Law School: Events

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

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

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

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Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with the Hon Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW Supreme Court
2022-05-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Lecture Theatre 101, level 1, New Law Building F10A, Campderdown Campus
Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with the Hon Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moderator

Professor Lisa Toohey, University of Newcastle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ukraine and China: Russian Invasion and After
2022-03-10 18:00 - 19:15
Ukraine and China: Russian Invasion and After
On 24 February 2022, Russia started a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine. It is no doubt that the crisis is going to be considerably elongated with equally as elongated consequences for China, its policy, and international environments.
This multidisciplinary roundtable will combine renowned speakers from the disciplines of law, politics, economy, and international relations to discuss the issues.
Speakers (in the surname alphabetical order):
Professor Vivienne Bath: Professor of Chinese and International Business Law at the Sydney Law School. Professor Bath’s teaching and research interests are in international business and economic law, private international law, and Chinese law. She has extensive professional experience in Sydney, New York, and Hong Kong, specialising in international commercial law, with a focus on foreign investment and commercial transactions in China and the Asian region.
Mr. Rowan Callick: Industry fellow at Griffith University’s Asia Institute. He is a double Walkley Award winner and a Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. He joined The Australian at the start of 2006, as China Correspondent. After three years in Beijing, he became The Australian’s Asia-Pacific Editor and then returned to Beijing as China Correspondent, from March 2016 to April 2018. He remains a columnist for The Australian. He was appointed in 2013 as a fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
Professor Bing Ling: Professor of Chinese Law at the Sydney Law School. Before coming to Australia, he was a professor and founding member of the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also taught at Peking University Law School, University of Michigan Law School, and City University of Hong Kong Law School. He is the author of books and articles on Chinese civil and commercial law and international law.
Mr. Raffaello Pantucci: Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore. Author of Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire, a contemporary history of China’s relations with Central Asia to be published by Oxford University Press April 2022.
Associate Professor Jingdong Yuan: a leading expert in Asia-Pacific security, Chinese defense and foreign policy, and global and regional arms control and non-proliferation issues. He is the co-author of China and India: Cooperation or Conflict? (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003) and is currently working on a book manuscript on post-Cold War Chinese security policy.
Moderator: Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Sydney Law School and China Studies Centre

Thursday 10 March, 6-7.15pm AEDT
This event is being held online.
This event is jointly organised by the China Studies Centre and Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, The University of Sydney.

The Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and Consequences
2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00
The Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and Consequences
The Russian attack against Ukraine is one of the largest military operations in modern history.â€¯It has the potential to redraw not only borders in Europe, but may be the starting point for a transformation of the global order as we know it.
This webinar will analyse the motives behind Russia’s attack,â€¯investigateâ€¯to what extent NATO expansion is a genuine concern for Russia andâ€¯discussâ€¯the rules of international law that apply to its military operations. The panelâ€¯will then explore what options the global community has in face of President Putin’s apparent willingness to disregard international rules and norms. Finally, panelists will address the geopolitical and economic consequences of this conflict for Ukraine, Russia itself, Europe and the world.
This one-hour conversation features experts on international politics, international law and relations between Russia and Ukraine.
Panellists:

Professor Theo Farrell, UOW
Associate Professor Emily Crawford, The University of Sydney Law School
Sonia Mycak, ANU

Tuesday 8 March 2022, 12-1pm AEDT

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

Between Theory and Practice: Introducing TagTime and In Conversation with Neil Kaplan
2022-03-02 17:30 - 18:30
Between Theory and Practice: Introducing TagTime and In Conversation with Neil Kaplan
Join us onÂ 2 March 2022 atÂ 5.30pm AEDTÂ when Dr Michael Hwang SC, Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS, Professor Luke Nottage and Hafez Virjee will introduce the content of the benefaction by Michael Hwang to the law students of the University of Sydney.
The speakers will discuss the development of international arbitration in the Asia-Pacific region, the place of Australian practitioners in this global market, and the benefits of pursuing international arbitration as an elective, in the context of the large range of materials made available to the law students through the benefaction on the Delos platform.

Speakers

DrÂ Michael HwangÂ SC
Neil Kaplan CBE QC SBS
Dr Luke Nottage is Professor of Comparative and Transnational Business Law at Sydney Law School
Hafez Virjee is the President and a co-Founder of Delos

Click here for speaker bios and to register.

Time: Wednesday 2 March 2022 atÂ 5.30pm AEDTÂ
This is a free online event.
This event is co-presented by Delos Dispute Resolution and the University of Sydney Law School.Â

Sydney Centre for International Law Year in Review Conference
2022-02-25 08:45 - 18:00
Sydney Centre for International Law Year in Review Conference
The Sydney Centre for International Law at Sydney Law School is delighted to present the 2022 International Law Year in Review Conference, to be held online on Friday 25 February 2022.
This annual â€˜year in review’ conference brings together expert speakers from around the world to give participants insight into the latest developments in international law over the preceding year, especially those most salient for Australia.
Highlights of the day include:

A keynote address by Professor Megan Davis, Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous at UNSW, on the topic ‘Public International Law and the Uluru Statement from the Heart’
A law literary lunch with Tara June Winch, winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award for The Yield
The launch ofÂ Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian LawÂ with author,Â Associate Professor Emily Crawford, Sydney Law School.

