Law School: Events

Cross-border flow of personal data: globalized Internet and fragmented (inter)national regulations
2021-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney)
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.

For enquiries, please contact bd@rajahtann.com.

20th International Arbitration lecture
2021-10-20 17:30 - 18:30
20th International Arbitration lectureParallel proceedings in international arbitration: theoretical analysis and search for practical solutions
Speaker: Salim Moollan QC

About the lecture
The annual International Arbitration lecture, presented by Clayton Utz and supported by the University of Sydney Law School, brings together key figures in international arbitration and the Australian business community to explore the real issues that could affect their international operations, and how international dispute resolution can contribute to their bottom line.
2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the International Arbitration Lecture series, which continues to attract guest speakers from the four corners of the world to give their insights into the challenges facing international arbitration.
Topic
Parallel proceedings in international arbitration: theoretical analysis and search for practical solutions
Fifteen years have elapsed since the last major effort at analysing the problems arising from parallel proceedings in international arbitration and looking for solutions thereto. This lecture, which will in part be based on Mr Moollan’s recently delivered Hague Lectures on the topic, will aim to take a fresh look at this topic – folding in, inter alia, the substantial development of investment arbitration during that period and the new issues which this has given rise to.
About the speaker
Salim Moollan QC specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration. He has acted as Counsel in high profile investment arbitration cases (White Industries v. India, Philip Morris v. Australia, Cairn Energy v. India), and currently acts as lead Counsel in a number of prominent investment arbitrations for both States and investors. In the commercial field, he acts in high-value cases in (in particular) the energy and telecoms fields. He frequently sits as arbitrator (party-appointed and chair) in investment and commercial arbitrations. He has an in-depth knowledge of the procedural regimes of all major international arbitral institutions, being a past chairman and vice-chairman of UNCITRAL, a past Vice-President of the ICC Court, a past member of the LCIA Court, a member of the World Bank’s ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and a former editor of the ICSID Law Review; and having worked closely with these and other institutions in the establishment of an African platform for international arbitration in Mauritius.
The holder of a mathematics degree from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (in addition to a first class law degree from Cambridge University and to a degree in economics and political science from Sciences-Po, Paris), he also has a unique grasp of technical and quantum expert issues. He is also called to the Mauritian Bar and appears from time to time before the Mauritian Courts in complex and high value cases. He frequently appears in the Privy Council on issues ranging from civil law to administrative law and tax matters. He is a Visiting Professor in International Arbitration Law at King’s College London.
CPD points = 1
Webinar details: Wednesday 20 October 2021, 5:30pm – 6:30pm AEDT

This annual event is presented by Clayton Utz and supported by the University of Sydney Law School.

Climate extremes on the road to Glasgow
2021-10-18 18:00 - 19:30
Climate extremes on the road to Glasgow

Recent climate-induced extreme weather events and disasters around the world have resulted in loss of life, property, infrastructure and livelihoods and have severely disrupted the normal functioning of the societies which they have impacted.
TheÂ IPCC’s 2021 Sixth Assessment ReportÂ confirms that these events are likely to become more frequent and more intense as greenhouse gas emissions and global temperatures rise.
Yet international climate change negotiations have delivered outcomes that are entirely inadequate to meet the goal set by the Parties to the Paris Agreement of keeping the rise in average global temperatures below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial temperatures.
The question is what we can expect to be resolved at the negotiations in Glasgow.

Schedule:

Time
Presentation

6-6.15pm
Welcome and Introduction byÂ Professor Rosemary Lyster, Sydney Law School

6.15 – 6.35pm
‘Climate change and our land of extremes’, presented by Professor David Karoly, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO

6.35 – 6.55pm
‘Impacts of the changing climate extremes on Australia’s natural and human systems’, presented by Professor Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University

6.55 – 7.15pm
‘The Global Investment response to the Paris Agreement: Accelerated Engagement driving Rapid Change’, presented by Martijn Wilder AM, Founding Partner, Pollination.

