduced to contain the spreading contagion. Central to this aim was the restriction of social movement and gatherings enforced via new criminal offences and expanded police powers.
At the same time, assumed civil rights, such as freedom of movement, eroded with state-sanctioned lockdowns of borders, places of work, study and socialisation as well as targeted communities.
Opposition developed initially in relation to the lockdowns, morphing into anti-vax/anti-mask protests that has seen the increasing influence of conspiracy theorists, right-wing extremists and sovereign citizens.
This panel of diverse experts examines the complexities of policing a pandemic in a democratic society.
Host: Dr Carolyn McKay, Co-Director, Sydney Institute of Criminology
Chairperson: Dr Louise Boon-Kuo, Sydney Law School
Invited guest speakers:

Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine, CEO, Health Justice Australia
Associate Professor Julian Droogan, Macquarie University, Department of Security Studies and Criminology
Associate Professor Greg Martin, University of Sydney, School of Social and Political Sciences
Jane Sanders, Principal Solicitor, The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
Mick Willing, former Deputy Commissioner NSW Police

WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 2022
Time: 6.30-8pm AEST
This event is being held online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.
(Arrival for in-person is 6pm with light refreshments being served.)

CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Institute of CriminologyÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.Â

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Trust in Knowledge Talks - Launch Event
2022-05-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Law Foyer, Level 2
Trust in Knowledge Talks – Launch Event

In-person event
Please join us at the launch event of the new Trust in Knowledge Talks seminar series – a research initiative supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and the Research Portfolio at the University of Sydney.
Reproducibility, replicability, transparency and integrity are key attributes that enable excellence in research and research translation. Trust in Knowledge Talks promote these issues, as well as the sharing of ideas and approaches across disciplines, to enable discussion and collaboration on producing robust and reliable research across our university community.
In this inaugural Trust in Knowledge Talk hosted by Sydney Law School, guest speaker Professor Simine Vazire from the University of Melbourne asks: where are the self-correcting mechanisms in science?

About the talk
‘Where are the self-correcting mechanisms in science?’
We often hear the self-correcting mechanisms in science invoked as a reason to trust science, but it is not always clear what these mechanisms are. Some quality control mechanisms, such as peer review for journals, or vetting for textbooks or for public dissemination, have recently been found not to provide much of a safeguard against invalid claims.
Instead, I will argue that we should look for visible signs of a scientific community’s commitment to self-correction. These signs include transparency in the research and peer review process, investment in error detection and quality control, and an emphasis on calibration rather than popularisation. We should trust scientific claims more to the extent that they were produced by communities that have these hallmarks of credibility. Fields that are more transparent, rigorous, and calibrated should earn more trust. Meta-science can provide scientists and the public with valuable information in assessing the credibility of scientific fields.
The speaker
Professor Simine Vazire, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Simine is a board member of PLOS and the Berkeley Institute for Transparency in the Social Sciences, was a member of the US National Academy of Science study committee on replicability and reproducibility, and co-founded the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS). She is Editor in Chief of Collabra: Psychology and has served as editor at several other journals. She has two lines of research. One examines people’s self-knowledge of their personality and behaviour, and another examines the individual and institutional practices and norms in science, and the degree to which these norms encourage or impede self-correction and credibility.

Time: Thursday 19 May, 5-6pm (followed by a cocktail reception)
Venue: Sydney Law School, Law Foyer, level 2 (street level entrance), New Law Building F10, University of Sydney.Â

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

Reconcile what? Why white Australia needs to rectify its wrongs
2022-05-25 18:00 - 19:00
Reconcile what? Why white Australia needs to rectify its wrongs
Join lawyer Teela Reid and The Daily Aus’ Editor Billi FitzSimons for a conversation about truth and reckoning.
Why are we a nation that has not yet recognised the First People, andÂ whatÂ can we do to take action?
Ahead of National Reconciliation Week and on the eve of the fifth anniversary of Uluru Statement from the Heart, join us for a conversation about truth and reckoning withÂ Teela ReidÂ and University of Sydney alumnaÂ Billi FitzSimons, Editor of The Daily Aus.
Afterwards, we invite you to join us for light refreshments, to continue the conversation and make new connections.
About the speaker
Teela Reid is a proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman, lawyer, essayist, storyteller and co-founder of @blackfulla_bookclub, a platform that honours First Nation’s Ancestors as the original Storytellers. Currently, Teela is a Sydney-based Senior Solicitor practicing in Aboriginal Land Rights litigation and is the current Practitioner in residence at Sydney Law School. She is also a campaigner for the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
This year, Teela is the contributing editor for the Griffith Review ‘Acts of Reckoning‘ Edition 2022. Her essay is titled ‘The Power of the First Nations Matriarchy: Warrior Women Reckoning with the Colony’. Her first essay isÂ 2020 – the year of reckoning, not reconciliation. It’s time to show up!,Â a soaring tribute to her late grandfather, Trevor â€˜Toot’ Reid. Her second essay isÂ The Heart of seeding First Nations Sovereignty – Can you handle the truth about Treaty?
Teela has also written opinions published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Washington Post, The Guardian, Marie Claire and The National Indigenous Times.
In 2021, Teela was named as aÂ Future ShaperÂ by Time Out Sydney for her public advocacy across a range of mediums. She was also awarded theÂ 2020 UNSW Young AchieverÂ for her contributions to the community, her advocacy as a working group leader on section 51 (xxvi), the Race Power, in the Constitutional dialogue process that culminated in the Uluru Statement from the Heart that culminated in the most historic calls for a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to enable a process of Treaty and Truth-telling. Teela was also recognised for her work as a key thinker and leading advocate behind theÂ Walama Court, a proposal to establish an Aboriginal sentencing court at the NSW District Court jurisdiction.
About the host
Billi FitzSimons is the Editor at The Daily Aus, a social-first news service that engages more than 350,000 young Australians. She is also the host of ‘No Silly Questions’, which is dedicated to breaking down the big issues for young people in an accessible and digestible way. She previously worked as a senior news writer at Mamamia, where she specialised in stories at the intersection of politics and gender.
Billi studied Media and Communications at the University of Sydney and has been a commentator on ABC and in The Sydney Morning Herald.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 6-7pm AESTÂ (followed by a cocktail reception)
Location: Charles Perkins Centre

