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SUMMARY:Unpicking torts: Elements\, standing requirements and conditions of actionability
DESCRIPTION:Unpicking torts: Elements\, standing requirements and conditions of actionability\nIn-person event\n  \nThere is a fashion for thinking about torts in terms of recipes: as causes of action made up of a fixed set of ingredients. It is fashion that has adherents in both judicial and juristic circles. Typically\, the things that a plaintiff must demonstrate in order to sue in tort are referred to as ‘elements’ of a tort. But sometimes one comes across talk of the plaintiff’s need to satisfy either a ‘condition of actionability’ or a ‘standing requirement’. \nThis change in language when referring to what the plaintiff must show is ostensibly perplexing. It naturally raises the following questions: (1) how\, do the three concepts come apart\, and (2) what significance can be attached to any differences between them? These are the questions with which this paper wrestles. \nThe first contention advanced in the paper is this: while elements and conditions of actionability are in fact discrete juridical entities\, standing requirements are not. The second is that recognising the difference possesses considerable practical and theoretical significance. \nAbout the speaker:\nProfessor John Murphy (The University of Hong Kong) \nJohn Murphy is a Professor at the Faculty of Law\, The University of Hong Kong. He was educated in England and holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law. John specialises in the law of torts\, and he has authored two monographs in the field: The Law of Nuisance (Oxford University Press\, 2010) and The Province and Politics of the Economic Torts (Hart Publishing\, 2022). For over a decade he was the editor of Street on Torts \, and for even longer he has been one of small group of editors responsible for the production of Clerk and Lindsell on Torts\, the leading practitioner work on tort law. \nCommentator: Professor Peter Cane (Sydney Law School) \nThursday 1 June 2023\nTime: 6-7.30pm AEST (Seminar from 6-7pm\, with refreshments served afterwards) \nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1 \n  \nThis event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School at The University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/unpicking-torts-elements-standing-requirements-and-conditions-of-actionability/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230529T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230529T190000
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SUMMARY:Unnecessary and Insufficient Factual Causes
DESCRIPTION:Unnecessary and Insufficient Factual Causes\nIn-person event \nSydney Law School at the University of Sydney and King & Wood Mallesons are proud to be presenting a seminar with Professor Jane Stapleton. The Law School welcomes the appointment of Professor Jane Stapleton as Honorary Professor of the University of Sydney. \nAbout the seminar \nIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic\, the UK Government decided to take swingeing lock-down measures in March 2020 which resulted in billions of dollars of business interruption loss to hundreds of thousands of enterprises in that country. In a landmark 2021 decision concerning insurance cover for such losses a unanimous UK Supreme Court confirmed that the law recognises that an unnecessary and insufficient factor may be a factual cause of an indivisible loss. \nThe talk\, presented by Honorary Professor Jane Stapleton (University of Sydney) will describe the revolutionary procedure deployed in the case\, how the Justices’ insightful introduction of non-insurance cases and commentary was crucial to the crafting of their decision and how profound an impact that decision may have across the landscape of the law. \nThe event will be chaired by the Honourable Justice Julie Ward\, President of the Court of Appeal\, Supreme Court of New South Wales. \nAbout the speakers\nJane Stapleton KC (Hon)\, FBA \nJane Stapleton is an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney Law School and has held academic posts at Oxford\, the University of Texas and the Australian National University as well as a number of visiting professorships including at Cambridge\, Harvard\, Columbia and the European University Institute. She has acted as a consultant in commercial\, pharmaceutical\, medical and environmental litigation in the US and UK. \nShe is an Emeritus Council Member of the American Law Institute\, an Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn\, an Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College\, Oxford and an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College\, Cambridge. In 2020 she was appointed an Honorary Queen’s Counsel by HM Queen Elizabeth II. In 2022 she stepped down as the 38th Master of Christ’s College\, Cambridge where she continues as a Life Fellow. \nThe Honourable Justice Julie Ward \nJustice Ward completed her Bachelor of Laws at Sydney Law School in 1982 with first class honours and the University Medal for law. She was the youngest female partner to be appointed at Mallesons in 1998. In 2008\, Justice Ward was the first female solicitor to be directly appointed to the Supreme Court bench. \nIn 2022\, Justice Ward was appointed as President of the Court of Appeal in the Supreme Court of NSW\, only the second female to be appointed as a President of the Court of Appeal. \n——————————— \nMonday 29 May 2023\nTime: 5.30-7pm (Registration from 5.30pm for a 5.45-7pm seminar. Cocktail function to follow.) \nVenue: Level 61\, Governor Phillip Tower\, 1 Farrer Place\, Sydney NSW 2000 \nCPD points: 1.25 \n——————————— \nThis event is proudly co-presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney\, and King & Wood Mallesons.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/unnecessary-and-insufficient-factual-causes/
LOCATION:King & Wood Mallesons
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230526T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230526T090000
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SUMMARY:Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking Stock
DESCRIPTION:Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking Stock\nIn-person event \n‘Crowd-sourced funding’ is a new form of online venture capital stock market\, open to all investors—retail and wholesale—that was only legally authorised in Australia five years ago. It’s like Kickstarter\, except the backer gets a share in the company (not a t-shirt)\, which would be an illegal public offering of unregistered securities—absent two acts of Parliament from 2017 and 2018. Since then\, under the oversight of ASIC\, and learning from experience in the United States\, New Zealand\, and elsewhere\, the Australian crowd-sourced funding market has grown rapidly\, doubling almost every year—yet the market still remains quite small.  \nThis seminar will discuss the law and regulation of crowd-sourced funding in Australia\, and compare it with international practice. It will also address the state of the Australian market and what it would take to achieve the full potential of crowd-sourced funding across this vast country.  \nAbout the speaker \nAndrew A. Schwartz\, Professor of Law at the University of Colorado\, is a leading international scholar in the field of crowd-sourced funding\, and the author of a new book on the subject\, Investment Crowdfunding\, due to be published by Oxford University Press in July 2023. \nCommentator \nSteven Rice (Partner\, Corrs Chambers Westgarth) \n——————————— \nFriday 26 May\nTime: 8-9am \nVenue: Corrs\, Chambers Westgarth\, Level 37\, Quay Quarter Tower\, 50 Bridge Street\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000  \nCPD Points: 1 \n——————————— \nThis event is proudly presented by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/ross-parsons-centre-law-and-business-seminar-five-years-of-crowd-sourced-funding-in-australia-taking-stock/
LOCATION:Corrs\, Chambers Westgarth
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230524T173000
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SUMMARY:Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee's corporate insolvency inquiry
DESCRIPTION:Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry\nHybrid event \nThis 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. \nSpeakers \nProfessor Jason Harris (Sydney Law School) \nMichael Murray (Murrays Legal) \nChair: Lindsay Powers (Minter Ellison) \n——————————— \nWednesday 24 May\, 2023\nTime: 5.30-7pm \nVenue: The University of Sydney Law School\, Law Lounge\, Level 1\, New Law Building Annex (F10A)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown \nCPD points: 1.5 \n——————————— \nThis event is proudly co-presented by the Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (AIIP) and the Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial\, Corporate and Taxation Law at Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/ross-parsons-centre-law-and-business-seminar-the-parliamentary-joint-committees-corporate-insolvency-inquiry/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:Commercial,corporate and tax law events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230523T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230523T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: Crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence in constitutional courts
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: Crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence in constitutional courts\nIn-person event\nIn 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. \nThe 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. \nThis 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 “existing entrenched social and economic interests” 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. \nWithin 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. \nAbout the speaker:\nCarlos Bernal \nCarlos 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 (Bogotá – 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). \nProf. 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. \n  \nTuesday 23 May 2023\, 6-7.30pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1.5 \n  \nThis event is hosted by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School. 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-crowdsourcing-and-artificial-intelligence-in-constitutional-courts/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230522T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230522T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:Is Sustainable Finance nothing more than Woke Capitalism"?