The conference will traverse recent developments in environmental law, private international law and human rights.
Speakers include leading academics, practitioners and government lawyers.
Participation will enable lawyers and non-lawyers alike to remain abreast of important trends in international affairs.

VIEW THE PROGRAM HERE (last updated 23 February 2022)

FRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2022, 8.45am – 5pm AEDT (and book launch from 5-6pm AEDT)
Online conference with complimentary registration.
The Zoom webinar link will be provided once registered.Â

CPD Points:
If this particular educational activity extends your knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your practice needs or professional development, then you should claim one (1) “unitâ€ for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included.
Legal practitioners may earn 6.5 CPD points for full day attendance.
The CPD rules require solicitors to keep their own record of their CPD activities.

Sydney Centre for International LawÂ sits on country of the Gadi people of the Eora nation.

This conference is hosted by the Sydney Centre for International Law and sponsored by TDM/OGEMID.

Direct Jurisdiction in Asia
2022-02-17 18:00 - 19:00
Direct Jurisdiction in Asia
The book Direct Jurisdiction is the second thematic volume in the series Studies in Private International Law – Asia. It considers the situations in which the courts of 15 key Asian states are prepared to hear a case involving cross-border elements. For instance, will the courts of an Asian state accept jurisdiction in a dispute that has only some, little or no connection with an Asian state, and (if so) on what conditions? As a comprehensive survey across multiple jurisdictions and areas of law, the book suggests that enacting suitable rules of direct jurisdiction requires an Asian state to strike a delicate balance between affording certainty and protecting its nationals. It involves sometimes difficult policy considerations and is not just about drawing up lists of jurisdictional grounds and exceptions to them.
In this webinar, the editors and contributors will summarise the practical and theoretical findings in the book. It will consider the possibility of a multilateral convention or soft law instrument articulating principles of direct jurisdiction for Asia. It will also discuss possible trajectories that Asian states may be taking in respect of direct jurisdiction in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the political tensions currently besetting the world. The editors and contributors will also talk about the process of putting the book together, especially in the face of lockdowns and other restrictions imposed in various jurisdictions.
There will be ample time for Q&A.

Speakers

Professor Anselmo Reyes, Singapore International Commercial Court; Doshisha University, Editor ofÂ Direct Jurisdiction
Wilson Lui, University of Hong Kong; University of Oxford, Editor ofÂ Direct Jurisdiction
Dr Nobumichi Teramura, University of Brunei Darussalam; University of Sydney, Contributor ofÂ Direct Jurisdiction

Moderator:Â Professor Vivienne Bath, University of Sydney Law School

Book discount offer
Direct Jurisdiction, Asian Perspectives:
Australian orders – receive 35% off here.
UK orders – receive 20% off here.

Time: Thursday 17 February, 6pm AEDT
This is a free online event. You will receive a reminder notification with the Zoom link closer to the date.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by theÂ Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney.
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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Sports, Law, and Policies
2022-02-03 13:00 - 14:15
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Sports, Law, and Policies
Beijing will organize the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from 4 to 20 February and the XIII Paralympic Winter Games from 4 to 13 March 2022. Amid the pandemic, concerns, and controversies, these Olympics may have special implications on the future development of sports-related law and policies in the world. Our distinguished speakers will explore critical issues such as:

What can we learn from the history of Olympic boycotts and their impact? What are the obligations of athletes around the issue of political comments? Can Sports diplomacy provide benefits that conventional diplomacy or international trade cannot? Can the Winter Olympics help ease the thaw in frosty bilateral ties?

What are the contents and significance of the proposed amendment to the Chinese Sports Law before the Beijing Winter Olympics? How does China develop sports arbitration?

Are there economic benefits to hosting the Olympics or similar events? What is China’s plan to protect intellectual property in the Winter Olympics 2022?

How will the Winter Olympics manage COVID-19, and will this impact China’s â€˜Zero COVID’ policy?

About the speakers (in the surname alphabetical order):
ProfessorÂ Tim HarcourtÂ is an Industry Professor and Chief Economist, UTS. He is also known asÂ The Airport EconomistÂ and a guru in Sports Diplomacy.
ProfessprÂ Deborah HealeyÂ is a Director of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law Centre at the UNSW Law Faculty. She widely published in sports law, is a Life Member of the Australia and New Zealand Sport Law Association, a Co-editor of the Australia and New Zealand Sport Law Journal.
ProfessorÂ Keiji KawaiÂ is a professor of Sport Law at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. He is a board member of the Japan Sports Law Association and served as the General Secretary in 2017-2019. He is also an arbitrator of the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency.
ProfessorÂ Yang PeiÂ is a leading sports law expert in Beijing Normal University and widely participated in Chinese sports law legislation. He is a Member of China Association for Sports Law and a Member of the Hearing Committee of China Anti-Doping Agency. He also served as an expert witness in the Sun Yang arbitration case.
Moderator: Associate ProfessorÂ Jie (Jeanne) Huang is Deputy Director of the China Studies Centre and the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School.

When: Thursday 3 February, 1-2.15pm AEDT

This event is jointly organised by theÂ China Studies CentreÂ andÂ the Centre of Asian and Pacific Law (CAPLUS) at the University of Sydney Law School.