This event is hosted by Sydney Law School and Sydney Ideas, and supported by Minter Ellison.

JSI Seminar: The Modern Approach to Statutory Interpretation
2022-05-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
JSI Seminar: The Modern Approach to Statutory Interpretation
Speaker: Professor Dale Smith, The University of Melbourne
It is now common, in Australia and in a number of other jurisdictions, to speak of â€œthe modern approach to statutory interpretationâ€. Many of the details of this approach are unclear or contested. However, the modern approach consists at least of a rejection of literalism, and an emphasis on the importance of considering the statutory text in context and in light of the statutory purpose.
As such, the modern approach can be characterised as a pluralist account of statutory interpretation. Indeed, it is sometimes summarised in the slogan â€œtext, context and purposeâ€.
In this seminar, Professor Dale Smith identifies three sets of questions raised by the modern approach. These questions concern what, precisely, is meant by â€œtextâ€, â€œcontextâ€ and â€œpurposeâ€, what role these three factors play in statutory interpretation (e.g. are they relevant in their own right or merely as evidence of something else?) and what should be done in cases where those factors push in different directions.
He argues that, to the extent that adherents of the modern approach have addressed these questions, they have disagreed among themselves about the correct answers, and he explores some of the difficulties confronting the various answers that have been offered to date.
Speaker:
Dale Smith’s research focuses primarily on analytic legal philosophy, especially the jurisprudential writings of Ronald Dworkin. He also writes on theoretical aspects of statutory interpretation and (with Colin Campbell) on anti-discrimination law.
Dale’s research has been published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Legal Theory, Law and Philosophy, the Modern Law Review and the University of Toronto Law Journal.
Dale graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1998 with first class honours degrees in Law and Arts. He also holds a Masters of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Melbourne and a D.Phil in Law from the University of Oxford. His doctoral thesis was on the implications for adjudication of the debate between moral objectivists and anti-objectivists.
Prior to joining Melbourne Law School in 2014, Dale was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy at the University of Surrey in 2019, and a Visiting Academic at the Faculty of Laws, University College London in 2012.
Dale is a past Editor of the Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy, and a past Treasurer of the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy. He is currently the Associate Dean (Research) at Melbourne Law School.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

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The role of civil society in food system governance: Comparing Canada, the United States, and Australia
2022-06-03 09:00 - 11:00
The role of civil society in food system governance: Comparing Canada, the United States, and Australia

Ottawa, Canada: Thursday 2 June, 7-9pm (EDT)
Baltimore, United States: Thursday 2 June, 7-9pm (EDT)
Melbourne/Sydney, Australia: Friday 3 June, 9-11am (AEST)

