Youth Crime and Youth Justice Forum
2022-11-24 09:00 - 15:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Sydney Law School, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)
Youth Crime and Youth Justice Forum
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.
Speakers have been confirmed from:

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
The NSW Children’s Court
Youth Justice NSW
Youth Action

And from the following University of Sydney Research Centres or Faculties:

The Matilda Centre
The Research Centre for Children and Families
The CREATE Centre
The Gambling Research and Treatment Clinic
The Centre for Disability Research and Policy
The Digital Innovation Team

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Thursday 24 November 2022
Cost: Free
Time: 9am-3.30pm
Location: The University of Sydney, Camperdown.
Click here to view the program.

Register here.
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Contact
Please contact Garner Clancey if you have any queries.

JSI Seminar: Lawmativity
2022-11-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar: Lawmativity
Hybrid event

Explaining the normativity of law – how it guides action by giving reasons – is one of the central questions of general jurisprudence. It is also one of the topics on which there is least agreement. In the first half of the talk, Alex Horne offers a diagnosis as to why. Basically: the desiderata for a genuine and mutually satisfactory solution to the problem of law’s normativity cannot all be satisfied by one theory. In the second half of the talk, he articulates his partial solution to the problem and explains (i) which desiderata we should abandon and (ii) why the best – and complete – account of law’s normativity is therefore piecemeal.
About the speaker:
Alex Horne is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. He works on various topics in moral psychology, ethics, political philosophy, and jurisprudence.

Thursday 24 November 2022, 6-7.30pmÂ AEDT
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

Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspective
2022-11-30 12:00 - 13:00 | The University of Sydney Law School, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building F10
Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspective
In-person event
In this seminar, Prof M Marc-Philippe Weller (Heidelberg University) takes the spectacular 2021Â Milieudefensie v ShellÂ ruling from a first instance court in The Hague as an opportunity to identify cross-jurisdictional problems of civil climate change litigation from a comparative perspective.
The Shell case was the first climate action between private parties that was successful in the first instance and led to Shell’s obligation to drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, including its Scope 3 emissions. From the perspective of legal realism, the Dutch ruling provides a momentum for climate litigation worldwide. However, from the perspective of potential lawsuits for the reduction of CO2 emissions against companies in Germany, one must assert that the Shell ruling cannot simply be transposed into the German legal order.
Discussant: Dr Katherine Owens,Â Director of the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law.

About the speaker
Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller, Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Heidelberg University
Prof. Marc-Philippe Weller has been Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Heidelberg University since 2019. He was appointed Professor for Private Law, Company Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law at Heidelberg University in 2014. As Vice-Rector, Prof. Weller is responsible for the international partnerships of Heidelberg University, in particular the 4EU+ European University Alliance (Sorbonne, Copenhagen, Geneva, Heidelberg, Milan, Prague and Warsaw), as well as the Heidelberg University’s centres abroad in Santiago de Chile, New York, Delhi, and Kyoto. He is also in charge of legal compliance.
Prof. Weller studied Law at the universities of Heidelberg and Montpellier, and earned his doctorate at Heidelberg University in 2004, while he was also employed as an associate advocate. He completed his habilitation at the University of Cologne in 2008. Before accepting the appointment to Heidelberg University, Prof. Weller held a Chair at the University of Mannheim from 2008 to 2011, and at the University of Freiburg from 2011 to 2014. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Austria (Vienna), France (Paris), Sweden (Goteborg), Taiwan and the USA (Georgetown). Prof. Weller has also directed two summer courses at the Hague Academy for International Law.
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Wednesday 30 November
Time: 12-1pm
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
Location: The University of Sydney, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building (F10)
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CPD Points: 1
This event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law and the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law.

The inaugural Kim Santow law and social justice panel: The promise and pitfalls of a marketised NDIS
2022-12-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Law Lounge, Level 1
The inaugural Kim Santow law and social justice panel: The promise and pitfalls of a marketised NDIS
In-person event
Supported by the Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Fund, Sydney Law School’s annual panel discussion closely examines a legal issue in its socio-cultural context, with social justice and human rights considerations central to the discussion.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) holds great promise for improving the lives of people living with disability, but due to its marketised structure it also has a number of pitfalls. To discuss this difficult policy issue, this year’s panel brings together a range of perspectives:

Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum AO – Ron is the former Dean of Sydney Law School and an expert in disability and labour law. He was a part-time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and in October 2022 was appointed as one of three independent expert reviewers by the NDIS.
Dr Angela Jackson -Dr Jackson is lead economist at Impact Economics and Policy, with expertise in distributional analysis, labour markets, disability, health, gender, housing and fiscal policy. She has authored a number of major reports on housing policy, and the importance of investing in social housing for an equitable economic recovery from COVID-19.
Deborah Connors – Deborah has been a NDIS client since late 2016. She has experienced and employed a variety of support services in that time – including carers, cleaners, nurses and physiotherapists. The experience has run the gamut from superb and life changing, to terrible and despairing. As a result of the good support services, she eventually found Deborah has been able to continue to work fulltime and participate fully in life, and is living evidence of the NDIS goals.
Giancarlo de Vera – Giancarlo is the Senior Manager of Policy at People with Disability Australia. They are a passionate advocate for disability, multiculturalism, racial justice, LGBTIQ+ affairs and cultural diversity. Giancarlo was recently named as one of the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians of 2021.

The panel discussion will be facilitated by Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Ben Gauntlett.
The discussion will be followed by audience questions, refreshments, and presentation of the Inaugural Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Essay Prize.
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Thursday 1 December 2022, 6-7.30pm
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This event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.

Julius Stone Address: The Legal Experience of Injustice
2022-12-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Julius Stone Address: The Legal Experience of Injustice
In-person event
InÂ The Faces of Injustice, Judith Shklar criticizes the â€˜normal model’ of justice which views injustice as â€˜a prelude to or a rejection and breakdown of justice, as if injustice were a surprising abnormality’. Her central insight is that â€˜the real realm of injustice â€¦ does not stand outside of the gates of even the best known of states. Most injustices occur continuously within the framework of an established polity with an operative system of law in normal times.’ She also offers a second, Hobbesian insight: â€˜[w]ithout juridical institutions and the beliefs that support them, there can be no decent, just, or stable social relations, but only anxiety, mutual mistrust, and insecurity’. Since juridical institutions and the beliefs that support them may be necessary for justice, but insufficient to prevent injustice, the insights are perfectly consistent as a matter of abstract logic.
My question is consistency as a matter of a different logic, the logic of legal experience for those in the â€˜jural community’, the community of persons subject to law. I argue that such experience shows that certain kinds of injustice are inconsistent with an operative system of law since they create tensions within the jural community that it must resolve to remain operative. I rely on two of Shklar’s examples, the Nazi state and slavery in USA, and two she did not mention, the apartheid state and the â€˜parallel state’ of Israel and the Occupied Territories, to show how systems of law offer a legal resource that makes resistance to certain kinds of injustice possible and thus the practice of human rights lawyering. However, at the same time we see that all involved in maintaining an operative system of law, including human rights lawyers and their clients, participate in legitimizing the system. Here I suggest that Shklar underestimated the ability of the legal theories of three important exemplars of the normal model of justice, H.L.A. Hart, Lon Fuller and Ronald Dworkin, to illuminate different aspects of the experience of injustice.
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Thursday 8 December, 6-7.30pm
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About the speaker
Professor David Dyzenhaus
David Dyzenhaus is a professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He holds the Albert Abel Chair of Law and was appointed in 2015 to the rank of University Professor. He has taught in South Africa, England, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, Hungary, Mexico and the USA. He holds a doctorate from Oxford University and law and undergraduate degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. In 2002, he was the Law Foundation Visiting Fellow in the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland. In 2005-06 he was Herbert Smith Visiting Professor in the Cambridge Law Faculty and a Senior Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 2014-15, he was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science in Cambridge. In 2016-17, he was a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. In 2020-21, he was a Guggenheim Fellow and a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Professor Dyzenhaus is the author ofÂ Hard Cases in Wicked Legal Systems: South African Law in the Perspective of Legal PhilosophyÂ (now in its second edition),Â Legality and Legitimacy: Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen, and Hermann Heller in Weimar,Â andÂ Judging the Judges, Judging Ourselves: Truth, Reconciliation and the Apartheid Legal Order. He has edited and co-edited several collections of essays. In 2004 he gave the JC Smuts Memorial Lectures to the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University. These were published by Cambridge University Press in 2006 asÂ The Constitution of Law: Legality in a Time of Emergency. He is editor of the University of Toronto Law Journal and co-editor of the series Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law. His most recent book isÂ The Long Arc of Legality: Hobbes, Kelsen, HartÂ (Cambridge, 2022).