Photo credit: Image via https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/

Asia-Pacific Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022-02-01 12:00 - 13:30
Webinar: Asia-Pacific Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

This webinar discusses how online (university or other) legal education interacts with each jurisdiction’s legal profession, university system, and ICT infrastructure, as well as how online legal education has developed both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, across several Asia-Pacific jurisdictions: Australia, Japan, Canada, Brunei/Malaysia/Singapore and Macau. It draws on draft National Reports for anÂ International Academy of Comparative LawÂ conference hosted overÂ 23-28 October 2022 in Asuncion (Paraguay), comparing over 20 jurisdictions worldwide, for a volume to be published by Intersentia co-edited by Professors Luke Nottage and Makoto Ibusuki.
Find out more about the project, including links to several draft reports.
Speakers:

Professor Luke NottageÂ (also co-chair, University of Sydney Law School)
Professor Makoto IbusukiÂ (also co-chair, Seijo University)
Dean Trish MundyÂ (University of Wollongong)
Professor William van CaenagemÂ (Bond University)
Assistant Prof Nobumichi TeramuraÂ (University of Brunei)
Assoc Professor Salim FarrarÂ (University of Sydney Law School)
Professor Rostam NeuwirthÂ (University of Macau)
Professor Adrien HabermacherÂ (University of Moncton)
Associate Prof Alice Lee (University of Hong Kong)
Wilson Lui (University of Hong Kong)
Professor Kenichi Yoneda (Kagoshima University)

Tuesday 1 February, 12-1.30pm AEDT

Registration

Please click here to register online.
**This event, previously advertised as hybrid (in-person and via zoom) will proceed online only. A zoom link will be provided closer to the date**
CPD points =1.5

This event is hosted by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School, Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) and the Transnational Law and Policy Centre at the University of Wollongong.

Neurotechnology, Criminal Law and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
2021-12-14 09:00 - 20:00
Neurotechnology, Criminal Law and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
What kind of human rights challenges might emerge from neurotechnology and how might these challenges play out in criminal justice? This event will address these questions.
Investment from companies such as Elon Musk’s Neuralink, Facebook and a host of others gives reason to take seriously the possibility that neurotechnologies, such as brain-computer interfaces, may soon be more widely available in society. Recently, Chile has become a world-leader in responding to possible human rights implications of more widespread use of technologies that interact with the brain, and has now changed its constitution in order to address emerging challenges.
Whether one imagines people committing crimes by way of brain-computer interface, or the employment by the state of technologies that monitor brains, or even intervene on them to reduce the risk of a person offending, it seems reasonable to expect that there will be a criminal justice dimension to neurotechnology.
But should governments monitor brains? Should they use a neurotechnological means to address crime? There are obvious human rights implications concerning such hypothetical scenarios. Given the possibility that, at some point, the uptake of neurotechnologies might start to accelerate, it seems prudent to envisage some of the issues that might emerge now, rather than waiting until technology is entrenched in a way that is undesirable.
With this in mind, scholars and policymakers from around the world are starting to consider the human rights implications of neurotechnology. While considering some general issues relating to neurotechnology and human rights, this event will also examine the technology with a somewhat more specific aim in mind and ask what human rights implications it may have for criminal justice.
The consideration of such issues requires scholars from a variety of backgrounds including science and technology, and philosophy, as well as law and we look forward to investigating the issues with the below-mentioned speakers and others.
The audience we expect is similarly diverse and we invite scholars from a variety of backgrounds, legal practitioners, scientists, technologists, policymakers, and others who wish to consider the themes that will be discussed.
The conference is free to register and takes place via Zoom.
Speakers and discussants

Susie Alegre, Associate, Doughty Street Chambers and Visiting Fellow at University of Roehampton
Tugba Basaran Akmazoglu, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Jennifer Chandler, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Lisa Claydon, The Open University Law School
Jared Genser, Perseus Strategies and Neurorights Foundation
Walter Glannon, Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary
Sara Goering, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington
Stephanie Herrmann, Perseus Strategies
Marcello Ienca, ETH Zurich and Intelligent Systems Ethics Unit, College of Humanities, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Fabrice Jotterand, Medical College of Wisconsin and Institute for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel
Sjors Ligthart, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University and Utrecht University
Allan McCay, Sydney Law School
Fruzsina MolnÃ¡r-GÃ¡bor, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Helen Paterson, Sydney Institute of Criminology and Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
Rafael Yuste, NeuroTechnology Center, Columbia University and Neurorights Foundation

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Tuesday 14 December 2021, 8.50am-8pm AEDT (Sydney time)Â
Please note that the conference start and end time caters to the time zones of our speakers in North America and Europe. The conference will be broken up into two sessions, with a gap in between.
You will receive Zoom details closer to the date of the event.

This conference is organised by Dr Allan McCay and Francis Maxwell, Sydney Law School and hosted by the Sydney Institute of Criminology at The University of Sydney Law School.