Join this webinar and interactive conversation to learn about how civil society organizations in Canada, the United States, and Australia are working collaboratively to influence food system policy change and decision making.
Civil society organizations are integral to food system governance. Food systems governance is not limited to laws and regulations developed by government. It also includes practices, actions, and advocacy by a wide range of actors to create policies and change decision making structures.
The webinar will include a dialogue between civil society representatives and researchers from Canada, the US and Australia, exploring the role of civil society organizations in food system governance. We will unpack the motivations, opportunities, challenges, and lessons learnt from collaborative forms of food system governance. We will also reflect on lessons learnt from the various models of collaborative food system governance, such as food policy councils and networks, across the three countries.
Recent research will set the stage for representatives from each country to share their experiences of engaging in food system governance. Discussions emerging from the webinar will contribute to future comparative research on the role of civil society organizations in food systems governance in the US, Australia, and Canada.
A second event later in June will focus on the issues of equity and inclusion in food system governance, as well as Indigenous-settler relations. Please indicate your interest in this second event when you register.
This event is supported by funding fromÂ The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of CanadaÂ andÂ Mitacs.
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Agenda
7-7.05pm (EDT)Â – Welcome and land acknowledgement
7.05-7.30pm – Panel presentation and Q&A featuring: Moe Garahan, Karen Bassarab, and Nick Rose
7.30-7.45pm – Presentation of research on the role of civil society organisations in food system governance in Australia: Belinda Reeve, in conversation with Charles Levkoe, and Jill Clark
7.45-7.55pm – Q&A moderated by Peter AndrÃ©e
7.55-8.05pm – Break
8.05-8.45pm – Breakout rooms with guiding questions
8.45-8.55pm – Report back from breakout rooms
8.55-9pmÂ – Close
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Speakers
Moe Garahan, Executive Director, Just Food, Ottawa
Moe has been working on food and farming systems issues since 1995. Since 2004, Moe has been the Executive Director of Just Food in Algonquin Territory/Ottawa region, working with teams to integrate equitable food access and a local food economy within mixed urban and rural settings with a focus on community/economic development approaches.Â She is a Board Director of Sustain Ontario. Since 2019, she has supported the founding of Food Communities Network as Project Director, creating a platform toÂ connect people working at the community-wide level on food systems change coast-to-coast-to-coast.
Karen Bassarab, Senior Program Officer, John Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future
Karen Bassarab is a Senior Program Officer with the Johns Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future, where she manages the Food Policy Networks project. Her work involves both research and capacity building to support food policy councils and similar organizations in the United States to effectively engage in food systems policy change. Karen has a particular interest in local and regional food systems policy, collaborative governance, community engagement, and food access and the built environment. Karen earned a Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr Nick Rose, Executive Director, Sustain: The Australian Food Network
Dr Nick Rose is Sustain’s Executive Director and a leading thinker in food system governance and urban agriculture, with over a decade’s experience in the fields of sustainable food systems and local food economies. He holds a PhD in Political Ecology from RMIT University (2013), a Master of International and Community Development (2006, Deakin University) and a Bachelor of Laws (1989, Melbourne University). In 2014, he completed a Churchill Fellowship investigating innovative models of urban agriculture in Canada, the United States and Argentina. Nick is a Partner Investigator on an Australian Research Council Discovery Project, â€œStrengthening Food Systems Governance at the Local Levelâ€ (2019-2022). He coordinates Sustain’s biannual Urban Agriculture Forum and its annual Urban Agriculture Month. He has published extensively on urban agriculture, local food economies and food system governance both academically and in the public domain.
DrÂ Belinda Reeve, Senior Lecturer, The University of Sydney Law School
DrÂ Charles Levkoe, Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, Lakehead University
DrÂ Jill Clark, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University John Glenn College of Public Affairs
ProfessorÂ Peter AndrÃ©e, Department of Political Science, Carleton University

FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2022, 9-11am AEST

Ottawa, Canada: Thursday 2 June, 7-9pm (EDT)
Baltimore, United States: Thursday 2 June, 7-9pm (EDT)
Melbourne/Sydney, Australia: Friday 3 June, 9-11am (AEST)

This event is being held online only.

This event is hosted byÂ Sydney Health LawÂ at The University ofÂ Sydney Law School.

You may also be interested in this event, ‘Equity, Justice and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Food Systems Governance in Canada, Australia, and the United States’ on 15 June.Â Â

Equity, Justice and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Food Systems Governance in Canada, Australia, and the United States
2022-06-15 09:30 - 11:00
Equity, Justice and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Food Systems Governance in Canada, Australia, and the United States

Tuesday 14 June, 7.30-9pm – Ottawa, Canada (EDT)
Wednesday 15 June, 9.30-11am – Sydney, Australia (AEST)
Wednesday 15 June, 7.30-9am – Perth, Australia (AWST)

This event will explore the issues of equity and inclusion, as well as Indigenous/settler relations, in food system governance, comparing the three national contexts of Canada, the US, and Australia.
In this context, food systems governance includes, but is not limited to, policy, laws, and regulations that shape and influence the nature and orientation of our food systems. It also includes the implicit practices, customs and assumptions related to who and what are considered part of the food system, who should be included in decision-making, and in what ways.
Themes to be explored include:

What does â€˜equity’, â€˜inclusion’ and â€˜participation’ in food policy governance by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) mean for these communities?
How does the presence (or absence) of treaties impact Indigenous Peoples’ participation in food system governance? Are there effective models of engagement and collaboration with Indigenous communities in food system governance?
How can the role of BIPOC communities and organisations in food system governance be strengthened?

Agenda
7.30-7.35pm (EDT)Â – Welcome to Country
7.35-8.05pmÂ – Panel presentation
8.05-8.25pmÂ – Panel invited to respond to pre-set questions
8.25-8.50pmÂ – Q&A with the audience
8.55-9.00pmÂ – Closing remarks