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URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/is-sustainable-finance-nothing-more-than-woke-capitalism/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:Climate and environmental law events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230518T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230518T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk About Corporations: Rethinking federal enforcement of corporate law
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking federal enforcement of corporate law\nOnline event \nIn 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. \nAbout the speakers\nKerry Abadee\nKerry 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. 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. \n‘Let’s Talk About Corporations’ Seminar Series – a joint project of the UQ Law School and Sydney Law School.\nFind out more about the series.\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThursday 18 May\, 2023\nTime: 12-1pm AEST \nLocation: Online webinar via Zoom \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThis event is proudly co-presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and the School of Law at the University of Queensland.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/lets-talk-about-corporations-rethinking-federal-enforcement-of-corporate-law/
CATEGORIES:Commercial,corporate and tax law events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230516T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230516T140000
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SUMMARY:Black Internationalism and International Criminal Justice
DESCRIPTION:Black Internationalism and International Criminal Justice\nIn-person event\n  \nWhat are the possibilities of international criminal justice being informed by epistemologies that emerged from Black and African intellectuals’ historical engagement with the concept of ‘justice’? This paper responds with an intervention rooted in Black internationalism focusing on Pan-Africanist thinkers. The goals are threefold. \nFirst\, it tentatively presents ways to take Black intellectuals seriously as progenitors of ‘justice’ that should inform\, agitate\, and expand the concept within international law. Second\, the paper analysed how the architecture of international criminal justice and its primary actors (mis)align with those imaginaries of justice and its myriad approaches and visions. Finally\, the paper concludes by offering a remapping and reimagining of justice and its emancipatory impulse through these expansive intellectual historiographies. \nAbout the speaker\nDr Yassin Brunger (Queen’s University Belfast) \nYassin Brunger is Lecturer in Human Rights Law at Queen’s University\, Belfast and a Fellow of Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace\, Security\, and Justice. She is currently a Visiting Fellow at the IILAH (University of Melbourne) completing a book project entitled Narratives of Justice: The Relationship between the International Criminal Court and the UN Security Council (contracted with Cambridge University Press). \n————————–\nTuesday 16 May 2023\nTime: 1-2pm AEST\nVenue: TBA\nCPD Points: 1 \n————————–\nThis event is hosted by the Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/black-internationalism-and-international-criminal-justice/
LOCATION:Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
CATEGORIES:Social justice events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230515T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230515T190000
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski
DESCRIPTION:Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski\nIn-person event \nThe 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.  \nThe book will be launched by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG. \nAbout Constitutional Public Reason \nPublic 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. \nConstitutional 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. \nFind out more about the book and order it online here.  \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nMonday 15 May 2023\nTime: 5.30-7pm (including a cocktail reception) \nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10) \nThis event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School. \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \n\n\nAbout the author \nWojciech 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. \nCPD Points: 1 \nThis event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/book-launch-constitutional-public-reason-by-professor-wojciech-sadurski/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230511T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230511T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: The life of international law is not logic but experience
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: The life of international law is not logic but experience\nIn-person event\n  \nU.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. famously maintained that “the life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.” 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? \nThe 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 “a culture of formalism” and “constitutionalism as a mindset\,” 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. \nRead the paper here. \nAbout the speaker:\nDavid Lefkowitz \nDavid 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. \n  \nThursday 11 May 2023\, 6-7.30pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1.5 \n  \nThis 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. 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-the-life-of-international-law-is-not-logic-but-experience/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230510T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230510T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:Critical issues in international space law: 2023 and beyond
DESCRIPTION:Critical issues in international space law: 2023 and beyond\nPanel discussion and cocktail reception\nIn-person event \nWe 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 ‘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. \nThis panel will consider some of the present critical issues in space law and the challenges going forward for space global governance. \nWelcome and launch of Sydney Law School’s Space Law program \nProfessor Simon Bronitt (Head of School and Dean\, Sydney Law School) \nIntroduction to panel discussion \nIsobel Haddow (Industry Analyst\, Space Industry Association of Australia) \nPanel chair \nProfessor Chester Brown (Sydney Law School) \n  \nPanelists\nDr Rebecca Connolly (Sydney Law School) \nCrowding of the Low-Earth Orbit – the rise in military and commercial space assets in the LEO. \nWith 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. \nDr Annie Handmer \nSpace Debris – mitigation and remediation strategies and the challenge of dual-use technologies. \nThis 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. \nProfessor Steven Freeland (Western Sydney University/Bond University\, Law) \nSpace Law “Big Issues” – the geopolitics of space and the challenges of achieving multilateral consensus. \nThe 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 ‘big issues’ in space law and the pathway forward. \n——————————— \nWednesday 10 May\, 2023\nTime: 5.30-7.30pm AEST (5.30pm registration for 5.45pm start\, followed by a cocktail reception) \nVenue: Law Foyer\, Level 2\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown Campus \nCPD Points: 2 \nThis event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School. \n——————————— \nThis event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and the Space Industry Association of Australia. \n 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/critical-issues-in-international-space-law-2023-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Law Foyer\, Level 2