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ACCEL 2021 Distinguished Speaker Address: Can climate litigation save the planet?: the role of climate attribution science
2021-12-09 18:00 - 19:30
ACCEL 2021 Distinguished Speaker Address -Â Can climate litigation save the planet?: the role of climate attribution science
Speakers: Dr Petra Minnerop, Durham University and Dr Friederike Otto, University of Oxford and Global Climate Science Programme
Litigants are increasingly approaching the courts in the face of inadequate action by governments and corporations on climate change. Plaintiffs want compensatory damages for losses incurred as a result of the defendants’ greenhouse gas emissions, or are asking courts to compel governments and corporations, to reduce their emissions. They also want financial institutions to stop financing the construction of high-emitting infrastructure, and banks and businesses to disclose their exposure to the financial risks associated with climate change.
This Distinguished Address shows how climate attribution science assists with establishing the all important causal relationship between the defendants’ emissions and the plaintiffs’ losses.
Speakers
Dr Petra Minnerop is Associate Professor of International Law at Durham University where she is also the University’s Academic Lead for COP 26, Co-Director of the Global Policy Institute and Co-Director of the Research Centre Law and Global Justice. Prior to joining Durham Law School, Petra has held academic positions at the Universities of Dundee, Munich and GÃ¶ttingen, and worked as Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, and at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Heidelberg. She is a member of the Bar in Germany.
Dr Friederike Otto is an Honorary Research Associate of the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, and an Associate Professor in the Global Climate Science Programme. She leads several projects understanding the impacts of man-made climate change on natural and social systems with a particular focus on Africa and India. Fredi is the co-lead of World Weather Attribution (WWA), an international effort to analyse and communicate the possible influence of climate change on extreme weather events. In 2019 Fredi was named one of New Scientist’s ‘Ones to Watch’ and in 2020 climate change attribution was named one of MIT Tech Review’s top ten breakthrough technologies. In 2020, Fredi became one of just 10 international climate scientists to join the core writing team of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
Chair: Professor Tim Stephens, The University of Sydney Law School
Running order
6pm Welcome to Country delivered by Yvonne Weldon, and introduction by Professor Stephens
6.10pm ACCEL 2021 Distinguished Address, Associate Professor Petro Minnerop and Dr Friederike Otto
7.15pm Q&A
7.30pm Close

Thursday 9 December, 6-7.30pmÂ AEDT
This is an online event held on Zoom.Â

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

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Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Vaccine mandates and public health orders: legal and ethical issues for business
2021-12-09 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Vaccine mandates and public health orders: legal and ethical issues for business
This webinar will feature a panel of experts from Sydney Law School and Corrs Chambers Westgarth who will discuss legal and ethical issues for business arising from vaccine mandates under public health orders.
Chair:

Professor David Kinley, Professor of Human Rights Law, Sydney Law School

Panel members:

Professor Barbara McDonald, Sydney Law School
Professor Roger Magnusson, Professor of Health Law and Governance, Sydney Law School
Professor Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney law School
Jack de Flamingh, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Webinar via Zoom, Thursday 9 December 2021, 6pm AEDT
Once you register, your confirmation will provide the webinar details.

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

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Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Recent cases in banking and finance law
2021-12-01 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Recent cases in banking and finance law
Chair:Â Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School
Presenter: David Allen, barrister, University Chambers, Sydney
David accepts briefs for commercial, equity, insolvency and financial services matters, among other areas and trained as a solicitor at Allens and at Allen & Overy LLP in London. He returned to Australia and before being called to the Bar was a senior associate at Ashurst.
David has particular expertise in relation to finance transactions, financial services and financial regulation. He is the co-author of LexisNexis’s Practical Guidance Personal Property Securities. As a solicitor he completed placements at Morgan Stanley and ANZ Bank.
At the Bar, David has advised American Express, Police Bank and Azupay. He is currently appearing as junior counsel for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in a number of applications by superannuation trustees for judicial advice.
David graduated with a Master of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons I)/Bachelor of Arts (Hons I) from the University of Sydney.
Commentator: Nick Koutsoukos, Allens Linklaters
Nick is a Senior Associate in the Banking and Finance team at Allens Linklaters, based in Sydney, Australia. Nick specialises in acting for financiers, borrowers and government across a range of areas, including acquisition, leveraged and project finance.
Prior to Allens, Nick was a senior manager for Suncorp Group in corporate banking, including corporate finance, insolvency and restructuring.
Nick holds a Juris Doctor (Hons) from University of Technology Sydney, and a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Banking and Finance). Nick is also a part-time academic at University of Technology Sydney, teaching both private and public law, and the secretary of the Australian Banking and Financial Services Law Association legal opinions committee, and regularly presents finance documentation training for the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association.

Webinar via Zoom, Wednesday 1 December 2021, 6pm AEDT
Once you register, your confirmation will provide the Zoom details.

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

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Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Common mistakes in using national uniform legislation
2021-11-25 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Common mistakes in using national uniform legislation
National uniform legislation underpins major areas of regulation in commercial and corporate law. Here are few examples in these major areas: regulation of corporations, cooperatives, consumer protection, commercial arbitration, electronic conveyancing, defamation and business names.
Today’s legal profession is “born to the age of statutes”. What are the main pitfalls in reading and interpreting national uniform legislation? Uniform legislation is not a panacea for all legal challenges but the growth in this area warrants close academic attention to take a step towards demystifying some of confusing factors that are obscuring the underlying general principles.
This practical presentation summarises the main findings of analysis of close to 100 sets of uniform Acts across a number of areas of law, so it can be applied by legal practitioners and academics working with harmonised legislation.

