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Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with the Hon Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW Supreme Court

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 ‘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 […]

JSI Seminar: Louise Richardson-Self & Gabrielle Mardon, “Stuck in Suffering: A Philosophical Exploration of Violence”

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 “violence”. Some of the most well-known applications are structural, symbolic, epistemic, psychosocial, and linguistic […]

Sharma: The future of climate litigation in Australia

Sharma: The future of climate litigation in AustraliaThe Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) invites you to a panel discussion on the Sharma decision and its impact on future climate litigation. This panel, chaired by the ACCEL interns, will be the inaugural ACCEL NextGen Series event. You will hear from those directly involved […]

Legal Obligation of the Security Council’s mandate on the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping operations

Legal Obligation of the Security Council’s mandate on the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping operationsSpeaker: Dr Tamer Morris, Sydney Law School While the Security Council has been mandating peacekeepers to protect civilians since 1999, there is still confusion on what it means to ‘protect’. Even though the concept of ‘protection’ can seem self-evident, as […]

Pandemic Policing: Sydney Institute of Criminology panel discussion

Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed

Pandemic Policing: Sydney Institute of Criminology panel discussionTHIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ONLINE AND IN-PERSON AT SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL With the World Health Organisation’s declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, emergency health orders were introduced to contain the spreading contagion. Central to this aim was the restriction of social movement and gatherings enforced […]

Trust in Knowledge Talks – Launch Event

Law Foyer, Level 2

Trust in Knowledge Talks – Launch Event  In-person event Please join us at the launch event of the new Trust in Knowledge Talks seminar series – a research initiative supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and the Research Portfolio at the University of Sydney. Reproducibility, replicability, transparency and integrity are key attributes that enable excellence […]

Reconcile what? Why white Australia needs to rectify its wrongs

Reconcile what? Why white Australia needs to rectify its wrongsJoin lawyer Teela Reid and The Daily Aus’ Editor Billi FitzSimons for a conversation about truth and reckoning. Why are we a nation that has not yet recognised the First People, and what can we do to take action? Ahead of National Reconciliation Week and on the eve […]

JSI Seminar: The Modern Approach to Statutory Interpretation

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JSI Seminar: The Modern Approach to Statutory InterpretationSpeaker: Professor Dale Smith, The University of Melbourne It is now common, in Australia and in a number of other jurisdictions, to speak of “the modern approach to statutory interpretation”. Many of the details of this approach are unclear or contested. However, the modern approach consists at least […]

The role of civil society in food system governance: Comparing Canada, the United States, and Australia

The role of civil society in food system governance: Comparing Canada, the United States, and Australia Ottawa, Canada: Thursday 2 June, 7-9pm (EDT) Baltimore, United States: Thursday 2 June, 7-9pm (EDT) Melbourne/Sydney, Australia: Friday 3 June, 9-11am (AEST) Join this webinar and interactive conversation to learn about how civil society organizations in Canada, the United […]

Equity, Justice and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Food Systems Governance in Canada, Australia, and the United States

Equity, Justice and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Food Systems Governance in Canada, Australia, and the United States Tuesday 14 June, 7.30-9pm – Ottawa, Canada (EDT) Wednesday 15 June, 9.30-11am – Sydney, Australia (AEST) Wednesday 15 June, 7.30-9am – Perth, Australia (AWST) This event will explore the issues of equity and inclusion, as well as Indigenous/settler relations, […]

Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic  Online event This webinar discusses how online (university or other) legal education interacts with each jurisdiction’s legal profession, university system, and ICT infrastructure, as well as how online legal education has developed both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing several jurisdictions beyond the Asia-Pacific […]

2022 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture

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2022 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture: They’re all good cases: Paul Byrne SCDelivered by Justice Peter Hamill Paul Byrne was one of Justice Peter Hamill’s most important mentors. His Honour thought he would use the opportunity, at what would have been, but for Covid, the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Paul Byrne SC Memorial […]