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230503T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230503T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:Reflecting on 25 Years of the Young Offenders Act 1997 in NSW
DESCRIPTION:Reflecting on 25 Years of the Young Offenders Act 1997 in NSW\nHybrid event \nIn April 1998\, the Young Offenders Act 1997 commenced in New South Wales. It provided a legislative basis for the diversion of young people from formal court proceedings and introduced\, amongst other things\, youth justice conferences. A panel discussion involving key actors in the development and initial implementation of the YOA will reflect on this history and discuss the challenges of implementing the legislation and the benefits of diverting young people from more formal criminal justice interventions. \nGarner Clancey (Associate Professor Criminology\, Sydney Law School) will facilitate this panel discussion which will\, amongst others\, include: \nJenny Bargen\nJenny’s passion for reforming the way police respond to children and young people was kindled while working with unemployed young people at Rozelle Community Youth Support Scheme in the early ‘80s when she first moved to Sydney. Some years later\, after completing my law degree\, Jenny became one of the early members of the Youth Justice Coalition and participated in preparing and writing Kids in Justice\, a Blueprint for the’90s\, and then lobbying government to implement the recommendations. Those implemented included the establishment of Juvenile Justice as a separate government department and the appointment of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Council (JJAC) with our former Governor Maree Bashir as chair. Jenny joined the academic staff at UNSW Law School in 1990\, where she taught and researched in juvenile justice and children and the law\, while remaining an active member of the YJC. Jenny also served on the JJAC\, and on the Children’s Law and Criminal Law committees of the Law Society of NSW\, and was a member of the working party on entry into the juvenile justice system chaired by the then Police Commissioner Anthony Lauer. This working party was responsible for preparing the chapter on juvenile entry into the Juvenile Justice System for the Green Paper\, Future Directions in Juvenile Justice in New South Wales. \nLater\, as a member of the YJC\, Jenny and many others contributed to the work of the Minor Offenders Punishment Scheme committee that ultimately recommended the introduction of the Young Offenders Act. Jenny was appointed as Director of the Youth Justice Conferencing Directorate in the Department of Juvenile Justice in 1997\, and worked closely for 10 years with police\, the ODPP\, lawyers\, courts and community organisations in implementing and operating under the Act. \nLouise Blazejowska \nLouise was admitted in 1984 before working at the Aboriginal Legal Service preparing asbestosis claims\, assisting former wards of the Aborigines Welfare Board and Protection Board\, appearing on behalf of children\, young people and adults in various matters. She worked as an Investigative Officer for the RCIADIC from 1988 to 1990 then community legal centres in particular in the area of domestic violence. From 1995 to 2000\, Louise worked at the Attorney General’s Department on various legislative proposals including the Young Offenders Act. She worked from 2001 to 2011 at Legal Aid NSW in different roles\, setting up various services including the Aboriginal Justice Unit\, Regional Solicitor Program and Domestic Violence Solicitor Service. From 201`2 to 2016\, Louise worked at Ageing Disability and Home Care on boarding house reform and the transition to the NDIS and then at FACS as Director of the Legislative Reform Unit followed by a stint at Land and Housing. Since 2019 Louise has been working as a Director in Court Services providing strategic planning and operational advice on the Local Court\, Children’s Court\, coronial and District Court jurisdictions as well as establishing and expanding various court services such as the Youth Koori Court and Drug Court. \nDr Jane Bolitho \nDr Bolitho is a highly respected expert in restorative justice\, restorative practices\, and violence and conflict resolution. Her work explores the experiences of those coming before criminal justice systems\, the operations of formal and community-based justice systems\, alternative models of resolution\, and innovations in justice. Dr Bolitho conducted important research into youth justice conferences in the early years of the implementation of the Young Offenders Act. \nRichard Funston\nRichard worked as solicitor Children’s Legal Service with Legal Aid Victoria from 1987 to 1993\, then principal solicitor Inner City Legal Centre NSW from 1993 to 1998.  Richard was appointed solicitor in charge Children’s Legal Service at Legal Aid NSW from 1998 to 2003.  Richard was a member of the Executive at Legal Aid NSW in various roles including Director Criminal Law and Deputy Chief Executive Officer from 2003 to 2018.  Richard was appointed a magistrate in 2018 and specialist children’s magistrate at the start of this year.  \nActing Superintendent Joanne Schultz \nJoanne has been a member of the NSW Police Force for 35 years. From 1998 to 2002 Joanne was the Principal Tutor Youth at the NSWPF Academy and was heavily involved in the roll out of the Specialist Youth Officer Workshop and Youth Liaison Officer Courses across New South Wales. Joanne is currently relieving as Commander\, Mid North Coast Police District. \n—————————- \nRescheduled date: Wednesday 3 May2023\nTime: 5.30-7pm\, with drinks and canapes to follow\nLocation: The University of Sydney\, Law Lounge\, Level 1\, New Law Building Annex (F10A)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown\nCost: Free\, but registration is essential. Please select your attendance type during registration. \nCPD points: 1.5 points \nThis event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.  \n—————————- \nThis event is proudly hosted by University of Sydney Youth Justice Collaboration and The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/reflecting-on-25-years-of-the-young-offenders-act-1997-in-nsw/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:Criminology events,Social justice events
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SUMMARY:Stand-up\, fight back: Defending protest in NSW
DESCRIPTION:Stand-up\, fight back: Defending protest in NSW\nIn-person event \nWe 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. \nYet\, 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. \nThe 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. \nWhat can we do? What should we do? \nOur panel\, chaired by Professor Simon Rice will explore these questions. \nThis 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. \nAbout the speakers \nProfessor Simon Rice (OAM) is 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.  He has been President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights\, and an adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights.  He has encountered the police while observing protests. \nJosh 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. \nAmal 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 conducting 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. \nDr Jeff Gordon is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School. Jeff specialises in free speech and judicial federalism\, most recently writing on the law of protest during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeff’s work spans public and private law\, exploring free expression\, judicial federalism\, speech torts\, non-disclosure agreements and equitable relief. \nLuc 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. \nKavita 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. With 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. 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. Kavita served as a Board member with Greenpeace Australia Pacific and is currently a board member with AkitvAsia and Progressive International. \n—————————– \nThursday 27 April 2023\nTime: 6-7.30pm\nVenue:Law Lounge\, Level 1\, New Law Building Annex (F10A)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus\nCPD Points: 1.5 \n—————————– \nThis event is proudly co-presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/stand-up-fight-back-defending-protest-in-nsw/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Social justice events