Speakers
Larry McDermott, Member, Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation, and Executive Director, Plenty Canada
Larry McDermottÂ is Algonquin from Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation, and is the Executive Director of Plenty Canada. Larry is currently a member of numerous organizations including the International Indigenous Forum for Biodiversity, the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership (CRP), Ontario Biodiversity Council, the Ontario Professional Foresters Association, the Healing Place partnership, the Indigenous Circle of the Canadian Biosphere Association, and serves as co-chair of the Lanark County Safety and Well-Being Plan. A former three-time Mayor and long-time council member of Lanark Highlands, was the first Chair of the Rural Forum of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, was a Commissioner for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and was on theÂ Ontario Species at Risk Public Advisory Committee and provincial and national recovery teams for the American Eel. Larry also served as a comprehensive claim representative for Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation, is a certified tree marker and butternut assessor, and holds other environmental certifications. He has also received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Guelph. Larry was a humble student for many years of the late Algonquin Elder, Grandfather William Commanda, who created the Circle of All Nations organization. Larry lives in a 170-year-old log home on 500 acres of biologically diverse Algonquin land along the Mississippi River with his wife Nancy.
Darriel Harris, Johns Hopkins Centre for a Livable Future, Baltimore, Maryland
Darriel Harris, PhD, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.Â His research interests are in faith-based health communications, neighborhood related health factors, social determinants of health, and food systems. Darriel worked for the Center for a Livable Future as project coordinator for the Baltimore Food and Faith Project before matriculating as a PhD student. Over the past 8 years, Dr. Harris has worked in various aspects of the food system, including consulting with municipalities around equity food systems issues, managing an urban farm, and engaging in food related policy.Â In addition to his PhD, Darriel holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Morgan State University, an MA in Organizational Management from The George Washington University, and a Masters of Divinity degree from Duke University. He is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Church and currently serves as senior pastor of Newborn Community of Faith Church in Baltimore, Md.
Madeline Anderson, Yued descendant born in Whaduk country and Noongar Land Enterprise Group Chairperson
Madeline Anderson is a Yued descendant born on Whaduk country. Since 2016 she has been a board member of Beemurra Aboriginal Corporation and recently appointed Chairperson of Noongar Land Enterprise. Madeline plays a key role in Beemurra as the business manager and endeavours towards growing the business. Her career background in the past 10 years has been hugely focused in Aboriginal policy development and wellbeing services across the government sector. After returning back to her grandmother’s country four years ago, she has been progressing towards a better understanding of the cattle business, employment opportunities in her community and learning about sustainable ways in caring for country (regenerating soils).
Alan Beattie, CEO, Noongar Land Enterprises Group
Alan is the CEO of the Noongar Land Enterprise Group (NLE).Â Alan is a recognised industry leader, having held a number of senior roles in Government, the Not for Profit and private sector since 1997. In 2013 Alan was awarded theÂ Asia Pacific Enterprise Corporation (AP-EC) Asia Pacific Enterprise Leadership Awards (APELA) Social Service Award.Â Alan has well developed leadership, management, and people skills, demonstrated through repeated successful government, businesses and consultancy projects focused on Indigenous issues/projects and social enterprise. He has extensive community and stakeholder engagement knowledge and expertise.
Alan commenced as the CEO of NLE in April 2020, prior to this he was:

Director / CEO – People Places Planet
Social Enterprise Manager – Holyoake
Community and Economic Development Manager (Nauru) – Connect Settlement Services
CEO – Nyaarla Projects and MADALAH Limited
Regional Manager (Broome) – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

Chair: Dominique Chen, Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.

WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE, 9.30 – 11am AEST
Tuesday 14 June, 7.30-9pm – Ottawa, Canada (Eastern Daylight Time)
Wednesday 15 June 9.30-11am – Sydney, Australia (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Wednesday 15 June 7.30-9am – Perth, Australia (Australian Western Standard Time)
This event is being held online only.

This event is hosted byÂ Sydney Health LawÂ at The University ofÂ Sydney Law School.

This is the second event in a series on Participatory Food Systems Governance, with the first taking place on June 2/3. Find out more.

Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022-06-21 05:00 - 18:00
Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Online event
This webinar discusses how online (university or other) legal education interacts with each jurisdiction’s legal profession, university system, and ICT infrastructure, as well as how online legal education has developed both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing several jurisdictions beyond the Asia-Pacific region (covered in aÂ previous webinar recorded): Croatia, Cyprus and Seychelles. This webinar also draws on draft National Reports for anÂ International Academy of Comparative LawÂ conference hosted overÂ 23-28 October 2022 in Asuncion (Paraguay), comparing over 20 jurisdictions worldwide, for a volume to be published by Intersentia co-edited by Professors Luke Nottage and Makoto Ibusuki.
Find out more aboutÂ the project,Â including links to several draft reports and general report.
Speakers:

Professor Luke NottageÂ (also co-chair, University of Sydney Law School; Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong)
Professor Mirela ZupanÂ (University of Ozijek, Croatia)
Dr Lida PitsillidouÂ (University of Lancaster, Cyprus)
Ms Nyasha Noreen KatsengaÂ (Office of the Chief Justice, Seychelles)

Time: Tuesday 21 June, 5-6pm AEST (via Zoom)

CPD Points = 1
This event is co-presented by The University of Wollongong and The University of Sydney Law School.