Contact
Please contact Dr Kevin Walton (kevin.walton@sydney.edu.au) with enquiries about the conference.

This event is hosted by theÂ Julius Stone Institute of JurisprudenceÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.
The Julius Stone Address is generously sponsored by the Educational Heritage Foundation. It is named to commemorate the life and work of Professor Julius Stone, Australia’s foremost legal philosopher and for many years Challis Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney.

Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers
2022-12-15 00:00
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:
Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
CPD Points: 1.5
About
Coming to the Bar is a significant step in the career of any lawyer. For junior counsel intending to practise in criminal law, the ethical and moral obligations are significant. Factors like direct briefs, invoicing, barristers’ rules, duty to the court and professional conduct are all matters you are required to manage on your own. This is often a shift for those that have practised under the guidance of a principal or in government agencies. This presentation will examine that transition to the NSW Bar, considering the viewpoints and perspectives of junior counsel. It will animate some of the best-practice features of maintaining an ethical and professional practice, and ways that that model of practice can be leveraged to ensure success. This presentation will assist legal practitioners considering a career at the NSW Bar, solicitors who brief barristers and play a role in the discharge of their ethical obligations, and junior barristers recently called to the Bar.
Presenter
Talitha Hennessy is an experienced criminal lawyer having appeared for both the defense and prosecution. Before her admission to the NSW Bar in 2017, she was an Associate to Justice Cohen at the Family Court in Sydney. Talitha has also worked as a solicitor for the Aboriginal Legal Service in Dubbo, appearing in over 100 hearings in the Children’s Court and Local Court throughout Central Western NSW, as well as in numerous severity and conviction appeals and sentence matters in the District Court. Talitha also worked as solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW), where she regularly appeared on behalf of the Crown in summary hearings in the Local Court and also appeared for the Crown as an advocate in a number of District Court trials. In addition, Talitha has prepared and instructed in murder trials and other complex matters. She has also appeared in Family Law applications in the Federal Circuit Court, and in Care and Protection matters in the Children’s Court.

Registration
Full series (7 webinars) = $300
Individual webinar(s) = $50

CLICK HERE to register
This webinar will be released on 15 December 2022.

You will receive a webinar link on this date, and can also register at a later date to catch up in your own time.Â

About the series
The 2022-23 Criminal Law CPD series, presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology is an innovative educational program made up of 7 recorded webinars delivered by eminent speakers from the University of Sydney and the legal profession.
A new webinar will be released each month from September 2022 – March 2023. Quizzes will be included to test your comprehension of the material being discussed.
Register now for the full series or individual webinars and enjoy the flexibility of watching at your own pace from any location at any time.
View flyer here

Program Schedule

Title
Presenter
CPD area
Recording release date

1. Should Deceptive Sex Always Be Rape?
Dr Andrew Dyer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 29 September 2022

2. The Role of the Crown Prosecutor in NSW
Mr Brett Hatfield
Practice Management and Business Skills, Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 20 October 2022

3. The Reliability and Credibility of Eyewitnesses
Associate Professor Helen Paterson
Substantive Law
Thursday, 24 November 2022

4. Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers
Ms Talitha Hennessy
Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 15 December 2022

5. Myths, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions
Professor David Hamer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 19 January 2023

6. Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
John Stratton SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 February 2023

7. The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
Judge Paul Lakatos SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 March 2023

Information for lawyers and barristers
If this educational activity is relevant to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim 1.5 MCLE/CPD points per seminar attended or 10.5 units for the full series. Practitioners are advised to check with the CPD governing body in their jurisdiction for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Find out about interstate accreditation.
For further enquiries: T +61 2 9351 0248
E law.events@sydney.edu.au

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Myths, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions
2023-01-19 00:00
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:
Myths, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions
Substantive Law
CPD Points: 1.5
About
Following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Uniform Evidence Law jurisdictions are implementing reforms to the tendency and coincidence evidence provisions. These reforms aim to relax the exclusionary rules so that the prosecution can more readily rely upon other allegations against the defendant and the defendant’s prior guilty pleas. The reforms purport to address the traditional misconception that such evidence would lack probative value unless the defendant’s other misconduct shares distinctive similarities with the charged offence. The reforms can be expected to increase the rate of successful prosecutions. However, these benefits are likely to be compromised by the reforms’ unnecessary complexity. Rather than improve understanding of the inferential value of other misconduct evidence, the reforms may sow confusion, wasting court resources, and creating associated costs for complainants, defendants, and other participants.
This seminar will follow the argument presented in Professor Hamer’s article of the same title, which appeared inÂ (2021) 45(4)Â Criminal Law JournalÂ 232.
Presenter
David HamerÂ is a Professor at the University of Sydney Law School. He is interested in the way criminal courts deal with evidence in determining whether to convict or acquit defendants. While often focusing on the detail of evidence law and criminal procedure, he takes an interdisciplinary approach. David’s research has regard to both the psychology and the logic of proof and draws on empirical research and formal probabilistic models. Further, his work explores how the pursuit of factual accuracy is affected by other sometimes competing concerns: efficiency, fairness, and the overarching need to provide a mechanism for settling disputes that retains public acceptance.

Registration
Full series (7 webinars) = $300
Individual webinar(s) = $50

CLICK HERE to register
This webinar will be released on 19 January 2023.

You will receive a webinar link on this date, and can also register at a later date to catch up in your own time.Â

About the series
The 2022-23 Criminal Law CPD series, presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology is an innovative educational program made up of 7 recorded webinars delivered by eminent speakers from the University of Sydney and the legal profession.
A new webinar will be released each month from September 2022 – March 2023. Quizzes will be included to test your comprehension of the material being discussed.
Register now for the full series or individual webinars and enjoy the flexibility of watching at your own pace from any location at any time.
View flyer here

Program Schedule

Title
Presenter
CPD area
Recording release date

1. Should Deceptive Sex Always Be Rape?
Dr Andrew Dyer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 29 September 2022

2. The Role of the Crown Prosecutor in NSW
Mr Brett Hatfield
Practice Management and Business Skills, Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 20 October 2022

3. The Reliability and Credibility of Eyewitnesses
Associate Professor Helen Paterson
Substantive Law
Thursday, 24 November 2022

4. Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers
Ms Talitha Hennessy
Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 15 December 2022

5. Myths, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions
Professor David Hamer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 19 January 2023

6. Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
John Stratton SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 February 2023

7. The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
Judge Paul Lakatos SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 March 2023