Speaker: Dr Guzyal Hill, senior lecturer, Charles Darwin University
Chair:Â Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

Webinar via Zoom, Thursday 25 November 2021, 6pm AEDT
Once you register, your confirmation will provide the Zoom details.

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

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How Private International Law Can Make the UN Sustainable Development Goals a Reality
2021-11-23 18:00 - 19:30
How Private International Law Can Make the UN Sustainable Development Goals a Reality

The clock is ticking. We have until 2030 to implement the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals if we are to achieve a â€œbetter and more sustainable future for all.â€

Law plays a crucial role in reaching ambitious goals such as â€˜No Poverty’ (SDG #1), â€˜Affordable and Clean Energy’ (#7) and â€˜Climate Action’ (#13). But until now, the role of law in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals has been limited to public international law and relations between nations. Missing from the commentary has been the vital role to be played by private law, particularly private international law, which is essential for the implementation of cross-border contracts and the resolution of cross-border disputes.
An exciting new project brings together a team of legal experts from around the world to demonstrate how private international law can make each Sustainable Development Goal a reality.
Join some of these pioneering legal minds as they discuss the results of their research and the path ahead for our world.

Order of proceedings

1. Introduction to the SDGs and the project
Professor VerÃ³nica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Mr Hans Van Loon
These presentations will address the sustainable development goals, the interaction of and issues presented by private international law, and the objectives and recommendations of the project.
2. SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Professor Vivienne Bath
This presentation will address the impact on, and interaction of private international law with, the construction and operation of sustainable infrastructure and the potential role of regulatory private international law.
3. SDG 15: Life on Land
Dr Drossos Stamboulakis
This presentation considers the global governance role that private international law can, and arguable should, play in achieving SDG 15 through the facilitation and incentivization of private action geared at environmental protection and sustainability. Chapter written by Dr Stamboulakis and Professor Jay Sanderson.
Chair
Associate Professor Stacie Strong

Speakers

Professor VerÃ³nica Ruiz Abou-NigmÂ is Senior Lecturer in International Private Law at Edinburgh Law School. Professionally qualified as a solicitor in Uruguay, with extensive practice in international litigation, her research focuses on the intersections between private international law and various other disciplines, within and beyond law, including maritime law and migration studies. Her scholarship promotes the transnational mobilisation of private international law, developing knowledge in which private international law can foster intercultural integration, contributing to accommodate different legal traditions and cultures in cross-border cases.

Mr Hans Van LoonÂ is an independent international consultant. He is a member and vice-president of the Institut de droit international. He practiced as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of the Netherlands and the European Court of Human Rights, and was as a deputy judge in the Hague District Court. He joined the secretariat of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1978, being appointed also as Secretary of the Netherlands Government Committee on Private International Law, and was the HCCH’s Secretary General from 1996-2913. He contributed to the creation of a dozen Hague Conventions on private international law and to the amendment of its Statute to enable Membership of the European Union, and is a member of the European Group for Private International Law.
Professor Vivienne BathÂ is Professor of Chinese and International Business Law in the University of Sydney and Associate Director – International of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney. She is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Asia IP and Technology Law Project at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Her teaching and research interests are in international business and economic law, private international law and Chinese law. She also has extensive professional experience in Sydney, New York and Hong Kong, specialising in international commercial law, with a focus on foreign investment and commercial transactions in China and the Asian region.
Dr Drossos StamboulakisÂ is Lecturer at Monash University, and is admitted to practice as an Australian Lawyer. He is the Deputy Convenor of Monash’s Commercial Disputes Group, and coaches the Monash Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team. His research spans commercial arbitration, comparative law and private international law, and intersections with biodiversity and sustainability.
Professor Jay Sanderson is an interdisciplinary scholar with degrees in law, science and psychology. He is currently Professor and Head of School of USC’s School of Law and Society. Jay’s main areas of research focus on the social and doctrinal developments of laws related to plants, agriculture and biodiversity. He is currently working on projects that examine biodiversity and BioTrade; and the use of trademarks and certification.

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Chair

Associate Professor Stacie Strong is an Associate Professor at Sydney Law School Â specialising in private international law, international arbitration, international mediation and comparative law. Stacie has taught at law schools around the world and has acted as a dual-qualified (England-US) practitioner with major international law firms in the UK and the US. She has also written over 130 award-winning books, articles and other works and has acted as an expert consultant to a variety of governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations.
Publication – access here:

The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law

Edited byÂ Ralf Michaels,Â VerÃ³nica Ruiz Abou-NigmÂ andÂ Hans van Loon

Event details
This free online event will be held onÂ 23 November 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM AEDT
CPD Points:Â 1.5

This webinar is jointly presented by theÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific LawÂ and theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at theÂ University of Sydney Law School, theÂ Centre for Commercial Law & Regulatory Studies,Â Faculty of Law, Monash University, and theÂ Monash Sustainable Development Institute.

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2021 ACCEL Environmental Law Year in Review Conference
2021-11-19 09:00 - 16:40
2021 ACCEL Environmental Law Year in Review ConferenceThe Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School invites you to its â€˜Year in Review Conference’ on 19 November 2021.

