ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address and Panel Discussions: Legal accelerants for climate action: taking stock for COP28

Law Lounge, Level 1

ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address and Panel Discussions: Legal accelerants for climate action: taking stock for COP28In-person event Climate action is more urgent than ever. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached its highest point in at least two million years, and climate change is causing widespread, and unequal, adverse impacts on nature and people […]

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2023 Domestic and Family Violence Conference

Sydney Law School, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)

Domestic and Family Violence Conference This conference will be held on 9 November at The University of Sydney Law School A one day conference of academic researchers and community professionals who are working to improve our understanding of and responses to Domestic and Family Violence. This conference has been initiated by the Sydney Institute of […]

Inspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career Pathways – day 1

WorkshopInspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career Pathways  This workshop will be held on 12-13 August at The University of Sydney Law School On 12-13 August 2022 the Sydney Law School will host a workshop showcasing research by undergraduate, Juris Doctor and Masters students studying at law schools around Australia and New Zealand. If […]

Digital vulnerability: Vulnerable individuals and remote access technologies in justice

2023 Criminal Law CPD Series:Digital vulnerability: Vulnerable individuals and remote access technologies in justice Ethics & professional responsibility Professional skills Practice Management CPD Points: 1.5 About This seminar will focus on the use of remote access technologies, such as audiovisual links, when working with vulnerable individuals in the justice system, and the developing concept of […]

Vulnerable witness advocacy

2023-24 Criminal Law CPD Series:Vulnerable witness advocacy Professional skills Ethics & professional responsibility CPD Points: 1.5 About This seminar will discuss the definition of a vulnerable witness in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) and the provisions in the Act that allow for the use of pre-recorded evidence and provide for other alternative means of giving evidence. The […]

Non-consensual sexual offence law reform in Western Australia

2023 Criminal Law CPD Series:Non-consensual sexual offence law reform in Western Australia Substantive Law CPD Points: 1.5 About The Attorney-General of Western Australia has asked that State’s Law Reform Commission to review Western Australia’s sexual offence laws. On 23 December 2022, the Commission published a Discussion Paper that deals with, among other things, the law […]