Information for lawyers and barristers
If this educational activity is relevant to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim 1.5 MCLE/CPD points per seminar attended or 10.5 units for the full series. Practitioners are advised to check with the CPD governing body in their jurisdiction for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Find out about interstate accreditation.
For further enquiries: T +61 2 9351 0248
E law.events@sydney.edu.au

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Let's Talk About Corporations: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023
2023-02-02 17:00 - 18:30 | Law Lounge, Level 1
Let’s Talk About Corporations: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023
Hybrid Event
Launch Event
Join us as we launch â€˜Let’s Talk About Corporations’: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023, featuring a keynote address byÂ Professor Rod Sims AOÂ (Crawford School of Public Police, Australian National University). This new seminar series is a collaboration between academics at the University of Sydney and the University of Queensland and will provide a unique forum for academia, industry, and regulatory agencies to come together to explore current trends in corporate accountability and regulation.
The seminar series will consider the myriad forms of modern corporate wrongdoing and investigate current trends in corporate accountability and regulation, such as the shift from individual to corporate responsibility, the emergence of hybrid civil penalties, and the growing focus on â€˜soft law’ and CSG/ESG norms in redefining corporate culture and practice. It will also identifies new and emerging regulatory mechanisms and strategies to prevent and remediate harms caused by corporations. The seminars and workshops in the series will provide a forum to explore these trends and challenge perspectives in a closed invitation-only format by leading academics, practitioners and policy makers. Through this dialogue – bringing together principled and pragmatic perspectives – the series aims to inform research, share insights, and promote better informed public policy and debate about how we understand the nature of responsive regulation of the â€˜body corporate’ in the early decades of the 21st century.
We look forward to welcoming you to the launch, and to your continued involvement in the seminar series throughout 2023.
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Thursday 2 February, 2023
Time:Â 5-6.30pm (Keynote address from 5-5.45pm, followed by a cocktail reception)
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), Law Lounge, Level 1, University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus)
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.
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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.

Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
2023-02-09 00:00
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:
Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
Professional Skills
CPD Points: 1.5
About
Appearing in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal can be an intimidating prospect. Seeking leave, applications brought out of time, questions of law, questions of fact, mixed questions: senior criminal law barristerÂ JohnÂ StrattonÂ SC will consider these issues and offer best-practice tips developed over the course of his career. Mr Stratton will speak about topics like the length of oral submissions, preparing written submissions,Â how to address a bench comprising three judges of the Supreme Court of NSW, and briefing counsel in Court of Criminal Appeal appeals.Â This presentation will assist legal practitioners considering a career at the NSW Bar, barristers working towards a career in appellate jurisdictions, and solicitors who brief barristers.
Presenter
John StrattonÂ was admitted as a solicitor in 1981. He worked at Legal Aid and for a number of private firms. In 1991 he was admitted as a barrister. During his time at the Bar, he has mainly practised in criminal jury trials and appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal. In 1997 he was appointed a Public Defender. In 2003 he was appointed Senior Counsel. In 2005 he was appointed Deputy Senior Public Defender. He returned to the private Bar in 2013.

Registration
Full series (7 webinars) = $300
Individual webinar(s) = $50

CLICK HERE to register
This webinar will be released on 9 February 2023.

You will receive a webinar link on this date, and can also register at a later date to catch up in your own time.Â

About the series
The 2022-23 Criminal Law CPD series, presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology is an innovative educational program made up of 7 recorded webinars delivered by eminent speakers from the University of Sydney and the legal profession.
A new webinar will be released each month from September 2022 – March 2023. Quizzes will be included to test your comprehension of the material being discussed.
Register now for the full series or individual webinars and enjoy the flexibility of watching at your own pace from any location at any time.
View flyer here

Program Schedule

Title
Presenter
CPD area
Recording release date

1. Should Deceptive Sex Always Be Rape?
Dr Andrew Dyer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 29 September 2022

2. The Role of the Crown Prosecutor in NSW
Mr Brett Hatfield
Practice Management and Business Skills, Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 20 October 2022

3. The Reliability and Credibility of Eyewitnesses
Associate Professor Helen Paterson
Substantive Law
Thursday, 24 November 2022

4. Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers
Ms Talitha Hennessy
Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 15 December 2022

5. Myths, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions
Professor David Hamer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 19 January 2023

6. Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
John Stratton SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 February 2023

7. The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
Judge Paul Lakatos SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 March 2023

Information for lawyers and barristers
If this educational activity is relevant to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim 1.5 MCLE/CPD points per seminar attended or 10.5 units for the full series. Practitioners are advised to check with the CPD governing body in their jurisdiction for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Find out about interstate accreditation.
For further enquiries: T +61 2 9351 0248
E law.events@sydney.edu.au

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Federal Environmental Law reform: past lessons, priority reforms, future challenges
2023-02-14 08:30 - 17:00
Federal Environmental Law reform: past lessons, priority reforms, future challenges
The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School invites you to its â€˜Environmental Law Year in Review Conference’ on Tuesday, 14 February 2023.
In 2022, the new Federal Government declared â€˜the environment is back’ and took office with an ambitious reform agenda for federal environmental frameworks and climate action. In the face of alarming declines in the state of the Australian environment, government reform priorities have focused on climate change, the environment and biodiversity. Starting with the Climate Act 2022, critical reforms currently underway include improving the integrity of Australian Carbon Credit Units, responding to the 2020 Samuel Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 through the Government’s Nature Positive Plan and co-developing a standalone federal cultural heritage law.
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 key shortcomings in existing federal legislation, the content of reforms and key challenges for Australian governments in implementing these programs successfully.
Topics will include:Â

Reforms to the EPBC Act
Emissions reduction legislation and the energy transition
First Nations cultural heritage
COP 15, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure and national offsets.

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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14 February 2023
Time: 8.30am-5pm
Venue: New Law Building (F10), Level 1, Law Lounge, University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus
CPD Points:Â 6
Click here to view the program.Â
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This event is hosted by theÂ Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental LawÂ (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School.

Works-in-Progress Conference
2023-02-16 13:00 - 16:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Works-in-Progress Conference
Hybrid Event
Works-in-Progress Event
On Thursday, 16 February, the Sydney Centre for International Law hosts its first-ever works-in-progress conference in association with its annual International Year in Review conference.Â This hybrid afternoon event features authors from around the world workshopping papers dealing with the situation in Ukraine and interstate dispute settlement (ISDS), two topics that are discussed at the International Year in Review conference.
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Thursday 16 February 2023, 1-4.30pm AEDT
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Attendees should contact Prof. Stacie Strong (stacie.strong@sydney.edu.au) to obtain copies of the papers under discussion.
This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.