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SUMMARY:Criminal Law Careers
DESCRIPTION:Criminal Law Careers\nIn-person event\n  \nThe Sydney Institute of Criminology will host a Criminal Law Careers Event on the 24th April\, 12-2pm at the Sydney Law School. We welcome students interested in a career in criminal law practice to attend and learn more about the transition from University into criminal law practice\, the requirements and role descriptions of junior positions with major criminal law agencies in NSW\, and the benefits of criminal law practice. \nThe event will begin with a presentation by his Honour Judge Haesler SC who will speak to his own diverse career in criminal law\, and avenues of practice for graduating students – as well as some practice tips. Following his Honour’s presentation\, there will be short information sessions co-ordinated by representatives of various criminal law agencies (ODPP\, ALS\, LA\, private practice\, NSW BAR)\, during which speakers will address the topics above. Those attending will then have the opportunity to interact directly to the speakers\, and ask questions about criminal law practice. \nThe event presents a fantastic opportunity for those interested in criminal law practice\, hoping to learn more about practice roles and opportunities in NSW. \nSpeakers\n\nHis Honour Judge A C Haesler SC (District Court Judge)\n\nAndrew Haesler SC is a Judge of the District Court of NSW \nAdmitted to practice in 1981 Andrew worked as a Solicitor with the Redfern Legal Centre\, in Alice Springs with the Aboriginal Legal Service and in Wollongong with the Legal Aid Commission. \nAndrew was admitted to the Bar in 1990 practicing from Hargrave Chambers in Wollongong.  He volunteered at the Illawarra Legal Service and taught at University of Wollongong. He became the South Coast Public Defender in 1995 and later a Deputy Senior Public Defender. In 1999-2000 he was the Director of the Criminal Law Review Division of the NSW Attorney General’s Department.  He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2004 and a Judge of the District Court of NSW in 2010. Since 2016 he has been the permanent list judge at Wollongong. \nAndrew has presented and had published\, many papers\, on a variety of topics concerned with criminal law and advocacy. \n\nMiiko Kumar (Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor)\n\nMiiko Kumar is the Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor for Sydney West (which covers Parramatta\, Campbelltown\, Penrith\, Katoomba and Bathurst). Miiko appears in significant and complex trials and appeals. Miiko was an Acting Deputy Director for the first part of this year. \nFrom 1996\, Miiko lectured in evidence for the University of Sydney. Miiko was an Advisory Committee Member and Consultant on the ALRC’s review of the Evidence Act. Miiko received the 2022 DPP Excellence Team Award for her training on domestic violence to police prosecutors and the 2019 DPP Excellence Team Award for her prosecution of historical child sexual assault involving Aboriginal complainants and an Aboriginal offender. \nMiiko is the Deputy Chair of the NSW Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee. Since 2016\, she has been an Assistant Editor of the New South Wales Law Reports. Miiko is the Chair of the ODPP’s Implementation Committee for the Child Sexual Offence Evidence Program.  She is also the Co-Chair of the Crown Prosecutors’ CPD Committee. Miiko is the Chair of the ODPP First Nation’s Mentoring Program. \n\nRobert Hoyles (Legal Aid\, Director Criminal Law NSW)\n\nRob is the Director of Criminal Law for Legal Aid NSW. He is an accredited specialist in criminal law and holds an Executive Master of Public Administration from ANZSOG. He has previously held many roles within Legal Aid NSW including Deputy Director\, EAGP Project Lead and Solicitor in Charge of a Sydney Indictable Team. He was the inaugural Solicitor in Charge of Legal Aid NSW’s Port Macquarie office and previously worked as criminal defence lawyer in Sydney private practice\, with the Aboriginal Legal Service and in four regional Legal Aid NSW offices. He commenced his career as Researcher of NSW Court of Appeal. He is presently appointed to the NSW Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee\, Ethics Committee and Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee for Criminal Law. In 2008\, he represented Australia in the Lawyers Cricket World Cup in Hyderabad\, India. \n\nSteven Rees (Aboriginal Legal Service)\n\nSteven Rees is a Senior Trial Advocate for the Aboriginal Legal Service. Completing his LLB at UTS in 2007\, Steven was admitted as a solicitor in 2008 before starting at Legal Aid NSW in 2009 and the Aboriginal Legal Service later that year. His practice primarily consists of District Court trials and sentences\, Coronial Inquests and complex Local Court hearings. \nOther practitioners present\n\nAdam Booker (Private bar)\nBenjamin Hart (Private bar)\nTalitha Hennessy (Crown prosecutor)\nTimothy McKenzie (Private bar)\nHarriet Skinner (Trial advocate Wollongong ALS)\n\nSchedule\n12pm – Information desks\n1pm – Presentation by his Honour Judge Haesler SC\n1.45pm – Presentations by other speakers\n2.30pm – Information desks resume\n3pm – Event concludes \n————————–\nMonday 24 April 2023\nTime: 12-3pm AEDT\nVenue: Law Foyer\, Level 2\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus\n————————–\nThis event is proudly hosted by the Sydney Institute of Criminology at The University of Sydney Law School. 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/criminal-law-careers/
LOCATION:Law Foyer\, Level 2
CATEGORIES:Criminology events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230420T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230420T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: Politics all the way down? A qualified defence of critical legal theory
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: Politics all the way down? A qualified defence of critical legal theory\nIn-person event\n  \nIn this talk\, Dr Ntina Tzouvala sets out to defend the potential for legal theory of what Edward Said called ‘contrapuntal reading’\, Louis Althusser (drawing from Jacques Lacan) described as ‘symptomatic read-ing’\, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick denounced as ‘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. \nDr Tzouvala argues that this ‘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. \nAbout the speaker:\nDr Ntina Tzouvala \nDr 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\, Capitalism as Civilisation: A History of International Law\, 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. \nBetween 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. \n\nThursday 20 April 2023\, 6-7.30pm AEDT\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \n  \nCPD Points: 1.5 \n  \nThis 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. 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-politics-all-the-way-down-a-qualified-defence-of-critical-legal-theory/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230419T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230419T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:In conversation with Elaine Pearson