2022 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture
2022-06-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
2022 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture: They’re all good cases: Paul Byrne SC
Delivered by Justice Peter Hamill
Paul Byrne was one of Justice Peter Hamill’s most important mentors. His Honour thought he would use the opportunity, at what would have been, but for Covid, the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Paul Byrne SC Memorial Lecture, to speak about the man himself.
Justice Hamill will speak about the contributions Paul made to the law though his work at all levels of the criminal justice system, his quirks and eccentricities, his passions, and his approach to the art of persuasion.
The lecture will be a personal and professional memoir of a man who so many people loved and admired.
It will cover some of Paul’s triumphs in the High Court on critical issues in the criminal law like identification evidence (Domican), the prosecutor’s duty of disclosure (in Grey), relevance (in Mundarra Smith), judicial and apprehended bias (in Antoun) and obtaining special leave where a point was not taken in the courts below (Crampton).
Justice Hamill will also share some of Paul Byrne’s wisdom about court craft and advocacy, the benefits of courtesy, aspects of cross-examination and â€œreading the roomâ€, that is the Court room. The lecture may meander into more esoteric subjects such why expert witnesses should not wear bow ties and Paul’s unique approach to financial investment. There may be some discussion of racing cars.
His Honour hopes his speech will be both educational and entertaining, but mainly hopes to share some stories about one of Australia’s finest criminal defence lawyers.
About the speaker
Justice Peter Hamill was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court in April 2014. His Honour began his legal career as a clerk in the Court of Petty Sessions and achieved his legal qualifications by studying part time for the Barristers’ Admission Board examinations. His Honour worked as Justice Mary Gaudron’s Associate in the High Court before commencing practice at the Bar in 1988.
He was a renowned criminal barrister and founding member of Forbes Chambers where he practised for over 25 years, taking silk in 2004. His Honour was briefed in many trial matters by the Western Aboriginal Legal Service during this time and appeared at all levels of the criminal justice system, from the Local Court to the High Court, appearing in more than 150 criminal appeals.
His Honour also worked on some of the state’s most significant coronial inquests and commissions of inquiry including for the family in the police killing of Roberto Curti, for Keli Lane at the inquest into the disappearance of her daughter and for NSW police at the judicial inquiry into the conviction of Phuong Ngo. His Honour is known for his unique catchwords, and a bold and humane approach to the law.
Paul Byrne SC was one of his most important mentors and he still has a small shrine in his chambers so that he will never forget Paul’s wisdom and humanity.

WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 2022
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.

JSI Seminar: Primary Duty = Secondary Duty?
2022-06-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Law Lounge, Level 1
JSI Seminar: Primary Duty = Secondary Duty?
This event is being held online and in-person at Sydney Law School.
Speaker: Professor Claudio Michelon, Edinburgh Law School
This paper addresses one of the central questions in the law of torts: what is the relationship between the primary duty and the secondary (or remedial) duty? The two dominant answers to that question (the continuity thesis and the identity thesis) stand in a complex relationship that is not yet fully understood and, as a result, the arguments for and against each thesis are muddled.
The paper clarifies each thesis, defends each rival against objections that have been levelled against them and, at the end, present reasons why an original version of the continuity thesis offers a better framework within which to understand the relationship between primary and remedial duty.
About the speaker:
Before his appointment for the chair of Philosophy of Law,Â Professor MichelonÂ was a lecturer (2007-2010) and Senior Lecturer (2010-2015) at Edinburgh Law School. Between 2002 and 2007 he lectured at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, while also practicing as a lawyer. Over the past decade or so, he held a number of visiting positions, amongst which the HLA Hart Visiting fellowship at Oxford (2007), and a British Academy Visiting Fellowship (2006-7). Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Secretary General of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR). He is a co-editor of Routledge’s Critical Studies in Jurisprudence series and part of the editorial board of Springer’s Law and Philosophy Library and of a number of journals. He is currently the Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory.

Thursday 23 June 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

JSI Seminar: American nullification and secession: the case for constitutional flexibility
2022-06-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Sydney Law School, New Law Building, 3 Law School, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
JSI Seminar: American nullification and secession: the case for constitutional flexibility
This event is being held online and in-person at Sydney Law School.
Speaker: Professor Kit Wellman, Washington University in St LouisÂ
Americans live in a political marriage arranged by our ancestors. The good news is that the framers of our Constitution were brilliant; the bad news is that things have changed so dramatically since our predecessors planned our political nuptials that prominent legal theorists are now suggesting that we should fundamentally alter, if not disband, the Union. The urge to re-evaluate our constitutional order stems in part from the striking cultural and political divisions among contemporary Americans. In light of these cleavages, legal scholars are revisiting the long-neglected ideas of nullification, interposition, and secession.
In this essay, I review recent monographs by Timothy William Waters and F.H. Buckley along with an anthology edited by Sanford Levinson. I am more interested in highlighting the important questions these theorists raise about the constitutionality, morality, and advisability of these measures than I am in advancing any particular position. At least two striking conclusions seem warranted, though. First, we urgently need social scientific data on the potential costs and benefits, not only of state-breaking, but also of institutionally protecting secessionist rights. And second, given the increasing enthusiasm for the right to secede, it would be rash to summarily dismiss the more moderate option of nullification.
Speaker:
â€‹Professor Kit WellmanÂ works in ethics, specializing in political and legal philosophy. He serves as chair of the education department and is dean of academic planning for Arts & Sciences.

Thursday 30 June 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

Book launch: Dynamic and Principled - The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason
2022-07-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Supreme Court of NSW
Book launch: Dynamic and Principled – The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason

In-person event
The University of Sydney Law School and The Federation Press are delighted to invite you to the launch of Dynamic and Principled: The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason. This collection of essays from eminent judges, prominent practitioners and leading scholars analyses the work of one of the most important lawyers in Australian history, Sir Anthony Mason, Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1972 to 1987 and Chief Justice of Australia from 1987 to 1995.
The book will be launched by The Honourable Justice Stephen Gageler AC, in the presence of Sir Anthony and Professor William Gummow. The launch will be followed by a cocktail reception.
About Dynamic and Principled: The Influence of Sir Anthony MasonÂ
Supported by The Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History and published by The Federation Press, the book is primarily concerned with the law that Sir Anthony, with his fellow judges, declared and developed over his career in Australia on the High Court and subsequently in Hong Kong as one of the first Non-Permanent Judges on the Court of Final Appeal.
The range of topics in this book reflects the extraordinarily wide and lasting influence he had on Australian law and beyond, and on law-makers, judges, academics, students and lawyers over decades in Australia.
The twenty-six contributors include five former associates to Sir Anthony who now hold senior judicial appointments themselves; members of the University of Sydney Law School, including William Gummow, who succeeded Sir Anthony on the High Court; and leading specialists at the Bar, the Australian National University, the National University of Singapore, and the University of New South Wales.
The book will be available for purchase on the evening, at a 10% discount.
Information about the book.
Editors

Professor Barbara McDonald, University of Sydney Law School
Dr Ben Chen, University of Sydney Law School
Dr Jeffrey Gordon, University of Sydney Law School

The Hon. Justice Stephen Gageler AC will launch the book.
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Time: Wednesday 6 July 2022
Launch proceedings start at 5.30pm (registration from 5pm), followed by a cocktail reception concluding at 7pm.
Venue: Banco Court, Supreme Court of New South WalesÂ ,184 Phillip Street, Sydney.

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About Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE CBE QC
The Hon Sir Anthony Frank Mason was a Justice of the High Court from 1972 to 1987, and Chief Justice from 1987 to 1995. He graduated from the University of Sydney with Bachelor degrees in Arts and Law, and was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1951. During World War II he served in the RAAF. He was appointed a Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 1964, and served as Commonwealth Solicitor-General during 1964-69. He was a Judge of the NSW Court of Appeal (1969-72) and Pro-Chancellor at the Australian National University (1972-75). Anthony Mason’s other civil honours include appointment as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1969, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1972, Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1988.

This event is presented by the Â University of Sydney Law School and The Federation Press.Â

International Insolvency Research Symposium: Insolvency Current Issues"
2022-07-12 17:00 - 2022-07-14 19:00
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How AI is changing medical practice
2022-07-25 18:00 - 19:00
How AI is changing medical practice

This event has moved to online only
Sydney Ideas is delighted to welcome back Professor Frank Pasquale (Brooklyn Law School), a leading author and academic on the law of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, and machine learning, along with local experts to unpack the challenges and advantages of AI and how it is changing medical practice.

The potential for AI and its ability to improve how healthcare is delivered is well documented. From supporting the patient experience and how they access healthcare services, to assisting practitioners in avoiding errors, AI can enable healthcare systems to offer better care to more people. However, we’ll only take full advantage of what AI has to offer, with wise policy choices.
How can governmental and other authorities better support the development of quality AI for diagnosis and clinical decision making? Do we have the systems in place to make the meaningful changes needed for doctors and hospital administrators to take genuine advantage of the potential of AI? What are the challenges they face?
Hear from Frank Pasquale, author ofÂ New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AIâ€¯(Harvard University Press, 2020) followed by a panel discussion with Associate Professor and Paediatric Anaesthetist, Justin Skowno; Professor of law and a specialist at the intersection of law and technology, Kimberlee Weatherall (moderator); with more speakers to be announced.
About the speakers

Professor Frank Pasquale, Brooklyn Law School
Frank PasqualeÂ is an expert on the law of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, and machine learning. He has recently been appointed to the U.S. National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which advises the President and the National AI Initiative Office at the Department of Commerce.â€¯Pasquale’s latest book,â€¯New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AIâ€¯(Harvard University Press, 2020) analyzes the law and policy influencing the adoption of AI in varied professional fields.

Associate Professor Justin Skowno, Westmead Children’s Hospital
Justin Skowno is an Associate Professor at Sydney, director of research in paediatric anaesthesia at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and project lead for Big Data for Small People at CHW, a collaborative critical care informatics programme. He has extensive experience in medical monitoring, physiology and data analysis, and is keenly interested in the question of how information technology and data science can transform the ways in which we care for the sickest patients.

Moderator: Professor Kimberlee Weatherall, Sydney Law School
Kimberlee Weatherall is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney focusing on the regulation of technology and intellectual property law, and a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She is a Fellow at theÂ Gradient Institute, a research institute developing ethical AI, a research affiliate of theÂ Humanising Machine IntelligenceÂ group at the Australian National University, a co-chair of the Australian Computer Society’s Advisory Committee on AI Ethics, and was part of the organising committee for FAccT2022 in Seoul, Korea.

Monday 25 July 2022, 6-7pm AEST
This is a free online event.

This Sydney Ideas event is supported by ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-making and Society.

Kimberlee is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney focusing on the regulation of technology and intellectual property law, and a Chief Investigator with theÂ ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She is a Fellow at theÂ Gradient Institute, a research institute developing ethical AI, a research affiliate of theÂ Humanising Machine IntelligenceÂ group at the Australian National University, a co-chair of the Australian Computer Society’s Advisory Committee on AI Ethics, and was part of the organising committee for FAccT2022 in Seoul, Korea.

Justin Skownois an Associate Professor at Sydney, director of research in paediatric anaesthesia at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and project lead for Big Data for Small People at CHW, a collaborative critical care informatics programme. He has extensive experience in medical monitoring, physiology and data analysis, and is keenly interested in the question of how information technology and data science can transform the ways in which we care for the sickest patients.