2023 George Winterton Memorial Lecture
2023-02-17 17:30 - 18:45 | Supreme Court of NSW
2023 George Winterton Memorial Lecture: Judicial review of legislative and executive action – acceptance and resentment – lessons from a comparative perspective.
Speaker:Â The Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of Australia

In-person event
The George Winterton Memorial Lecture was established to commemorate the outstanding and lasting contribution of Professor George Winterton to constitutional law scholarship and teaching.
About the Lecture
The 2023 Winterton Lecture examines the reaction to recent decisions of the courts of the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia in controversial matters from the governments of the day and politicians. Historically, there has been a general acceptance of the need for judicial review and the role of the courts in undertaking it. It enquires whether there is evident change in the acceptance of the decisions of the courts as authoritative and whether there may be other impacts on the courts. Immediately following the Lecture, there will be a reception in the Foyer of the Banco Court at which the 5th edition of Winterton’s Australian Federal Constitutional Law will be launched by the Hon A S Bell, Chief Justice of New South Wales.
About the Speaker
Susan Mary Kiefel ACÂ was appointed Chief Justice of Australia on 30 June 2017. Her Honour was educated in Queensland and received an LLM from the University of Cambridge. She became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1993 and of the Federal Court in 1994. She has served as part-time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2003-2007) and held a commission as Justice of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island from 2004.
She is an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge; a Doctor of the University of Griffith University; an LLD (honoris causa) from the Universities of Queensland and Adelaide; an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn; an Honorary Professor of Law in the University of Hong Kong, and a titular member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. In 2011, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.
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Date: Friday 17 February 2023
Time: 5.30-6.45pm AEDT (Registration from 5pm, cocktail reception to follow lecture at 6.45pm together with the launch of the 5th Edition of Winterton’s Australia Federal Constitutional Law.)
Venue: Banco Court, Supreme Court of New South WalesÂ ,184 Phillip Street, Sydney.
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George Winterton Memorial Fund
Friends and colleagues of the late Professor George Winterton are invited to make a gift to the Memorial Fund named in his honour. Gifts to the Fund will support activities at Sydney Law School in the area of Constitutional Law in memory of Professor Winterton and the continuation of his work. For further information or to make your gift, please contactÂ Professor Peter Gerangelos, Convenor of the Winterton Memorial Fund and Winterton Lecture Series onÂ peter.gerangelos@sydney.edu.au.

This lecture is proudly hosted by The University of Sydney Law School and The University of Western Australia Law School.

The Living Law of Wikipedia
2023-02-21 12:30 - 14:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
The Living Law of Wikipedia
In-person event

Wikipedia offers (yet) another example of a scheme of ‘private ordering’, regulation and governance that works largely outside of state law. Its institutions and procedures show strong resemblances to those found in legal systems generally. Â But what may distinguish Wikipedia ( or what some Wikipedians claim does so) is the frequent discursive insistence on the risks of taking rules seriously and the dangers of what they call ‘Wikilawering’.
In this talk, Professor Nelken will seek to explore why this is so and what it means in actual practice, also with reference to a various ‘trouble cases’ as illustrations.
About the speaker:
David Nelken is Professor of Comparative and Transnational Law, and former Head of Research, at the Dickson Poon Law School, King’s College, London.Â Professor Nelken’s research focuses on theoretical enquiry and empirical investigation in the areas of comparative sociology of law, criminology, and legal and social theory.Â HeÂ taught law at Cambridge, Edinburgh and University College, London, from 1976-1989 before moving to Italy in 1990 as Distinguished Professor of Legal Institutions and Social Change at the University of Macerata. From 1995 to 2013 he was also Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Cardiff University, and from 2010 to 2014 Visiting Professor of Criminology at Oxford University. He is also a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. On the editorial board of numerous journals, he is also a member of the Independent Board of the SCOPUS (Elsevier) Database of peer-reviewed literature, where he is responsible for evaluating all law journals worldwide. He was a Panel member of Scottish Children’s Hearings juvenile justice system 1979-1983, aÂ memberÂ of Italian Regional Crime committees in the 1990’s and, amongst many visiting appointments, was the Global Law professor at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, for 2014.

Tuesday 21 February 2023
Time: 1-2pm AEDTÂ (Light lunch from 12.30pm)
Venue: New Law Building (F10), Level 4, Common Room, University of Sydney (Camperdown campus)
CPD Points: 1

This event is proudly hosted byÂ The University of Sydney Law School.Â

LGBTQ organising in the new protest environment - book launch and panel discussion
2023-02-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Book launch and panel discussion: LGBTQ organising in the new protest environment
In-person event
The use of public space for recreation and protest remains hotly contested, as reactions to anti-protest legislation in NSW and other Australian jurisdictions show. 2023 marks a decade since a case of police excessive force at the 2013 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras went viral on YouTube. That case marked a watershed moment in police-LGBTQ community relations in NSW, and was part of a global awakening about the power of bystander video distributed through social media.
Dr Justin Ellis’ 2021 monograph Policing Legitimacy: Social media, scandal and sexual citizenship critically engages with that case and considers the relationship between digital media, LGBTQ identity-based rights claims and police accountability. This book launch and panel discussion provides a timely opportunity to consider how LGBTQ individuals and communities will organise in the face of increased penalties for peaceful public protest in NSW, and unease about police use of platform biometrics and related issues of privacy and consent. The launch of Dr Ellis’ monograph will be followed by a discussion on these issues chaired by Institute of Criminology co-director Dr Carolyn McKay, and between Professor Kane Race, Dr Justin Ellis and Mr Josh Pallas – president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. Please join us for this timely and important discussion.
About the author
Dr Justin Ellis is a senior lecturer in criminology at the Newcastle Law School and the editor-in-chief of Current Issues in Criminal Justice, the journal of the Institute of Criminology at the Sydney Law School. His research examines the relationship between digital media technologies, institutional trust and politically vulnerable populations, LGBTQ in particular. His scholarship on these issues is regularly published in high-ranking internationally peer-reviewed journals and in media commentary.
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Tuesday 28 February 2023, 6pm (AEDT)
Venue:Â University of Sydney, Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown
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This event is presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology at Sydney Law School.

Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal law
2023-03-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Law Lounge, Level 1
Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal law
In-person event

The Sydney Centre for International Law warmly invites Sydney Law School staff, students and external guests to this conversation on the crime against humanity of â€˜gender persecution’, which is currently being prosecuted for the first time in the International Criminal Court.
This event is free of charge, but registration is required.
Speakers:
Lisa Davis, Special Advisor on Gender Persecution to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor and Associate Professor at The City University of New York (CUNY) Law School
in conversation with
Rosemary Grey, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School and Co-Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law

Wednesday 1 March 2023
Time: 1-2pm AEDT
Venue: University of Sydney, Level 1, Law Lounge, New Law Building Annex (F10A), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown
CPD Points: 1

This event is proudly hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.Â

Beyond Punishment Seminar: Transforming rehabilitation through digital technology
2023-03-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Law Foyer, Level 2
Beyond Punishment Seminar: Transforming rehabilitation through digital technology
In-person event

Institutions of criminal justice are not isolated from broader trends in society – and developments in the application of technologies in prisons have made it important to reconsider the role of digital technologies in rehabilitation.
What is the role of digital technologies in the context of the rehabilitative aim of prisons? What ought it to be? How is this role likely to develop in the future? And what challenges need to be borne in mind when answering these questions?
These issues will be the focus of the Beyond Punishment Seminar: Transforming Rehabilitation Through Digital Technology, which is hosted by the Sydney Institute of Criminology in conjunction with Corrective Services NSW at the Sydney Law School.
A good first step is to assess the current state of play regarding potentially rehabilitative technologies in prisons. The seminar will examine the roll-out of android tablet devices in NSW prisons and the impacts on family visits, health services and education of people in prison, especially since the Covid-19 prison lockdowns, and it will also examine how the devices can be used to deliver effective programs of rehabilitation.
How are tablet devices employed in prison? Do they lead to greater participation in rehabilitation or mean that people in prison socially withdraw? Can android devices address reintegration back into society and minimise issues of digital illiteracy? Is this an initiative that can ultimately decrease re-offending rates?
Technologies are never politically neutral and often raise ethical issues that need to be considered, particularly in the context of criminal justice’s rehabilitative aims and this seminar will aim to consider these ethical issues and to try to answer some of the questions raised above.