This event will bring together practitioners, academics, members of the NGO sector, government officials and students to hear about the implications of key developments in Climate and Environmental Law in 2021, which will also have implications going forward.

Leading practitioners and academics will analyse and provide insights into major developments in 2021 which are of particular interest to practitioners, policymakers and academics.
Topics include:

Developments in International Environmental Law
Climate investment and nature-related financial disclosures
Water resources
Federal issues, biodiversity and mining.

>> View the program (PDF) (as at 9 November 2021)

Registration:

Full day online attendance: $50 (inc. GST)
Sydney Law School students full day online attendance: Free (Sydney Law School students will need to provide proof of student status at registration. Any registrations that do not provide valid proof, will be cancelled)

Webinar time:Â 9am – 4.40pm AEDT
You will receive Zoom details closer to the date of the event.

Gain 6 CPD points for full day attendance.

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

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JSI Seminar: Social possibility as constraint and social possibility as construct
2021-11-18 18:00 - 19:30
JSI Seminar: Social possibility as constraint and social possibility as construct
Speaker: Jayani Nadarajalingam, University of Melbourne
As political and social philosophers, one of our central aims is to work out which of the social facts in our world should be the candidates for change and why. In doing so, we tend to treat some social facts asÂ givenÂ whereas we treat others asÂ objects of change. This gives rise to a question: which social facts should we treat as given and which ones as objects of action?
This paper puts forward a way in which we can answer this question in a principled manner. In doing so, it describes two properties ofÂ social possibility: social possibility asÂ constraintÂ and social possibility asÂ construct. This then paves the way for an innovative understanding of the ideal/nonideal distinction that is often drawn in contemporary analytic English-language political philosophy.

Speaker
Jayani NadarajalingamÂ is a lecturer with the Melbourne School of Government at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests lie primarily in political philosophy and constitutional theory. In 2022, she will commence a postdoctoral fellowship in the Melbourne Law School’s Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law (led by Professor Adrienne Stone).

Time:Â 6-7.30pmÂ AEDT
This is an online event. You will receive Zoom details closer to the day of the event.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law - A Conversation With Dr. Abubakri Yekini
2021-11-11 18:00 - 19:00
The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law – A Conversation With Dr. Abubakri Yekini
This presentation will examine the concept of legal pragmatism in private international law and how it has been used by courts and treaty makers to solve practical legal problems arising from the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Specifically, it will analyse how pragmatism was applied in the negotiation and conclusion of the 2005 Choice of Court Convention, the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention and the 2017 Commonwealth Model Law on Foreign Judgments.

Speaker
Dr. Abubakri YekiniÂ is a Law Lecturer at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He recently earned his PhD from the Centre for Private International Law, University of Aberdeen, under the supervision of Professor Paul Beaumont and late Professor Jonathan Fitchen. His PhD thesis was published as a monograph by Hart Publishers in August 2021. Dr. Yekini was a Visiting Scholar at Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European, and Regulatory Procedural Law in 2019. He was also recently awarded the Schumann Fellowship for Young Scholars by the University of Munster, Germany for 2021/2022. His current research focuses on how and what Africa can learn from the harmonization projects of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the European Union to drive the newly formed African Continental Free Trade Area. He is one of the founding members of the Nigeria Group on Private International Law (NGPIL). Dr Yekini is an Assistant Editor for the Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law.
Discussant
Associate Professor Stacie StrongÂ is an Associate Professor at Sydney Law SchoolÂ specialising in private international law, international arbitration, international mediation and comparative law. Stacie has taught at law schools around the world and has acted as a dual-qualified (England-US) practitioner with major international law firms in the UK and the US. She has also written over 130 award-winning books, articles and other works (attributed as S.I. Strong) and has acted as an expert consultant to a variety of governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations.

Book offer
Book offer discount:Â The Hague Judgments Convention and Commonwealth Model Law: A Pragmatic Perspective.

Relevant materials
Hague Judgments Convention 2019
Commonwealth Model Law on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

Time: 11 November, 6-7pm AEDT
This is a free online event. You will receive a reminder notification with the Zoom link closer to the date.
CPD Points: 1
This event is presented by theÂ Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney.
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The Public International Law Webinar Series: The Public International Law Year in Review
2021-11-03 20:30 - 21:30
The Public International Law Webinar Series: The Public International Law Year in Review
The organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance.Â
This event will see Judge Tim Eicke, Professor Neha Jain and Professor Christian Tams, three pre-eminent and authoritative figures in international law, discuss and debate the Public International Law Year in Review.
The speakers will critically examine a number of themes which have emerged over the course of the year, such as the ways in which different sub-fields in international law attempt to regulate internationally wrongful conduct, and the consequential trend of similar or related litigation being pursued before different international dispute resolution fora and transnational courts. Pressing and contemporary issues such as climate change, the continued relevance of bilateral investment treaties, and the present status of multilateralism in international law will also be discussed.
The webinar will conclude with a closing address by Rod Bundy, a leading practitioner in international dispute resolution, who will offer some observations on the broader implications of a number of cases currently pending before various tribunals.