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Elaine Pearson\nIn-person event\n  \nElaine Pearson will be in conversation with Professor Simon Rice and Dr Susan Banki on her new book\, Chasing Wrongs and Rights\, in which the Australia Director at Human Rights Watch shares her experiences defending human rights. Pearson\, ranging across human trafficking in Nepal to the ‘drug war’ in the Philippines to treatment of detainees in Papua New Guinea and in Australia\, offers an extremely involving personal account of how far we’ve come\, and how far we’ve got to go. \nElaine\, in her career\, followed her interest in women’s rights and people-trafficking\, interviewing sex-workers and victims of trafficking on the streets of Bangkok and Amsterdam’s red light district. Her experiences in Nepal and Nigeria profoundly shaped her understanding of how governments and NGOs need to protect the rights of victims\, as well as how poverty\, corruption and war drive trafficking in the first place. \nElaine’s story takes us on a panoramic survey of human rights across the world – into the UN committee rooms of New York and Geneva\, as well as to the front-lines of Sri Lanka’s search for those who disappeared in the country’s civil war\, examining death squad killings on the Philippines island of Mindanao and the detention of asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea. And her work on the appalling treatment of prisoners\, many of whom are Aboriginal\, vividly demonstrates that human rights abuses are something that happens at home as well as out in that wider world. \nIn exploring human rights abuses and governments’ failure to address them\, Chasing Wrongs and Rights sometimes shows humanity at its worst. Just as often\, though\, we see people at their best – compassionate\, resilient\, determined. Deeply informative and inspiring\, Elaine Pearson’s story will leave you understanding how much needs to change\, and how individuals can make a difference. \n‘Important and inspiring. Essential reading for those who want to help\, because it illuminates the courage\, commitment and collegiality needed for working towards a better world.’ \n- Geoffrey Robertson QC AO\nAbout the speakers\nElaine Pearson \nElaine Pearson is the Australia Director at Human Rights Watch\, based in Sydney. She established Human Rights Watch’s Australia office in 2013 and works to influence Australian foreign and domestic policies in order to give them a human rights dimension. Pearson writes frequently for a range of publications and her articles have appeared in the Guardian\, the Sydney Morning Herald\, The Australian\, Foreign Policy and the Washington Post. From 2007 to 2012 she was the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division based in New York. She is an adjunct lecturer in law at the University of New South Wales\, on the advisory committee of UNSW’s Australian Human Rights Institute and on the board of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women. \nProfessor Simon Rice \nSimon Rice is the Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice at the University of Sydney Law School\, and a consultant lawyer at the law firm Chalk & Behrendt. A long time human rights law advocate\, Simon is a co-author of The International Law of Human Rights (Oxford University Press)\, and has been President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights and an adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. \nDr Susan Banki \nSusan Banki studies the political\, institutional\, and social contexts that explain the roots of and solutions to human rights violations and social justice abuses. In particular\, she is interested in the ways that questions of sovereignty\, transnationalism\, and citizenship/membership have shaped our responses to conflict and injustice\, particularly examining institutions such as the international refugee regime\, diasporas\, and the humanitarian system. Susan’s focus is in the Asia-Pacific region\, where she has conducted extensive field research in Thailand\, Myanmar/Burma\, Cambodia\, Nepal\, Bangladesh and Japan on refugee/migrant protection\, statelessness and border control. Her current projects include: the work of diasporas in responding to acute crises at home; humanitarian responses to complex displacement contexts; and the role of creative arts in transnational activism. \n————————–\nWednesday 19 April 2023\nTime: 1-2pm AEST\nVenue: The University of Sydney\, Common Room\, Level 4\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown Campus\nCPD Points: 1 \n————————–\nThis event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School and the Master of Social Justice in the School of Social and Political Sciences.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/in-conversation-with-elaine-pearson/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:Social justice events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230413T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230413T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010732Z
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SUMMARY:CBA and Crown Casino: Tales of Risk Governance Failures
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About Corporations: CBA and Crown Casino: Tales of Risk Governance Failures\nIn-person event \nIn 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. \nMr Jamie Kelly joins Dr Comino to reflect on what ‘good’ risk governance looks like\, drawing on global regulatory experiences in risk culture\, compliance and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF). \nAbout the speakers\nDr Vicky Comino\nDr Vicky Comino 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\, Australia’s ‘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 invited to make submissions and provide input through involvement in consultation processes to government on key law reform initiatives. Her work has also been 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. \nBefore 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) of a major Queensland Law Society Committee for the accreditation of Business Law Specialists. \nJamie Kelly\nJamie 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.  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.  Jamie also spent a decade in Singapore\, where he was the Global Head of Legal and Compliance Standard Chartered Bank.  Jamie started his career as a lawyer at Freehills. Jamie holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Law (Hons). \n‘Let’s Talk About Corporations’ Seminar Series – a joint project of the UQ Law School and Sydney Law School.\nFind out more about the series.\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThursday 13 April\, 2023\nTime: 6-7.30pm AEST (Seminar from 6-7pm\, with drinks and canapes to follow) \nVenue: TBA \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThis event is proudly co-presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and the School of Law at the University of Queensland.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/cba-and-crown-casino-tales-of-risk-governance-failures/
LOCATION:Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
CATEGORIES:Commercial,corporate and tax law events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230405T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230405T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:[POSTPONED] Reflecting on 25 Years of the Young Offenders Act 1997 in NSW