Our panel will be moderated by:
Dr Carolyn McKay, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Co-Director
Carolyn is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Law School where she teaches Criminal Law, Civil & Criminal Procedure and Digital Criminology. She is Co-Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology. Carolyn is recognised for her research into technologies in justice, specifically her empirical research into prisoners’ experiences of accessing justice from a custodial situation by audio visual links, published in her monograph, â€˜The Pixelated Prisoner: Prison video links, court â€˜appearance’ and the justice matrix‘ (2018).
Panel Members:
Luke Grant, Deputy Commissioner, Corrections Strategy and Governance, Corrective Services NSW
Luke joined Corrective Services NSW in the 1991 and held a number of executive positions prior to his appointment as Assistant Commissioner Inmate Management in 2000. He has worked at the coalface in the areas of inmate classification, offender rehabilitation programs and services and inmate education. Luke was appointed to the role of Deputy Commissioner Corrections Strategy and Policy in 2020 and Deputy Commissioner of Strategy and Governance in 2022. In this role Mr Grant leads the development of Corrective Services strategy, policies, and practice as well as overseeing the interaction with partner organisations and service providers.
Renee Van Aaken, Acting Director – Reducing Recidivism (Premiers Priority) at Department of Communities and Justice
Renee is an experienced leader in the Criminal Justice sector, with extensive and diverse experience including being operational in prisons, senior management, and strategic areas. Renee is passionate about making a difference, for people impacted by the criminal justice system and those working within what is a very challenging environment. She is driven to implement change effectively and is currently focused on several projects supporting the Premier’s Priority to Reduce Recidivism. A new and exciting area interest for Renee is Correctional Technology, leading the development and implementation of a business case for a $40m program to transform prisoner rehabilitation through technology in CSNSW.
Steven Van De Steene,Â Smart Corrections
Steven is an Enterprise Architect specialised in technology in corrections. He works as a consultant in innovation and digital strategies for prisons and probation services. He is also active as a researcher, affiliated to the Montfort University (Leicester, UK) and as board member of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) he is the liaison for the technology solutions network within the association. Steven is actively promoting more research in this field and works closely together with universities across the globe to enhance our knowledge on the opportunities as well as the risks and ethical questions related to the use of technology in corrections.
Professor Mark Halsey, Flinders University
Mark is a Professor of Criminology at Flinders University, South Australia. He has a long-standing interest in the intended and unintended consequences of incarceration as well as the conditions which facilitate and impede desistance from crime. Mark’s books include Young Offenders (Palgrave), Tackling Correctional Corruption (Springer), Generations Through Prison (Routledge) and Power and Pain in the Modern Prison (Oxford).

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Thursday 2 March 2023, 6-8pm, followed by a cocktail reception
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Watch the event recording here.
This event is presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology in conjunction with Corrective Services NSW at the Sydney Law School.

Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flow
2023-03-03 11:00 - 12:00
Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flow
Online event
National security has increasingly become a concern for cross-border data flow. In this panel discussion, we will survey the conflicts and potential collaboration between protecting national security and enhancing digital trade. Our distinguished panel will cover relevant laws and practices in big (the US and China), medium (the UK), and small (Vietnam and Taiwan) jurisdictions.
Speakers

Professor Anupam ChanderÂ (Professor, Georgetown University)

Trump v. TikTok:Â How a Chinese big tech platform defeated the President of the United States, and why that’s important for free expression
When then-President Donald Trump sought to ban TikTok, ostensibly because of its Chinese roots, US courts came to TikTok’s rescue. Rather than deferring to the president’s claims of a national security emergency justifying the ban, courts held that the president lacked statutory authority to ban TikTok. This talk will explain why, and what was at stake in this struggle.

Ms. Nguyen Ha (Visiting Scholar Harvard University, Research & Teaching Associate Monash University)

Conflicting cybersecurity norms in Vietnam: the borrowing of local actors
As scholars grapple with the complexity of international cybersecurity, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam offers a surprisingly rich snapshot of cybersecurity norms in the global arena. This talk discusses the Vietnamese cybersecurity regime that has been shaped by local actors, who borrowed conflicting cybersecurity norms from international laws and trade agreements.

Dr. Phoebe LiÂ (Reader, Sussex University)

How national security is shaping digital sovereignty: the cases of middle power countries
Economic security has been a main driver for countries to develop digital and data sovereignty in order to protection national security. This talk will discuss the comparative efforts of the UK government in developing an AI strategy after leaving the EU and how the Taiwanese National Security Law has been strengthened by the recent law reform in trade secrets protection.

Moderators/commentators
â€¢Â Dr.Â Han-Wei LiuÂ (Senior Lecturer, Monash University)
â€¢Â Dr. Jie (Jeanne) HuangÂ (Associate Professor Sydney University, Visiting Scholar Harvard University)

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Friday 3 March, 11am-12pm AEDT (Thursday 2 March, 7-8pm EST)
This event is being heldÂ online.Â
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This event is presented by the Sydney Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney and Private International Law, Monash University, and Law & Technology interest groups of the American Society of International Law.

Development of the Common Law by Analogy to Statute
2023-03-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Law Lounge, Level 1
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Development of the common law by analogy to statute
In-person event
In recent decades the importance of statute within Australian law has increased enormously. Legislation has proliferated in size, number and scope; and many of these statutes contain underlying policies, values and ideas which the common law is capable of taking cognisance of. This gives rise to the question addressed by Adam Waldman and Michael Gvozdenovic in this face-to-face presentation: can the common law develop by analogy to statute?
Part I of the presentation will consider how attitudes across the common law world have shifted towards recognising a stronger interrelationship between statute and the common law. This has paved the way for the recognition of analogical reasoning to statute in Australia.
Part II will examine the High Court’s jurisprudence on this form of judicial reasoning. It will closely examine the authorities that have explicitly discussed it, which appear to have left the legitimacy of such reasoning open. It will then identify numerous High Court cases which have developed the common law by analogy to statute, albeit often without explicitly recognising that they are doing so. Considered together, these cases demonstrate that such reasoning must be legitimate in Australia.
Part III will then compare this Australian jurisprudence to that of the United States, which is the jurisdiction in which such reasoning was first pioneered. It will consider whether the American jurisprudence supports the legitimacy of this reasoning, and what lessons might be drawn from it.
Speakers
Adam Waldman, Colin Phegan Associate Lecturer, Sydney Law School
Michael Gvozdenovic, Herbert Smith Freehills and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School
Commentator
Hon Justice Mark Leeming, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Challis Lecturer in Equity, Sydney Law School
Chair
Dr Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School
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Monday 6 March, 2023
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.

The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
2023-03-09 00:00
2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:
The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
Professional Skills
CPD Points: 1.5
About
Balancing the competing priorities of offenders with mental health diagnoses, the community, and the criminal justice system more broadly, is complicated. At the intersection of those interests sits the Mental Health Review Tribunal. The Tribunal endeavours to acknowledge and respect the dignity, autonomy, diversity and individuality of those whose matters it hears and determines. But how are these outcomes achieved? What are the characteristics of those best-practice features in a rapidly developing criminal justice system? – especially as it grapples with growing rates of mental illness and more complex mental health questions.Â District Court Judge and President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Paul Lakatos SC considers these questions, as well as theÂ balancing of priorities between the criminal justice system and the health system as a point of focus that is rapidly taking on greater importance and, indeed, engaging more resources. This presentation will assist legal practitioners practising criminal law with an interest in mental health, as well as those practitioners with a lived experience of mental health.
Presenter
Judge Paul Lakatos SC commenced his professional career working as a solicitor for the Aboriginal Legal Service in 1977. He continued his work in the Sydney metropolitan area representing indigent clients with the Public Solicitor’s Office from 1978. In 1982 Judge Lakatos SC led a team of investigators including the AFP, ATO investigators and forensic accountants, investigating bottom of the harbour tax schemes at the Special Prosecutors Office. In 1984 he was admitted as a Barrister, practising in Criminal Law; Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Coronial inquiries and before ICAC and the Police Integrity Commission – and as counsel assisting ICAC and the State Coroner. In 2005, Judge Lakatos was appointed as senior counsel and, in 2008, was appointed as a Judge of the District Court of NSW. Judge Paul Lakatos SC commenced as the President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal in 2019, where he oversees its functions. He also sits on Tribunal hearings in both forensic and civil jurisdictions. Most recently, he was appointed an ICAC Commissioner. This appointment will take effect in mid-September 2022.

