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 […]

9th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium

Sydney Law School New Law Building, 3 Law School, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

9th Frontiers in Environmental Law ColloquiumThis colloquium will be held on 16-17 February at The University of Sydney Law School The annual Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium provides a forum for environmental law academics and practitioners to share and discuss their experiences, research, and teaching practices. Through this forum, we aim to: Foster a supportive […]

Domestic and Family Violence Conference

Sydney Law School New Law Building, 3 Law School, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

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 response to Domestic and Family Violence. This conference has been initiated by the Sydney Institute of […]

Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference

Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed

Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy ConferenceRegistration is now open for the annual conference of the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy, which will be hosted by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School on 14 and 15 July 2022. Keynote lectures will be delivered by Professor Kirsty Gover (University of Melbourne) […]

Inspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career Pathways – day 2

WorkshopInspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career Pathways  This workshop will be held on 11-12 August at The University of Sydney Law School Following last year’s successful event, Sydney Law School will again host a workshop showcasing research by undergraduate, Juris Doctor and Masters students studying at law schools around Australia and New Zealand, […]

Global Food Governance Conference

Global Food Governance ConferenceThis year, the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre (The University of Sydney) and the George Institute for Global Health have partnered with the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments (Georgetown University Law Center) to organise the Global Food Governance Conference. This conference, to be held online December […]

In Conversation with Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law (Emerita) Julie Macfarlane

Online event: In Conversation with Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law (Emerita) Julie Macfarlane Wednesday 28 July, 9 – 10.30am   About the event Sydney Law School in collaboration with Insight Exchange invite you to a virtual event about responses to domestic, family and sexualised violence. The event will feature Distinguished University Professor and […]

JSI Seminar: What is the point of going to school?

JSI seminar: What is the point of going to school?Speaker: Dr Luara Ferracioli, The University of Sydney Is there an interest that children have, qua children, which is uniquely or best served by their going to school? In the paper that Dr Luara Ferracioli will present at this seminar, she and Dr Ryan Cox argue that […]

JSI Seminar: Expertise for the End of History: The Rise of Comparative Constitutional Law in the 1990s

JSI Seminar: Expertise for the End of History: The Rise of Comparative Constitutional Law in the 1990sSpeaker: Dr Dylan Lino, University of Queensland Since the 1990s, the fortunes of comparative constitutional law as a field of scholarly enquiry have risen stratospherically. In accounting for the field’s rapid ascent and consolidation, scholars typically identify as the […]

Unilateralism in (International) Economic Law: the Case of Special Economic Zones

Unilateralism in (International) Economic Law: the Case of Special Economic Zones The international economic regime has entered a new phase of reassertion of sovereignty by States. This phase is especially prominent amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While States continue to show respect for the values of international (economic) law, the institutionalization of these values has devolved […]

JSI Seminar: Law’s People

JSI Seminar: Law’s PeopleSpeaker: Dr Susan Bartie, University of Tasmania Alice Erh-Soon Tay was appointed as Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney in 1975. She became the first Asian-Australian and second woman to become a law professor at an Australian university. Her appointment brought with it a belief […]