THE PUBLIC LAW INTERNATIONAL LAW YEAR IN REVIEW
Moderators: Chow Zi En (Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore) and Colin Liew (Duxton Hill Chambers)
Panellists:
Judge Tim Eicke (European Court of Human Rights),
Professor Neha Jain (European University Institute),
Professor Christian Tams (University of Glasgow),
Closing address by Rodman Bundy (Squire Patton Boggs)

WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2021
9:30 AM (London time) / 5:30 PM (Singapore time) / 8:30 PM (Sydney time)

The webinar will be recorded and made available to registrants for 7 days after the webinar. The link to access the recording will be sent to registrants after the webinar.
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This webinar series is sponsored by:

Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School
American Society of International Law
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
Centre for International Law and National University of Singapore
International Centre for Settlement of Investor Disputes (ICSID) of World Bank Group
Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy.

For enquiries, please contact bd@rajahtann.com.

Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law
2021-11-03 18:30 - 19:30
Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law

This inaugural Sydney Law School public lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law will be delivered byÂ Associate Professor Nicole Watson, on the topic of ‘Indigenous Women, Outlaw Culture and the Law’.
The University of Sydney Law School, the oldest in Australia, has long taught almost exclusively the laws brought by settlers to this continent. The Law School is committed to transforming legal education as part of the University’s â€˜One Sydney, Many People’ Indigenous Strategy.
Earlier this year the Law School declared its support for theÂ Uluru Statement of the Heart. We are also committed to further embedding Indigenous perspectives and legal traditions into our curriculum.
This new annual lecture is a key part of those commitments. It seeks to create a public platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars to reflect on the nature of Indigenous laws and legal traditions for a wider audience in Australia and abroad.
2021 Lecture
â€˜Indigenous Women, Outlaw Culture and the Law’
Since the advent of colonisation, Indigenous women have rarely enjoyed the protection of the law. In response to their exclusion from the law’s protection, generations of Indigenous women have developed an outlaw culture, which consists of tactics and practices that provide sanctuary from the violence of colonisation.
In common with the outlaw culture articulated by the American scholar, Monica Evans, Indigenous women’s outlaw culture is manifest in a spectrum of relationships with the law. At one end of the spectrum are the law-breakers who became bushrangers and absconders. At the other end are women who sought to create sanctuary by operating within the law. Such outlaw women drew upon their resourcefulness and grit to advocate for constitutional reform. Others pursued litigation in order to protect the rights of vulnerable people.

The speaker
Associate Professor Nicole Watson, Director of Nura Gili Academic Programs, University of New South Wales.
Nicole Watson is a Murri academic from south-east Queensland, whose family hail from the Munanjali and Birri Gubba peoples. She is the Director of Nura Gili Academic Programs at UNSW, and has an LLB, an LLM and a DCA. Nicole has published a large body of work on legal issues that are pertinent to Indigenous peoples. Her 2021 book Indigenous Legal Judgments, co-edited with Heather Douglas, examines how the stories of Indigenous peoples can be incorporated into legal decision making.
The inaugural lecture is sponsored by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence. It will also feature several guest speakers:

Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver AM, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services), University of Sydney
Professor Simon Bronitt, Dean, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Nathan Allen, First Nations Officer, Sydney University Law Society

Watch the replay
Watch on The University of Sydney’s YouTube: Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law: â€˜Indigenous Women, Outlaw Culture and the Law’,Â delivered by Associate Professor Nicole Watson.
CPD Points:Â 1.5
This lecture is presented by the University of Sydney Law School in collaboration with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) at the University of Sydney.
Banner image credit: â€˜Yanhambabirra Burambabirra Yalbailinya‘ (Come, Share and Learn) 2020 by Luke Penrith for the One Sydney Many People Strategy.

The Public International Law Webinar Series: How states negotiate their treaties
2021-10-26 19:30 - 20:30
The Public International Law Webinar Series: How states negotiate their treaties
The organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. The webinar series will be launched by keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto and Professor Simon Chesterman who will discuss â€œIssues of Legitimacy in the International Legal Orderâ€.
There are ï¬ve weekly webinars in this series. The webinars are free of charge, but places are limited, and prior registration is required.
Registration for the webinars taking place in October 2021 is now open at the hyperlinks below. Do keep an eye out for subsequent ï¬‚yers that will contain information and hyperlinks to sign up for each of the individual webinars.

HOW STATES NEGOTIATE THEIR TREATIES
Moderators: Oonagh Sands (Fietta LLP), Ryce Lee (Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore)
Panellists: Azusa Kikuma (Economic Dispute Settlement Division Â· Ministry of Foreign Aï¬€airs, Japan), Sarah McCosker (LexBridge Lawyers), Henrique Choer Moraes (Ministry of Foreign Aï¬€airs, Brazil), Andrew Williams (Ministry of Foreign Aï¬€airs & Trade, New Zealand)

TUESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2021
9:30 AM (London time) / 4:30 PM (Singapore time) / 7:30 PM (Sydney time)

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Other webinars in the series:

The public international law year in review

9:30 AM (London time) / 5:30 PM (Singapore time) / 8:30 PM (Sydney time)
Find out more and register
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This webinar series is sponsored by:

Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School
American Society of International Law
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
Centre for International Law and National University of Singapore
International Centre for Settlement of Investor Disputes (ICSID) of World Bank Group
Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy.

For enquiries, please contact bd@rajahtann.com.