Registration
Full series (7 webinars) = $300
Individual webinar(s) = $50

CLICK HERE to register
This webinar will be released on 9 March 2023.

You will receive a webinar link on this date, and can also register at a later date to catch up in your own time.Â

About the series
The 2022-23 Criminal Law CPD series, presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology is an innovative educational program made up of 7 recorded webinars delivered by eminent speakers from the University of Sydney and the legal profession.
A new webinar will be released each month from September 2022 – March 2023. Quizzes will be included to test your comprehension of the material being discussed.
Register now for the full series or individual webinars and enjoy the flexibility of watching at your own pace from any location at any time.
View flyer here

Program Schedule

Title
Presenter
CPD area
Recording release date

1. Should Deceptive Sex Always Be Rape?
Dr Andrew Dyer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 29 September 2022

2. The Role of the Crown Prosecutor in NSW
Mr Brett Hatfield
Practice Management and Business Skills, Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 20 October 2022

3. The Reliability and Credibility of Eyewitnesses
Associate Professor Helen Paterson
Substantive Law
Thursday, 24 November 2022

4. Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers
Ms Talitha Hennessy
Ethics and professional responsibility
Thursday, 15 December 2022

5. Myths, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions
Professor David Hamer
Substantive Law
Thursday, 19 January 2023

6. Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
John Stratton SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 February 2023

7. The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
Judge Paul Lakatos SC
Professional Skills
Thursday, 9 March 2023

Information for lawyers and barristers
If this educational activity is relevant to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim 1.5 MCLE/CPD points per seminar attended or 10.5 units for the full series. Practitioners are advised to check with the CPD governing body in their jurisdiction for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Find out about interstate accreditation.
For further enquiries: T +61 2 9351 0248
E law.events@sydney.edu.au

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Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Small business restructuring: The US experience
2023-03-21 08:00 - 09:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Small business restructuring: The US experience
Online event
This webinar will consider the SME restructuring reforms introduced in 2020 in SubChapter V of Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. The presenter will examine how the recent reforms have performed and compare this experience with other small business restructuring provisions under Chapter 11. The session will also discuss the Australian experience with SME restructuring.
Speakers
Presenter: Prof Brook Gotberg (Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law, Brigham Young University, Utah USA)
Professor Gotberg teaches Bankruptcy, Contracts, Secured Transactions and other commercial law subjects at BYU Law in the United States. Professor Gotberg’s scholarship focuses primarily on debtor and creditor relations, both in and out of bankruptcy. She has published articles on the impact of bankruptcy provisions on small and medium-sized enterprises, the treatment of preferential transfers in the bankruptcy code, and more generally on the laws and policies shaping business reorganization in the United States.
Commentator: Mark Robinson (dVT Group)
Mark has over 25 years experience in turnaround and insolvency, strategy, operations and risk management. Mark is a registered liquidator and registered bankruptcy trustee and is a former president of ARITA and former president of INSOL International.
Chair: Dr Jason Harris (Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School)
Tuesday 21 March, 8am AEDT

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

CBA and Crown Casino: Tales of Risk Governance Failures
2023-04-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Let’s Talk About Corporations: CBA and Crown Casino: Tales of Risk Governance Failures
In-person event
In this presentation Dr Vicky Comino reflects on the regulatory treatment of the CBA and Crown Casino and examines the challenges of addressing financial crime in corporate settings. She uses the investigations into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Crown Casino as case studies to consider the link between organisational culture, wrongdoing and regulatory treatment with a view to drawing out lessons for regulators and other sectors beyond banking and gaming.
Mr Jamie Kelly joins Dr Comino to reflect on what â€˜good’ risk governance looks like, drawing on global regulatory experiences in risk culture, compliance and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF).
About the speakers
Dr Vicky Comino
Dr Vicky CominoÂ has enjoyed a long career as an academic in the Law School at the University of Queensland. Vicky teaches corporate law and is recognized as a leading corporate law scholar. Her book,Â Australia’s â€˜Company Law Watchdog’: ASIC and Corporate Regulation, published in 2015 is the definitive text on corporate regulation in Australia. She is regularly sought out for media comment, to present at conferences and invitedÂ to make submissions and provide input through involvement in consultation processes to government on key law reform initiatives.Â Her work has also beenÂ cited by the courts (eg, in the notorious James Hardie litigation which determined in the High Court of Australia) and in government reports (eg, the Final Report of the recent Banking Royal Commission), demonstrating her ability to produce research with real world impact.
Before joining the academy, Vicky practiced as a solicitor in a top-tier legal firm in Brisbane. She has maintained her professional links with the legal profession and with industry, including serving on the Executive (since 2012) and as Chair (since 2016)Â of a major Queensland Law Society Committee for the accreditation of Business Law Specialists.
Jamie Kelly
Jamie specialises in Compliance and Conduct risk management in EY’s Financial Services Consulting practice in Australia. Jamie brings a depth of insight and lived experience to support organisations in achieving sustainable compliance and fair customer outcomes. Jamie has deep practitioner knowledge of risk management, including frameworks, risk appetite, governance, policies and procedures, risk taxonomy, obligations, monitoring/surveillance, as well as supporting technology.Â He is experienced in navigating complex regulatory change and substantial regulatory interactions both domestically and internationally, including responding to Enforceable Undertakings. Prior to EY, Jamie was Chief Compliance Officer at Westpac, with responsibilities for compliance, conduct and financial crime.Â Jamie also spent a decade in Singapore, where he was the Global Head of Legal and Compliance Standard Chartered Bank.Â Jamie started his career as a lawyer at Freehills. Jamie holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Law (Hons).
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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Thursday 13 April, 2023
Time: 6-7.30pm AEST (Seminar from 6-7pm, with drinks and canapes to follow)
Venue: TBA
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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.