Frank PasqualeÂ is an expert on the law of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, and machine learning. He has recently been appointed to the U.S. National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which advises the President and the National AI Initiative Office at the Department of Commerce.â€¯Pasquale’s latest book,â€¯New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AIâ€¯(Harvard University Press, 2020) analyzes the law and policy influencing the adoption of AI in varied professional fields.

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SPACs, Direct Listings, and SEC Reform
2022-07-26 08:00 - 09:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SPACs, Direct Listings, and SEC Reform
Presenter: ProfessorÂ Andrew Tuch, Washington University in St Louis
Despite recent market volatility, mergers of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and direct listings remain viable alternatives to IPOs in the United States. SPACs continue to outnumber traditional IPOs. Direct listings have allowed companies, including Slack, Palantir, and Coinbase, to go public.
However, SPAC mergers and direct listings sidestep basic investor protections that apply in the traditional IPO process, including underwriter liability. Increased reliance on these IPO-alternatives is part of a increasing trend in the US of companies accessing capital without subjecting themselves to the rigors of public market regulation. In response, the SEC released highly anticipated reforms proposing wide-ranging changes.
This presentation will consider these IPO-alternatives, market trends, and recently proposed SEC reforms.
About the presenter:
Andrew TuchÂ is a professor of law at Washington University in St Louis. He has published widely in the US, the UK, and Australia, and his scholarship has been cited by Australian and US courts, including numerous times by the Delaware Court of Chancery. He has served on the National Adjudicatory Council for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the primary regulator for U.S. brokers and dealers. Before entering academia, he practiced corporate law in New York and London. He holds LLM and SJD degrees from Harvard Law School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He is Australian.
Chair:Â Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School
Commentator:Â Daniel Scotti, Partner, MinterEllison, Sydney

Webinar via Zoom, Tuesday 26 July 2022, 8am AEST
Once you register, your confirmation will provide the Zoom details.

This seminar is sponsored by theÂ Ross Parsons CentreÂ atÂ Sydney Law School.

Company Directors - Navigating Troubled Waters
2022-07-27 17:30 - 19:30
Company Directors – Navigating Troubled Waters

In person event
Norton Rose Fulbright in collaboration with Sydney Law School and Ansarada are pleased to invite you to our forum entitled Company Directors – Navigating Troubled Waters.
In today’s uncertain world, company directors need to be ready to deal with unexpected challenges and distress. Hear from our panel of experts sharing their practical experience about the tools available to navigate your business through these challenges and how to effectively manage the risk of personal liability.
The session will help you to understand, in practical terms:

directors’ duties, in the context of distress or potential insolvency;
how the legislative safe harbour has enabled successful businesses restructures (including a discussion of first-hand experience);
its value in protecting directors from personal liability; and
relevant issues and how technology can play a role.

There will be an opportunity for Q&A at the end of the session.

Speakers:

Pauline Vamos | Non-Executive Director, BALLB, FASFA, GAICD
Professor Jason Harris | Professor of Corporate Law, University of Sydney
Andrew McCabe | Partner, Wexted Advisors

Date: Wednesday, 27 July 2022

Key times: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Where:
Norton Rose Fulbright
Level 4, 60 Martin Place
Sydney NSW
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Key contact: Jacquie Kemp, Events Executive: jacquie.kemp@nortonrosefulbright.com

CPD Points = 2
This event is co-presented by Norton Rose Fulbright, The Ross Parsons Centre at the University of Sydney Law School and Ansarada.Â

JSI Seminar: Flourishing in the Anthropocene
2022-08-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Sydney Law School, Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)
JSI Seminar: Flourishing in the Anthropocene
Speaker: Associate Professor Nicole Graham, Sydney Law School
Progressive property theory presents a recent corrective to atomistic theories that isolate property interests from the network of relations and obligations arising from the sociality of organised human society. The â€˜social obligation norm’ that underpins progressive property theory stretches back to Aristotle’s philosophy of eudemonia (â€˜human flourishing’ or â€˜living well’) written in the 4th Century BC. But property is not timeless; the world has changed. The rise of global greenhouse gas emissions above pre-industrial levels is rapidly transforming the climate of the planet – presenting an existential crisis on a scale far greater than the individual, society, and species. For millennia, Western theories of property, including progressive property, have been dominated by anthropocentric notions of law and land. However, the concept of community, central to progressive property theory, foregrounds and prioritises both materiality and relationality, making possible a more viable theory of human-earth relations for the 21st Century. The arrival of the Anthropocene calls for a planetary understanding of â€˜community’ that encompasses its disowned human and more-than-human members, whose labour in Capital’s shadow lands provide the conditions of modern Western proprietorship. â€˜Living well’ through the 21st century will involve reframing social obligation as existential imperative to model a viable property regime.
About the speaker:
Dr Nicole Graham is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Law School. She teaches and researches in the fields of property law and theory, and legal geography. Nicole has written on the relationship between law, environment and culture with a particular focus on property rights, natural resource regulation and the concept of place.