DESCRIPTION:Reflecting on 25 Years of the Young Offenders Act 1997 in NSW\nHybrid event \n**Please note that this event has now been postponed. A new date will be released shortly.** \nIn April 1998\, the Young Offenders Act 1997 commenced in New South Wales. It provided a legislative basis for the diversion of young people from formal court proceedings and introduced\, amongst other things\, youth justice conferences. A panel discussion involving key actors in the development and initial implementation of the YOA will reflect on this history and discuss the challenges of implementing the legislation and the benefits of diverting young people from more formal criminal justice interventions. \nGarner Clancey (Associate Professor Criminology\, Sydney Law School) will facilitate this panel discussion which will\, amongst others\, include: \nJenny Bargen\nJenny’s passion for reforming the way police respond to children and young people was kindled while working with unemployed young people at Rozelle Community Youth Support Scheme in the early ‘80s when she first moved to Sydney. Many of these young people reported negative experiences in their frequent encounters with police on the streets. Marrickville Legal Centre had established the first Children’s Legal Service in Sydney and was hearing similar stories about police malpractice. Some years later\, after completing my law degree\, Jenny became one of the early members of the Youth Justice Coalition and participated in preparing and writing Kids in Justice\, a Blueprint for the’90s\, and then lobbying government to implement the recommendations. Those implemented included the establishment of Juvenile Justice as a separate government department and the appointment of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Council (JJAC) with our former Governor Maree Bashir as chair. Jenny joined the academic staff at UNSW Law School in 1990\, where she taught and researched in juvenile justice and children and the law\, while remaining an active member of the YJC. Jenny also served on the JJAC\, and on the Children’s Law and Criminal Law committees of the Law Society of NSW\, and was a member of the working party on entry into the juvenile justice system chaired by the then Police Commissioner Anthony Lauer. This working party was responsible for preparing the chapter on juvenile entry into the Juvenile Justice System for the Green Paper\, Future Directions in Juvenile Justice in New South Wales. The report was presented to the Minister for Juvenile Justice by JJAC in August 1992. \nLater\, as a member of the YJC\, Jenny and many others contributed to the work of the Minor Offenders Punishment Scheme committee that ultimately recommended the introduction of the Young Offenders Act. Jenny was appointed as Director of the Youth Justice Conferencing Directorate in the Department of Juvenile Justice in 1997\, and worked closely for 10 years with police\, the ODPP\, lawyers\, courts and community organisations in implementing and operating under the Act. \nRichard Funston\nRichard worked as solicitor Children’s Legal Service with Legal Aid Victoria from 1987 to 1993\, then principal solicitor Inner City Legal Centre NSW from 1993 to 1998.  Richard was appointed solicitor in charge Children’s Legal Service at Legal Aid NSW from 1998 to 2003.  Richard was a member of the Executive at Legal Aid NSW in various roles including Director Criminal Law and Deputy Chief Executive Officer from 2003 to 2018.  Richard was appointed a magistrate in 2018 and specialist children’s magistrate at the start of this year.  \nActing Superintendent Joanne Schultz \nJoanne has been a member of the NSW Police Force for 35 years. From 1998 to 2002 Joanne was the Principal Tutor Youth at the NSWPF Academy and was heavily involved in the roll out of the Specialist Youth Officer Workshop and Youth Liaison Officer Courses across New South Wales. Joanne is currently relieving as Commander\, Mid North Coast Police District. \nDr Jane Bolitho \nDr Bolitho is a highly respected expert in restorative justice\, restorative practices\, and violence and conflict resolution. Her work explores the experiences of those coming before criminal justice systems\, the operations of formal and community-based justice systems\, alternative models of resolution\, and innovations in justice. Dr Bolitho conducted important research into youth justice conferences in the early years of the implementation of the Young Offenders Act. \nFurther panelists will be announced at a later date. \n—————————- \nWednesday 5 April 2023\nTime: 5.30-7pm\, with drinks and canapes to follow\nLocation: The University of Sydney\, Law Lounge\, Level 1\, New Law Building Annex (F10A)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown\nCost: Free\, but registration is essential. Please select your attendance type during registration. \nCPD points: 1.5 points \nThis event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.  \n—————————- \nThis event is proudly hosted by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/postponed-reflecting-on-25-years-of-the-young-offenders-act-1997-in-nsw/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:Criminology events,Social justice events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230321T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230321T090000
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SUMMARY:Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Small business restructuring: The US experience
DESCRIPTION:Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Small business restructuring: The US experience\nOnline event \nThis 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.  \nSpeakers\nPresenter: Prof Brook Gotberg (Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law\, Brigham Young University\, Utah USA) \nProfessor 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. \nCommentator: Mark Robinson (dVT Group) \nMark 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.  \nChair: Dr Jason Harris (Professor of Corporate Law\, Sydney Law School) \nTuesday 21 March\, 8am AEDT\n  \nThis event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/ross-parsons-centre-law-and-business-seminar-small-business-restructuring-the-us-experience/
CATEGORIES:Commercial,corporate and tax law events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230309T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230309T000000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
CREATED:20240913T000039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010815Z
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SUMMARY:The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
DESCRIPTION:2022-23 Criminal Law CPD Series:\nThe Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal\nProfessional Skills\nCPD Points: 1.5 \nAbout \nBalancing 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. District Court Judge and President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Paul Lakatos SC considers these questions\, as well as the 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. \nPresenter \nJudge 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. \n\n\nRegistration\nFull series (7 webinars) = $300\nIndividual webinar(s) = $50 \n\nCLICK HERE to register \nThis webinar will be released on 9 March 2023.\n \nYou will receive a webinar link on this date\, and can also register at a later date to catch up in your own time.   \n\nAbout the series\nThe 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. \nA 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. \nRegister now for the full series or individual webinars and enjoy the flexibility of watching at your own pace from any location at any time. \nView flyer here \n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTitle\nPresenter\nCPD area\nRecording release date\n\n\n1. Should Deceptive Sex Always Be Rape?\nDr Andrew Dyer\nSubstantive Law\nThursday\, 29 September 2022\n\n\n2. The Role of the Crown Prosecutor in NSW\nMr Brett Hatfield\nPractice Management and Business Skills\, Ethics and professional responsibility\nThursday\, 20 October 2022\n\n\n3. The Reliability and Credibility of Eyewitnesses\nAssociate Professor Helen Paterson\nSubstantive Law\nThursday\, 24 November 2022\n\n\n4. Ethical Practice for Junior Criminal Law Barristers\nMs Talitha Hennessy\nEthics and professional responsibility\nThursday\, 15 December 2022\n\n\n5. Myths\, Misconceptions and Mixed Messages: An Early Look at the New Tendency and Coincidence Evidence Provisions\nProfessor David Hamer\nSubstantive Law\nThursday\, 19 January 2023\n\n\n6. Advocacy in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal\nJohn Stratton SC\nProfessional Skills\nThursday\, 9 February 2023\n\n\n7. The Work of the Mental Health Review Tribunal\nJudge Paul Lakatos SC\nProfessional Skills\nThursday\, 9 March 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation for lawyers and barristers\nIf 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. \nFor further enquiries: T +61 2 9351 0248\nE law.events@sydney.edu.au \n\n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Canva
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/the-work-of-the-mental-health-review-tribunal/