JSI Seminar: Politics all the way down? A qualified defence of critical legal theory
2023-04-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar: Politics all the way down? A qualified defence of critical legal theory
In-person event

In this talk, Dr Ntina Tzouvala sets out to defend the potential for legal theory of what Edward Said called â€˜contrapuntal reading’, Louis Althusser (drawing from Jacques Lacan) described as â€˜symptomatic read-ing’, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick denounced as â€˜paranoid reading’. Albeit different in their origins and orientation, all three approaches demand that we take law seriously, but not literally. They suggest that legal texts neither are nor can be made complete and coherent and they presume that nobody is in full control of those text, perhaps least of all their authors.
Dr Tzouvala argues that this â€˜hermeneutics of suspicion’ (Ricoeur, 1970) establishes the specificity of (critical) legal theory as opposed to both doctrinal work that strives for consistency and to a particular form of legal history and legal biography that place the conscious plans, desires and ideas of the individual subject at the centre of the law. Importantly, this approach does not simply defer to ‘politics’ for the validity for its arguments but posits that symptomatic reading is the only way to establish rigorous knowledge of the law as an autonomous subject.
About the speaker:
Dr Ntina Tzouvala
Dr Ntina Tzouvala’s work focuses on the political economy, history and theory of international law. She is especially interested in historical materialism, deconstruction, feminist and queer legal theory. Her first monograph,Â Capitalism as Civilisation: A History of International Law,Â was published by Cambridge University Press in late 2020. Her book was awarded the 2022 ASIL Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship and the Australian Legal Research Award (ALRA) in the book category. In addition, it was shortlisted for the Deutscher Prize and was awarded a honourable mention in the context of the 2021 Sussex Prize in International Theory. Her work has also appeared in leading journals, including the European Journal of International Law, the Leiden Journal of International Law and the Journal of International Economic Law.
Between 2019 and 2021 Ntina was a founding member of the editorial collective of the Third World Approaches to International Law Review. In early 2020, she was appointed Senior Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

Thursday 20 April 2023, 6-7.30pmÂ AEDT
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is co-hosted by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence and the Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School.Â

Stand-up, fight back: Defending protest in NSW
2023-04-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Law Lounge, Level 1
Stand-up, fight back: Defending protest in NSW
In-person event
We know that activism changes history and the right to stand together and peacefully protest must be protected and defended for every citizen not pared back. Peaceful protestors should never face incarceration.
Yet, both major parties in NSW joined forces a year ago to support draconian regulations to make it a crime punishable by up to 2 years in jail and a $22,000 fine, to block entrances to train stations, ports and public and private infrastructure.
The implications of criminalising protest at iconic sites like Town Hall and Oxford Street is unimaginable to ordinary Australians who have watched and actively participated in protests across countless human rights issues. Rallies for Marriage Equality, Black Lives Matter, School Strike 4 Climate and May Day could all be illegal under these laws.
What can we do? What should we do?
Our panel, chaired by Professor Simon Rice will explore these questions.
This is a free event as part of a calendar of events celebrating 60 years of activism from the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties and jointly organised by the University of Sydney Law School and NSW Council for Civil Liberties.
About the speakers
Professor Simon Rice (OAM)Â isÂ the Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice at the University of Sydney Law School, and a consultant lawyer at Chalk & Behrendt. Simon has practised extensively in poverty law in community legal centres, particularly anti-discrimination law.Â He has been President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, and an adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights.Â He has encountered the police while observing protests.
Josh Pallas (he/him) is the President of the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties. Josh is also PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney Law School researching at the intersection of criminal and public law. He was previously a criminal and public lawyer in both government and private practice. Josh has published in criminal law and taught in a range of law and international relations subjects at the University of Sydney and University of Wollongong.
Amal Naser is a Palestinian organiser and third-generation refugee. She lives on unceded Bidjigal land. Amal is currently studying a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UNSW. She is currently conductingÂ a critical analysis of the criminalisation of protest in liberal democracies using Marxist State Theory for her law honours project. Amal has a strong interest in the intersection of the law and the rights of Indigenous persons and was the Human Rights Defender intern at the Australian Human Rights Institute for summer 2022/23.
Dr Jeff GordonÂ is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School.Â Jeff specialises in free speech and judicial federalism, most recently writing on the law of protest during the COVID-19 pandemic.Â Jeff’sÂ work spans public and private law, exploring free expression, judicial federalism, speech torts, non-disclosure agreements and equitable relief.
Luc Velez (he/him) is a student activist organising on stolen Gadigal and Bidjigal land. Passionate about economic and environmental justice, Luc was the 2022 National Education Officer of the National Union of Students. He has been involved in national campaigns on climate justice, free education and student unionism reforms. Luc is studying a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics at UNSW after having spent two years studying fashion in France.
Kavita Naidu is a feminist climate activist and international human rights lawyer from Fiji-Australia specialising in climate justice for grassroots women in all their diversity in Asia and the Pacific. WithÂ over 16 years of diverse experience working in the Pacific, Asia and the UK, Kavita has worked at the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, government bodies and the private sector.Â Kavita was involved with the UN Free & Equal campaign in the Pacific, the Global Women’s Strike and the feminist bloc for the climate marches in COP25 & COP26.Â Kavita served as a Board member with Greenpeace Australia Pacific and is currently a board member with AkitvAsiaÂ and Progressive International.
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Thursday 27 April 2023
Time:Â 6-7.30pm
Venue:Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5
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This event is proudly co-presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties.

Critical issues in international space law: 2023 and beyond
2023-05-10 17:30 - 19:30 | Law Foyer, Level 2
Critical issues in international space law: 2023 and beyond
Panel discussion and cocktail reception
In-person event
We are entering a new era of space exploration and exploitation, placing space law at the forefront of the international legal agenda. In this commercial space age, private space companies pursue their corporate agendas alongside the public initiatives of national space agencies. The domain of â€˜space’ is now more congested, competitive and commercialised than any previous era. The advances in space technology have brought with it new challenges including, but not limited to concerns relating to space debris, the cluttering of orbits, spectrum allocations, space militarisation and weaponization, mining of space resources, space tourism, commercialisation and space sustainability. The rapid evolution of the space industry raises the question of whether the existing international legal framework effectively addresses these emerging challenges.
This panel will consider some of the present critical issues in space law and the challenges going forward for space global governance.
Welcome and launch of Sydney Law School’s Space Law program
Professor Simon Bronitt (Head of School and Dean, Sydney Law School)
Introduction to panel discussion
Isobel Haddow (Industry Analyst, Space Industry Association of Australia)
Panel chair
Professor Chester BrownÂ (Sydney Law School)

Panelists
Dr Rebecca ConnollyÂ (Sydney Law School)
Crowding of the Low-Earth Orbit – the rise in military and commercial space assets in the LEO.
With the cost to access space rapidly decreasing, we are witnessing a rush to place commercial and military assets in the LEO. The rapid increase in these space assets raises complex issues relating to space-traffic management, orbital collisions, national security, space debris, impacts on astronomy and overall space sustainability. This talk will discuss the crowding and competition in the LEO and the need for regulation.
Dr Annie Handmer
Space Debris – mitigation and remediation strategies and the challenge of dual-use technologies.
This talk will discuss the importance of a multi-disciplinary perspective to tackle challenging regulatory issues relating to the rising cloud of space debris. In particular, the relevance of Science and Technology Studies as a lens through which to understand space law and to address the interwoven issues of politics, technology and social concerns going forward.
Professor Steven FreelandÂ (Western Sydney University/Bond University, Law)
Space Law â€œBig Issuesâ€ – the geopolitics of space and the challenges of achieving multilateral consensus.
The past few decades have witnessed significant changes to the space landscape. While the existing international space law represents an important base for regulation, it is clear that further multilateral standards and instruments will be required to more comprehensively address the next stage of space activities. This talk will discuss the challenges for achieving global space governance on some of the â€˜big issues’ in space law and the pathway forward.
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Wednesday 10 May, 2023
Time:Â 5.30-7.30pm AESTÂ (5.30pm registration for 5.45pm start, followed by a cocktail reception)
Venue: Law Foyer, Level 2, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown Campus
CPD Points:Â 2
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
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This event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and the Space Industry Association of Australia.

