Law School: Events

Alumni Festival | Sydney Law School Tour
2023-12-02 10:00 - 10:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Law Foyer, Level 2
About the Event
As a highlight of the Alumni Festival, we invite you to join us for a tour of Sydney Law School at the New Law Building with Mr Peter Finneran our School General Manager.
The building, designed by architect Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, is emblematic of the aspirations of the University itself. The modern spaces, artworks, and Indigenous faÃ§ade provide an elegant and light-filled learning and research environment. The lecture theatres, seminar rooms, Moot Court and library facilities provide flexible spaces for our students to engage in legal problem-solving and learn advocacy, persuasion and coherent analysis skills.
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Time:Â Saturday, 2 December 2023, 10.00- 10.30am
Location: The Law Foyer, Sydney Law School, Level 2, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Gadigal Land (street level entrance). Please follow directional signage on arrival.
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Find the New Law BuildingÂ
Note: Limited places are available, and registration is required.

Sydney Law School Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with Law School alumna Georgia Dawson
2023-12-02 11:00 - 11:45 | Law Foyer, Level 2
About the Event
As a highlight of the Alumni Festival, we invite you to join us for a Sydney Law School-hosted event featuring the University of Sydney Law School alumnae Georgia Dawson,Â winner of theÂ 2023 Alumni Award for International Achievement, in conversation with Nicole Abadee.
Georgia Dawson, a prominent leader in the legal profession, will reflect on her journey through Law School, her successful career working in top law firms, and her pioneering role as the first woman to lead Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as senior partner in the firm’s 280-year history. The event will provide an opportunity for attendees to gain insights into Georgia’s leadership and experiences, including her commitment to championing diversity and making the legal profession more inclusive, particularly for women and the LGBTQI+ community.
About the Speakers
Georgia DawsonÂ is the firm’s senior partner and has a background in internal and regulatory investigations, complex multi-jurisdictional litigation, and compliance advice in relation to anti-money laundering, anti-bribery, corruption, and human rights. She has worked on significant cross-border mandates across a range of jurisdictions in APAC, Europe, Africa and Central Asia.
Georgia has been named as one of Financial News’ Most Influential Women in Finance (2023, 2022 and 2021) and in 2021, she was recognised as an ALB Southeast Asia Law Awards Woman Lawyer of the Year. Georgia was also named an Innovative Leader in the Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards 2020. She has been included by the Financial Times and Yahoo! in the OUTstanding Top 50 LGBT+ Ally Executives Role Model lists in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 and by Stonewall as its Global Senior Champion in 2019.
Georgia is admitted to practice in Hong Kong, England & Wales and New South Wales, and she is a registered foreign lawyer in Singapore. She holds a first-class degree in law from the University of Sydney and a Master’s degree in international relations from Cambridge University, where she studied as a Chevening scholar.
Nicole AbadeeÂ 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. NicoleÂ now writes about books and other things for Good Weekend and regularly interviews writers at writers’ festivals and other literary events.
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Time:Â Saturday, 2 December 2023, 11:00 – 11:45
Location: The Law Foyer, Sydney Law School, Level 2, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Gadigal Land (street level entrance). Please follow directional signage on arrival.
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Find the New Law BuildingÂ
Note: Limited places are available, and registration is required.
Register here for the talk
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Sydney Law School Tour
As a partÂ of the Alumni Festival, we invite you to join us for a tour of Sydney Law School at the New Law Building.
Time:Â Â Saturday, 2 December 2023, 10.00- 10.30am
Location:Â The Law Foyer, Sydney Law School, Level 2, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Gadigal Land (street level entrance). Please follow directional signage on arrival.
Register here for the tour

Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments public keynote address
2024-02-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Lecture Theatre 101, level 1, New Law Building F10A, Campderdown Campus
Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments public keynote address
HybridÂ event
The keynote address for the Side Event of the 2024 Food Governance Conference – co-hosted by the Legal Innovation on Food Environments (O’Neill Institute at Georgetown University), the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre (University of Sydney) and the George Institute for Global Health – will feature theÂ UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, who will be presenting on her recently publishedÂ thematic report on food, nutrition and the right to health. While Dr. Mofokeng will unpack some of the conclusions of her report, she will be joined by in-person panelists from Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, who will discuss the importance of this report to their advocacy efforts at the national level.
These panelists include:

Alejandro Calvillo, Director, El Poder del Consumidor
Maisha Hutton, Executive Director, Healthy Caribbean Coalition
Paula Johns, Executive Director, ACT PromoÃ§Ã£o de SaÃºde
Carolina PiÃ±eros, Executive Director, Red PaPaz
Mikateko Mafuyeka, Senior Researcher, PRICELESS SA

This event is being held online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.
Conference attendees are required to register for this event as part of their conference registration, there is no need to register again.
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Time:Â 6.30 pm – 8 pm
Venue:Â New Law Building Annex (F10A), Lecture Theatre 101, New Law Building Annex, University of Sydney, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
Find out about the Food Conference here.
This event is proudly co-presented by the Food Governance Node at theÂ Charles Perkins Centre,Â Sydney Health LawÂ (The University of Sydney), theÂ George Institute for Global HealthÂ and theÂ Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments.

30th Anniversary of the Shanghai Winter School
2024-02-21 17:30 - 19:30 | New Law Building (F10)
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Shanghai Winter School
In-person event
Join us for a special reception hosted by the University of Sydney Law SchoolÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, commemorating three decades of theÂ Shanghai Winter SchoolÂ program. We extend a warm invitation to our esteemed staff, students, alumni, and anyone passionate about Asian and Pacific Law to be part of this joyous occasion.
This event offers a unique opportunity to connect with renowned scholars and practitioners in various legal fields, particularly business compliance in the Asia Pacific region.
Chair:Â Dr. Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Co-director, Centre for Asian and Pacific Law of the University of Sydney
Speakers:

Dean and Professor Simon Bronitt, University of Sydney Law School
Vice President and Professor Peili Ying, East China University of Political Science and Law
Professor Vivienne Bath, University of Sydney Law School
Professor Bing Ling, University of Sydney Law School

This event is being held in conjunction with the Business Compliance in International Commercial Transactions in Asia Pacific Conference. Visit this page for further details and registration.
Wednesday 21 February 2024
Time:Â 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

Catering and beverages will be provided to enhance your experience.
Let’s come together to reminisce, network, and celebrate the rich legacy of the Shanghai Winter School. We look forward to your presence at this memorable reception!
This conference is hosted by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School and the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