Thursday 11 August 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

JSI Seminar: The Conscience of Trust
2022-08-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Sydney Law School, Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)
JSI Seminar: The Conscience of Trust
Speaker: Professor Irit Samet, King’s College London
At the heart of the modern trust lies a glaring paradox: how has a legal institution that is repeatedly referred to by the courts as rooted in a duty of conscience become infamous for helping individuals to achieve goals that are patently unconscionable?
With every brazen leak of documents from offshore jurisdictions and the ensuing investigation into the financial affairs of the super affluent, it becomes clear that the trust is now a widely used vehicle for evading duties owed by property owners to creditors, dependants and the community. A dangerous trend of importing practices and trust structures from offshore jurisdictions to established onshore trust regimes threatens to further accelerate the corrosion in the reputation of the trust. Any comprehensive solution for the acute legitimacy problem faced by the trust must be multi-systemic.
In this paper, I focus on one aspect of it: the normative basis for the trust obligation. Looking at the conceptual edifice that underlies the trustee’s obligations, the paper argues that what worked for the problems that afflicted traditional trust relationship may not be suitable when facing the challenges of modern trusts. However, the way in which the concept of â€˜conscience’ functions in this area of the law can be useful for reformers who wish to protect (what is left of) the good name of trusts. In particular, it can help us build the necessary moral authority for recent judicial interventions that aim to undo the damage of reckless offshore trust forms. I look into the way the courts of equity lift the concept of conscience from moral discourse and what this means for the moral standing of beneficiaries to make claims on the basis of trusts that are designed to create â€˜orphan property’.
About the speaker:
Irit Samet is a Professor in the Dickson Poon School of Law, which she joined in 2008. She was previously a Lecturer in Law at Mansfield College, Oxford (2006-2007), and a lecturer at the University of Essex (2008). She read law and philosophy in Israel and completed her doctorate at Oxford. Her main research interests lie in the Law of Equity, Property Law, and the theory of private law. She published papers on these subjects in leading journals (like OJLS, MLR), and her book on the theory of Equity Law was published by OUP in 2018. She is a course convener for the undergraduate module of Equity and Trusts, and teaches philosophy of property law as an option B part of the Jurisprudence course, and research seminars in property law.

Thursday 18 August 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

JSI Seminar: Jealousy of trade, from the Scottish Enlightenment to neoliberalism
2022-08-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar: Jealousy of trade, from the Scottish Enlightenment to neoliberalism
Speaker: Associate Professor Jessica Whyte, UNSW
In this talk, I trace the Scottish Enlightenment debates about what David Hume termed â€œjealousy of tradeâ€â€”that is, the transformation of international commerce into a political concern of states and a cause of international conflict. I revisit these debates – in a context marked by new trade wars and military conflicts within a highly integrated global economy – in order to propose a new understanding ofÂ neoliberalism. Against the dominant understanding of neoliberalism as primarily an economic ideology, I argue that early neoliberals (notably Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises) drew from the Scottish Enlightenment to portray market competition as the necessary condition not of economic efficiency but of social and international peace. Against laissez-faire, they portrayed the market (and peace) as a legal order, not a natural order. In this vein, they also pioneered new forms of economic coercion to restrict the options of democratic polities, and to pacify market societies.
About the speaker:
Jessica Whyte is Scientia Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales with a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Law. Her work integrates political philosophy, intellectual history and political economy to analyse contemporary forms of sovereignty, human rights, humanitarianism and militarism. She is the author ofÂ Catastrophe and Redemption: The Political Thought of Giorgio Agamben, (SUNY 2013) andÂ The Morals of the Market: Human Rights and the Rise of NeoliberalismÂ (Verso, 2019).

Thursday 25 August 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

Symposium: Global Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japan"
2022-09-02 15:30 - 17:00
Symposium: â€œGlobal Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japanâ€
This symposium is part ofÂ Japanaroo, a week-long series of events that is part of an initiative to promote exchange and collaboration between Australia and Japan. This informal panel brings together experts and practitioners in sports law and governance from Japan and Australia, two countries at the forefront of development of global sports law, to discuss the big legal issues currently shaping the sports landscape. The panel examines the governance of sporting organisations and the regulation of labour mobility in the context of a globalised sports world.
The panel will feature presentations from:

Professor Deborah Healey (University of New South Wales) on â€œCorporate Governance in Australian Sportâ€;

Professor Healey is the Director of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre and the Editor of the Sports Law Journal. She has more than 30 years of experience serving on the boards of major sports governance organizations.

Mr. Shoichi Sugiyama, (Partner, Field-R Law Offices, Tokyo) on â€œThe Transfer System in Nippon Professional Baseballâ€;

Mr. Sugiyama counsels the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association and the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (the independent dispute resolution body for sport-related disputes in Japan). He has lectured widely on sports law in Japan.

Dr. Matt NicholÂ (Lecturer, Central Queensland University, (Melbourne)) on â€œGlobal Labour Mobility and Nippon Professional Baseball: Murakami to Nomo, Ichiro and Ohtaniâ€.

Dr. Nichol’s research uses approaches to labour law and regulatory theory to understand the regulation of labour in professional team sports. Dr. Nichol’s specialty is in domestic and global labour regulation and labour mobility in baseball and he is on the board of directors of Baseball Victoria.
Moderator:Â Mr. Micah Burch, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School.
Friday 2 September 2022, 3.30-5pm (AEST)
This event is being held an online.
CPD Points:Â 1.5
This event is co-sponsored by Sydney Law School, ANJeL and the Australia-Japan Society of NSW.