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Criminology events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230308T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230308T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:The Ross Parsons Tax Lecture - Professor Graeme Cooper
DESCRIPTION:The Ross Parsons Tax Lecture\nIncome Taxation: An Institution in Decay – Still\nIn 1986\, on the eve of his retirement from Sydney Law School\, Ross Parsons published a famous paper giving his caustic assessment of the body of law which had occupied so much of his professional life. Also on the eve of his retirement\, Professor Graeme Cooper revisits that paper. Was Parsons right? Has anything changed in the last 30 years? Are things actually getting worse? \nProfessor Graeme Cooper\nGraeme Cooper is retiring as Professor of Taxation Law at the University of Sydney after 31 years’ teaching in the Law School. He was formerly Professor of Taxation Law at Melbourne Law School\, has been a visiting professor at Harvard\, NYU\, Virginia\, Tilburg and KU Leuven\, and also taught at Osgoode Hall and the University of British Columbia. \nHe has published extensively in Australia and overseas. His work has been cited by the High Court and Federal Court\, and influenced the introduction of several legislative reforms. \nHe has worked on tax assistance projects for the United Nations\, the World Bank\, ASEAN\, the IMF\, the OECD and several foreign governments. In Australia\, he has been engaged by Australian Treasury\, the Australian Taxation Office\, Australian National Audit Office and the Board of Taxation\, and been consulted by community organisations including ACOSS\, the Central Land Council\, the Environmental Defender’s Office and the ALP. \nHe has worked in private practice as a consultant for Freehills since 1992 – first\, for Greenwoods & Freehills\, and now for Herbert Smith Freehills. \nRescheduled: Wednesday 8 March 2023\nCost: Free\nTime: 5.30pm registration for 5.45-7pm lecture\, followed by a cocktail reception until 8.30pm. \nLocation: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium\, Chau Chak Wing Museum\, The University of Sydney\, Camperdown. \nRegister here – this event is now full (register to be placed on a wait list) \nThis event is hosted by the Ross Parsons Centre at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/the-ross-parsons-tax-lecture-professor-graeme-cooper/
CATEGORIES:Commercial,corporate and tax law events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230306T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230306T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
CREATED:20240912T235914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010737Z
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SUMMARY:Development of the Common Law by Analogy to Statute
DESCRIPTION:Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Development of the common law by analogy to statute\nIn-person event \nIn 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? \nPart 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. \nPart 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. \nPart 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. \nSpeakers \nAdam Waldman\, Colin Phegan Associate Lecturer\, Sydney Law School \nMichael Gvozdenovic\, Herbert Smith Freehills and Adjunct Senior Lecturer\, Sydney Law School \nCommentator \nHon Justice Mark Leeming\, New South Wales Court of Appeal\, Challis Lecturer in Equity\, Sydney Law School \nChair \nDr Jason Harris\, Professor of Corporate Law\, Sydney Law School \n>>>>>>>>>>>> \nMonday 6 March\, 2023\nTime: 6-7pm \nVenue: The University of Sydney\, Level 1\, Law Lounge\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown \nCPD Points: 1 \nThis event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School. \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThis event is proudly presented by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School. \n 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/development-of-the-common-law-by-analogy-to-statute/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230303T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230303T120000
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SUMMARY:Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flow
DESCRIPTION:Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flow\nOnline event \nNational 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. \nSpeakers\n\nProfessor Anupam Chander (Professor\, Georgetown University)\n\nTrump v. TikTok: How a Chinese big tech platform defeated the President of the United States\, and why that’s important for free expression \nWhen 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. \n\nMs. Nguyen Ha (Visiting Scholar Harvard University\, Research & Teaching Associate Monash University)\n\nConflicting cybersecurity norms in Vietnam: the borrowing of local actors \nAs 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. \n\nDr. Phoebe Li (Reader\, Sussex University)\n\nHow national security is shaping digital sovereignty: the cases of middle power countries \nEconomic 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. \n  \nModerators/commentators\n• Dr. Han-Wei Liu (Senior Lecturer\, Monash University) \n• Dr. Jie (Jeanne) Huang (Associate Professor Sydney University\, Visiting Scholar Harvard University) \n  \n__________________________________ \nFriday 3 March\, 11am-12pm AEDT (Thursday 2 March\, 7-8pm EST)\nThis event is being held  online.  \n__________________________________ \nThis 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.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/conflict-of-norms-in-the-information-society-national-security-and-cross-border-data-flow/
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230302T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230302T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
CREATED:20240912T235915Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond Punishment Seminar: Transforming rehabilitation through digital technology
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Punishment Seminar: Transforming rehabilitation through digital technology\nIn-person event \n\n\nInstitutions 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. \nWhat 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? \nThese 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. \nA 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. \nHow 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? \nTechnologies 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. \n\n\n\n\nOur panel will be moderated by: \nDr Carolyn McKay\, Sydney Institute of Criminology\, Co-Director \nCarolyn 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\, ‘The Pixelated Prisoner: Prison video links\, court ‘appearance’ and the justice matrix‘ (2018). \nPanel Members: \nLuke Grant\, Deputy Commissioner\, Corrections Strategy and Governance\, Corrective Services NSW \nLuke 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. \nRenee Van Aaken\, Acting Director – Reducing Recidivism (Premiers Priority) at Department of Communities and Justice \nRenee 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. \nSteven Van De Steene\, Smart Corrections \nSteven 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. \nProfessor Mark Halsey\, Flinders University \nMark 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). \n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThursday 2 March 2023\, 6-8pm\, followed by a cocktail reception\nCPD points =2 \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nWatch the event recording here. \nThis event is presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology in conjunction with Corrective Services NSW at the Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/beyond-punishment-seminar-transforming-rehabilitation-through-digital-technology/
LOCATION:Law Foyer\, Level 2