JSI Seminar: The life of international law is not logic but experience
2023-05-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar: The life of international law is not logic but experience
In-person event

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. famously maintained that â€œthe life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.â€ Holmes statement suggests an antecedent question: what is the life of the law? This essay construes this question ontologically. What gives law life? What animates it, and in so doing warrants the claim that law contributes to the production of social order in a particular community?
The answer, I contend, is that law lives, or exists, only in those societies where law rules, and law rules only when the exercise of political power is conducted under the supervision of lawyers, agents for whom realizing the rule of law is a calling or vocation. Perhaps surprisingly, I contend that the most prominent proponent of this account of law in the field of international law and legal theory is Martti Koskenniemi. While he generally eschews talk of government in accordance with the rule of law in favor of â€œa culture of formalismâ€ and â€œconstitutionalism as a mindset,â€ I demonstrate that Koskenniemi defends the same conception of law that Lon Fuller and Ronald Dworkin do. This conception identifies law not with rules or institutions but with a particular approach to the exercise of political power, one premised on actors reciprocal regard for one another as autonomous and responsible agents.
Read the paper here.
About the speaker:
David Lefkowitz
David Lefkowitz is Professor of Philosophy and the founding Coordinator of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL) at the University of Richmond (US). His scholarship focuses largely on conceptual and normative questions in international law, and the morality of obedience and disobedience to law. He is the author of Philosophy and International Law: A Critical Introduction (CUP 2020), as well as more than forty journal articles and book chapters. Lefkowitz has held research fellowships at Princeton University, the U.S. Naval Academy, and National University of Singapore, and served as a visiting research scholar at Pompeu Fabra University.

Thursday 11 May 2023, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
CPD Points:Â 1.5

This event is co-hosted by theÂ Julius Stone Institute of JurisprudenceÂ and theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.Â

Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski
2023-05-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski
In-person event
The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Chair in Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School.
The book will be launched by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG.
About Constitutional Public Reason
Public reason, which urges that only laws based on principles reasonably agreeable to all those bound by them are legitimate, has rarely been applied to constitutional law, and never in a comparative way. This book aspires to fill that gap, by studying the use of public reason in different constitutional systems. In doing so, it studies public reason both as a normative idea – as a principle postulated for democratic constitutionalism, and as a descriptive account – as helping to understand many important doctrines in constitutional adjudication of some leading constitutional courts around the world, and also in the supranational sphere.
Constitutional Public Reason questions the performance of leading ‘exemplars of public reasons’, including the top courts of the United States, India, Canada, Australia, Germany, and South Africa, as well as the European Court of Human Rights. It also attempts to show how this performance can be improved in fields such as freedom of expression, non-establishment of religion, and anti-discrimination law. Ultimately, it finds that the best resonance between the ideal of public reason and constitutional interpretation is found in doctrines that locate the illegitimacy of laws in the wrongful motives (or purposes) pursued by legislators. Scrutinising motives is often as important as scrutinising consequences.
Find out more about the book and order it online here.
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Monday 15 May 2023
Time: 5.30-7pm (including a cocktail reception)
Venue: Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10)
This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.
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About the author
Wojciech Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney and Professor of the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw; formerly Professor and Head of Department of Law at the European University Institute in Florence. He is author of several books, most recently Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown (2019) and Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe (2012). He regularly teaches, as visiting professor, in top universities around the world, including at Yale and New York Universities.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.

Let's Talk About Corporations: Rethinking federal enforcement of corporate law
2023-05-18 12:00 - 13:00
Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking federal enforcement of corporate law
Online event
In this seminar, Kerry Abadee will consider proposals for the reform of the regulatory architecture including the Hayne Royal Commission’s proposal for a new federal civil law enforcement body for corporate law.
About the speakers
Kerry Abadee
Kerry is a graduate of Macquarie University (Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Honours)) and The University of Sydney (Master of Laws). She worked as a legal practitioner in private practice in the field of commercial litigation for more than 20 years and then for several years in enforcement as a senior manager at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.Â Kerry is a doctoral candidate in the Sydney Law School at The University of Sydney where she is researching corporate regulation and teaches corporate law.
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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Thursday 18 May, 2023
Time: 12-1pm AEST
Location:Â Online webinar via 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.

Is Sustainable Finance nothing more than Woke Capitalism"?
2023-05-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
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JSI Seminar: Crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence in constitutional courts
2023-05-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
JSI Seminar: Crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence in constitutional courts
In-person event
In Judgment SU-151/2020 the Constitutional Court of Colombia rendered its decision on a constitutional complaint of a group of journalists. They claim that in certain criminal cases concerning possible corruption by government officials, prosecutors and judges were unsatisfyingly prohibiting the press to attend public criminal law hearings. The petitioners claimed that judges and prosecutors use to limit the constitutional right to free press outside of those exceptions and by means of disproportionate decisions.
The Court made an open call to journalists, prosecutors, judges, and other interested parties to send short videos or writings with relevant information or their views concerning the issue at hand. The Court received 37 videos and writings. All materials were posted online, and people wrote comments on them. The Court was able to process those materials, which reveal that there was indeed and unconstitutional practice. However, the Court could have never processed that information, had it received hundreds or thousands of pieces of information.
This example illustrates how crowdsourcing can assist constitutional courts to overcome their epistemic deficiencies for solving constitutional cases. Those deficiencies can relate to factual or normative matters. Nevertheless, this advantage does not come without risks. Judicial crowdsourcing can be meaningless if it is misused as a mechanism of democratic window-dressing. This risk instantiates if, as it may happen with other mechanisms of digital democracy, it is entirely shaped and controlled by representatives of â€œexisting entrenched social and economic interestsâ€ or if constitutional procedural laws include an empowerment for judges to disregard or supersede outcomes of crowdsourcing processes without justification. Furthermore, power brokers can manipulate crowdsourcing mechanisms. Additionally, judicial crowdsourcing can be trivialized if citizens’ suggestions do not elicit deliberation among judges and remain only as an expression lacking any kind of impact. Finally, constitutional courts can use artificial intelligence to analyse big amounts of information that stake-holders submit in the crowdsourcing process. The use of artificial intelligence for those purposes also raises specific concerns of algocratia, opacity, and algorithmic discrimination.
Within the context, the aim of this presentation is to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the use of crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence by Constitutional Courts in complex cases of constitutional adjudication.
About the speaker:
Carlos Bernal
Carlos Bernal is Commissioner of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. He is professor of law at the University of Dayton (Ohio, USA) and Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). Between 2017 and 2020, he was Justice at the Colombian Constitutional Court. His qualifications include a LL.B. from the University Externado of Colombia (BogotÃ¡ – Colombia) (1996), a S.J.D. from the University of Salamanca (Spain) (2001), and a M.A. (2008) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy (2011) from the University of Florida (U.S.A).
Prof. Bernal’s research focuses on constitutional rights’ interpretation, comparative constitutional change, general jurisprudence -in particular, on the intersection between social ontology and legal theory-, and the philosophical foundations of tort law. His work has been published in high-ranked peer-reviewed journals, books and edited collections in English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, and Russian.

Tuesday 23 May 2023, 6-7.30pmÂ AEST
Venue:Â Level 4, Common Room, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
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: The Parliamentary Joint Committee's corporate insolvency inquiry
2023-05-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Law Lounge, Level 1
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry
Hybrid event
This event will discuss the submissions made to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry that is due to release its report at the end of May. The speakers will consider the range of submissions made to the inquiry and discuss potential future law reform in insolvency law.
Speakers
Professor Jason HarrisÂ (Sydney Law School)
Michael MurrayÂ (Murrays Legal)
Chair: Lindsay PowersÂ (Minter Ellison)
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Wednesday 24 May, 2023
Time: 5.30-7pm
Venue:Â The University of Sydney Law School, Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown
CPD points:Â 1.5
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This event is proudly co-presented by the Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (AIIP) and theÂ Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation LawÂ at Sydney Law School.