Cross-border flow of personal data: globalized Internet and fragmented (inter)national regulations
2021-10-22 13:00 - 14:00
Cross-border flow of personal data: globalized Internet and fragmented (inter)national regulations
Personal data is the fuel of the digital economy. However, in the globalised world of personal data being used over the Internet, there is a lack of harmonized international governance mechanisms. A typical example is the ideological, legal and functional divergence in data regulations between countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
This webinar will explore the conflicts and challenges brought by globalized Internet and fragmented international regulations. Using a comparative-law and multilayered approach, it aims to analyze the potential for future law reform.
Speakers and topics

Dr Robert Walters, Victoria University

The Evolution of Data Protection Law and Cross Border Data Flows in the New Digital Economy.
This paper examines the role personal data plays in the evolving digital economy. From its beginning as a rights-based concept, data was regulated to protect the privacy of individuals over the Internet. Yet, today, increasingly as technology evolves this data is being a core component of trade, business, law enforcement, national security, defense amongst others. This paper explores the rights-based approach to regulating data. It further examines the value of the trade in data, and how that data is increasingly being used in sectors such as agriculture, environment, consumer – customer, health and education, transport and infrastructure [ITC]. On the backdrop of the above, the paper will address a further accentuating question as to how far, if at all, the cross-border data flows are being considered in the area of national security and defense. It proposes a way forward by establishing an international harmonised policy approach that, will assist with future law reform between all nation states.

Mr Ken Dai, Dentons China

Regulatory Restrictions on Cross-border Data Transfer under PIPL and DSL in China.
With the enactment of the PRC Data Security Law (DSL) and Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), China has provided the regulatory requirements on dealing with data cross-border, including the important data and personal data. The proposed discussion will focus on how China has developed the enforcement regime of data cross-border transfer and the impact (such as more data localization setting and the procedure of handling security assessment under certain circumstances) of such arrangement on business operation in Chinese market.
Graduated from the University of Bristol in the UK, Ken Dai is one of the pioneering lawyers in China practicing in the area of data protection. Since 2012, he has been offering professional legal services upon the application and enforcement policies of relevant laws in data and privacy protection sphere for multinational corporations and large-scale enterprises, including: (1) reviewing and revising privacy policies, (2) advising on the data protection & privacy issues pertain to employment, (3) issuing compliance opinions upon cross-border transfer of data, (4) analysing the feasibility of business modes from the perspective of data and privacy protection, (5) advising on the data protection & privacy issues pertain to cross-border litigation, arbitration and investigation, (6) advising on the legislation and enforcement trend of data protection & privacy, and cybersecurity, (7) advising on the intersection between data and competition. Ken was ranked as one of the â€œClient Choice Top 20 Lawyersâ€ by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in 2014 and 2017, and as Competition Lawyer of the Year in China by Corporate INTL in 2017.

Professor Leon Trakman, University of New South Wales

Regulating Data Flows in the Digital Economy: Ideological, Legal and Functional Divergence.
A formidable challenge for national and international regulators is to develop a compatible legal regime to regulate cross border data flows. Their obstacle is to respond to ideological, legal and functional divergence over data protection across national boundaries. Their task is to remedy the aberrant consequences of regulatory inertia and inconsistency in regulating data flows efficiently and fairly. This presentation explores these obstacles and challenges. It concludes with possible pathways to ensure greater legal harmonisation across nation states.
Moderator
Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang,Â Sydney Law School

Friday 22 October 2021, 1-2pm AEDT
You will receive Zoom details closer to the date of the event.

This event is sponsored by theÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific LawÂ at the Sydney Law School.

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The Public International Law Webinar Series: Climate change and international disputes
2021-10-20 19:30 - 20:30
The Public International Law Webinar Series: Climate change and international disputes
The organisers are pleased to invite you to attend a public international law webinar series that will bring together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. The webinar series will be launched by keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto and Professor Simon Chesterman who will discuss â€œIssues of Legitimacy in the International Legal Orderâ€.
There are ï¬ve weekly webinars in this series. The webinars are free of charge, but places are limited, and prior registration is required.
Registration for the webinars taking place in October 2021 is now open at the hyperlinks below. Do keep an eye out for subsequent ï¬‚yers that will contain information and hyperlinks to sign up for each of the individual webinars.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES
Moderators: Rachel Tan (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy), David Isidore Tan (Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
Panellists: Paul Barker (Doughty Street Chambers / Gould Center for Conï¬‚ict Resolution, Stanford Law School), Dr Tara Davenport (NUS, Asia-Paciï¬c Centre for Environment Law), Sudhanshu Swaroop QC (20 Essex), Professor Jorge E. ViÃ±uales (University of Cambridge)

WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2021
9:30 AM (London time) / 4:30 PM (Singapore time) / 7:30 PM (Sydney time)

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Other webinars in the series:

How states negotiate their treaties

26 October 2021 | 9:30 AM (London time) / 4:30 PM (Singapore time) / 7:30 PM (Sydney time)
Find out more

The public international law year in review

Date to be confirmed | 9:30 AM (London time) / 5:30 PM (Singapore time) / 8:30 PM (Sydney time)
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This webinar series is sponsored by:

Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School
American Society of International Law
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
Centre for International Law and National University of Singapore
International Centre for Settlement of Investor Disputes (ICSID) of World Bank Group
Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy.

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