CATEGORIES:Alumni,CPD eligible events,Criminology events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230301T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230301T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal law
DESCRIPTION:Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal law\nIn-person event\n  \nThe Sydney Centre for International Law warmly invites Sydney Law School staff\, students and external guests to this conversation on the crime against humanity of ‘gender persecution’\, which is currently being prosecuted for the first time in the International Criminal Court. \nThis event is free of charge\, but registration is required. \nSpeakers:\nLisa 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 \nin conversation with \nRosemary Grey\, Senior Lecturer\, Sydney Law School and Co-Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law \n\nWednesday 1 March 2023\nTime: 1-2pm AEDT\nVenue: University of Sydney\, Level 1\, Law Lounge\, New Law Building Annex (F10A)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown\nCPD Points: 1\n  \nThis event is proudly hosted by the Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School. 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/gender-persecution-new-frontiers-in-international-criminal-law/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230228T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230228T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
CREATED:20240912T235941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010757Z
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ organising in the new protest environment - book launch and panel discussion
DESCRIPTION:Book launch and panel discussion: LGBTQ organising in the new protest environment\nIn-person event \nThe 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. \nDr 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. \nAbout the author \nDr 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. \n>>>>>>>>>>>> \nTuesday 28 February 2023\, 6pm (AEDT)\nVenue: University of Sydney\, Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThis event is presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology at Sydney Law School. \n 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/lgbtq-organising-in-the-new-protest-environment-book-launch-and-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Criminology events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230221T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230221T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
CREATED:20240912T235929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010813Z
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SUMMARY:The Living Law of Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION:The Living Law of Wikipedia\nIn-person event\n  \nWikipedia 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.  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’. \nIn 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. \nAbout the speaker:\nDavid Nelken is Professor of Comparative and Transnational Law\, and former Head of Research\, at the Dickson Poon Law School\, King’s College\, London. 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. He 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\, a member 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. \n\nTuesday 21 February 2023\nTime: 1-2pm AEDT (Light lunch from 12.30pm)\nVenue: New Law Building (F10)\, Level 4\, Common Room\, University of Sydney (Camperdown campus)\nCPD Points: 1\n  \nThis event is proudly hosted by The University of Sydney Law School. 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/the-living-law-of-wikipedia/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230217T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230217T184500
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SUMMARY:2023 George Winterton Memorial Lecture
DESCRIPTION:2023 George Winterton Memorial Lecture: Judicial review of legislative and executive action – acceptance and resentment – lessons from a comparative perspective.\nSpeaker: The Honourable Susan Kiefel AC\, Chief Justice of Australia\n\nIn-person event \nThe George Winterton Memorial Lecture was established to commemorate the outstanding and lasting contribution of Professor George Winterton to constitutional law scholarship and teaching. \nAbout the Lecture \nThe 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. \nAbout the Speaker \nSusan Mary Kiefel AC 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. \nShe 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. \n———–\nDate: Friday 17 February 2023\nTime: 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.)\nVenue: Banco Court\, Supreme Court of New South Wales \,184 Phillip Street\, Sydney.\n———–\nGeorge Winterton Memorial Fund\nFriends 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 contact Professor Peter Gerangelos\, Convenor of the Winterton Memorial Fund and Winterton Lecture Series on peter.gerangelos@sydney.edu.au. \n  \nThis lecture is proudly hosted by The University of Sydney Law School and The University of Western Australia Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/2023-george-winterton-memorial-lecture/
LOCATION:Supreme Court of NSW
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Commercial,corporate and tax law events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230216T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230216T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:Works-in-Progress Conference
DESCRIPTION:Works-in-Progress Conference\nHybrid Event \nWorks-in-Progress Event\nOn 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.  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. \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThursday 16 February 2023\, 1-4.30pm AEDT\nClick here to the program.  (Last updated 8/02/2023)\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nAttendees should contact Prof. Stacie Strong (stacie.strong@sydney.edu.au) to obtain copies of the papers under discussion. \nThis event is hosted by the Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/works-in-progress-conference/
LOCATION:Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230214T083000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230214T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182819
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SUMMARY:Federal Environmental Law reform: past lessons\, priority reforms\, future challenges
DESCRIPTION:Federal Environmental Law reform: past lessons\, priority reforms\, future challenges\nThe Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School invites you to its ‘Environmental Law Year in Review Conference’ on Tuesday\, 14 February 2023.  \nIn 2022\, the new Federal Government declared ‘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. \nThis event will bring together academics\, practitioners\, members of the NGO sector\, government officials and students to hear about the implications of these ‘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. \nTopics will include:  \n\nReforms to the EPBC Act\nEmissions reduction legislation and the energy transition\nFirst Nations cultural heritage\nCOP 15\, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure and national offsets.\n\nRegistration:\n\nFull day in-person attendance: $80 (inc. GST)\nUniversity of Sydney students (full day attendance): Free (Students will need to provide proof of student status at registration. Any registrations that do not provide valid proof\, will be cancelled)\n\n___________________________________ \n14 February 2023\nTime: 8.30am-5pm\nVenue: New Law Building (F10)\, Level 1\, Law Lounge\, University of Sydney\, Camperdown Campus\nCPD Points: 6 \nClick here to view the program. \n___________________________________ \nThis event is hosted by the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/federal-environmental-law-reform-past-lessons-priority-reforms-future-challenges/
CATEGORIES:Climate and environmental law events,CPD eligible events
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