About the speakers:

Professor David Karoly, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO
David Karoly is a Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO Climate Science Centre. He is also an honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is an internationally recognised expert on climate change and climate variability. Professor Karoly was Leader of the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub in the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program, based in CSIRO, during 2018-2021. He was a member of the National Climate Science Advisory Committee during 2018-19. He has been involved in the Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001, 2007, 2014 and 2021 in several different roles. He was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2019 .
Professor Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University
Lesley Hughes is Distinguished Professor of Biology and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity & Development) at Macquarie University. Her principal research interest has been the impacts of climate change on species and the implications for conservation. She is a former Lead Author in the IPCC’s 4th and 5th Assessment Report, a former federal Climate Commissioner and now a Councillor with the Climate Council of Australia. She is also a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and a Director of WWF-Australia.
Martijn Wilder AM, Founding Partner, Pollination
Martijn is a Founding Partner of Pollination, a global climate advisory and investment firm. With a background in economics and law, Martijn is focused on developing innovative policies, ideas and investments that enable our economies to rapidly transition to net zero, while at the same time preserving our natural ecosystems. He is also currently President of WWF-Australia, an Adjunct Professor of International Climate Change Law at Australian National University, and a Member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. Martijn was head of Baker & McKenzie’s global climate law and finance practice for 20 years and has retained over many years the accolade of the world’s leading climate change lawyer and the Star Individual by Chambers Global Law Guide. He was Chair of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), a former founding Director of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and a former Director of the Climate Council. He helped establish and later Chair the Federal Government’s Low Carbon Australia finance body. Martijn was a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar and awarded an Australian Honour (AM) for his contribution to climate change law and the environment, and was winner of the 2018 Financial Times Asia Pacific Legal Innovator of the Year.

Time:Â 6-7.30pmÂ AEDT
This is an online event held on Zoom.

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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Private International Law and Intellectual Property: the ILA Kyoto Guidelines
2021-10-15 15:00 - 16:00
Private International Law and Intellectual Property: the ILA Kyoto Guidelines
In 2020, the 79th Conference of the International Law Association passed the Resolution 6/2020 and adopted the Guidelines on Intellectual Property and Private International Law (â€˜Kyoto Guidelines‘).
The Guidelines are part of international efforts to establish a cooperative global system for jurisdiction, choice of law, and judgment recognition and enforcement in transnational IP disputes. They apply to civil and commercial matters involving IP rights that are connected to more than one State.
In this webinar, we invite distinguished professors from Japan, Republic of Korea and Australia to discuss the contents, implications, and challenges of the Guidelines in regulating complicated IP disputes.
Speakers:
Professor Toshiyuki KonoÂ (Kyushu University, Japan)
The background and significance of the ILA Kyoto Guidelines 2020
The ILA Kyoto Guidelines were adopted in December 2020 at the General Assembly of the ILA. I will explain why and how the initiative to create the Kyoto Guidelines started 10 years ago and what its significance is under the current circumstances, especially after the adoption of the Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters in 2019. The ILA Kyoto Guidelines adopted innovative approaches. Hence, a few selected provisions will be explained in detail which include laws applicable to initial ownership and ubiquitous infringement.
Professor Gyooho LeeÂ (Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea)
Laws applicable to transferability of an intellectual property right and employment contracts under ILA Guidelines
Transferability of an intellectual property right is the law of the State for which protection is sought (Article 19 of ILA Guidelines). In this context, a Korean case will be discussed (Seoul High Court on June 25, 2020, Case No. 2019 Na 2013948), whose main focus is which law is applicable to split-off of a company. My argument is that, in this case, lex loci protection is is the law applicable to transferability of shares of copyright co-owners. Also, my presentation will deal with applicable laws in connection with employment contracts under Article 23 of ILA Guidelines. In this context, it will discuss the Korean Supreme Court Decision on 15 January, 2015 (Case No. 2012 Da 4763), which held that the grant of a free non-exclusive licence to an employer by operation of law would be governed by the law applicable to the employment relationship.
Professor Vivienne BathÂ (Sydney Law School, Australia)
Kyoto Guidelines and injunction in transnational standard essential patents and parallel patent infringement disputes
The paper will look at the possibilities presented by the Kyoto Guidelines in view of the current controversy about jurisdiction over rate-setting for standard essential patents and parallel patent infringement cases.
Moderator:

Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) HuangÂ (Sydney Law School)

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An English and Chinese translation of the Guideline can be downloaded from here.
Flow chat of the Guidelines can be downloaded from here.
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Webinar time:Â 3-4pm AEDT
You will receive Zoom details closer to the date of the event.

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This event is jointly sponsored by theÂ Centre for Asian and Pacific LawÂ at the Sydney Law School and International Law Association (Australian Branch).

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JSI Seminar: Fidelity to Real-World Politics: Political Realism under Conditions of Modernity
2021-10-14 18:00 - 19:30
JSI Seminar: Fidelity to Real-World Politics: Political Realism under Conditions of Modernity
Speaker: Lukas Opacic, Sydney Law School
In recent years, the debate between political moralists and political realists has enjoyed increasing relevance within the philosophical literature, and this presentation adds another voice to that debate. Lukas Opacic begins by outlining what he regards as a key methodological requirement of political realism: that political theory must be sufficiently faithful to the conditions of real-world politics if it is to be â€˜political’ theory (what he calls the â€˜fidelity requirement’). The paper then defends two claims: first, that the â€˜fidelity requirement’ is a necessary one for political theory; and second, that a popular form of political realism, that of Bernard Williams, does not adequately satisfy that requirement.
Speaker
Lukas OpacicÂ is a graduate of Sydney Law School and was awarded his PhD (Realism and Moralism in Political Thought) this year. He also holds a B.Sc. (Pure Mathematics) from the University of Sydney and teaches Constitutional Law and Public Law at Sydney Law School. His research concerns the methodology of political theory, in particular the way in which methodological considerations can shed light on what are generally considered purely substantive questions in political theory. This research also explores the ways in which the work of Michael Oakeshott can be used as an alternative basis for realist thought in a post-liberal political context. In a previous life, Lukas was a concert pianist and a mathematics teacher.

Time:Â 6-7.30pm
This is an online event. Once you register you will receive the Zoom details.

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 Public International Law Webinar Series: New horizons for investor-state disputes
2021-10-13 20:00 - 21:00
The Public International Law Webinar Series: New horizons for investor-state 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.

NEW HORIZONS FOR INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTES
Moderators: Professor Chester Brown (University of Sydney), Ashique Rahman (Fietta LLP)
Panellists: Meg Kinnear (ICSID), Toby Landau QC (Duxton Hill Chambers), Salim Moollan QC (Brick Court Chambers), Francis Xavier SC (Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)

WEDNESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2021
10 AM (London time) / 5 PM (Singapore time) / 8 PM (Sydney time)

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Other webinars in the series:

Climate change and international disputes

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

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.

For enquiries, please contact bd@rajahtann.com.

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: The New Small Business Debtor in Possession Regime - Can it be made to work?
2021-10-13 18:00 - 19:00
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: The New Small Business Debtor in Possession Regime – Can it be made to work?
Speakers:
Eddie Griffith, Partner and Turnaround Practitioner, ReGroup Solutions
Eddie has over 20 years’ experience in business recovery, insolvency and turnaround management. Originally commencing at a top 4 firm in the UK, Eddie has a unique background having been exposed to a broad range of industry sectors with top tier firms and smaller boutique insolvency practices’ both in the UK & Australia.
Nick Cooper, Managing Partner Oracle Insolvency Services
Nick is a Registered Liquidator and a Registered Trustee in Bankruptcy and has worked in insolvency practice for over 25 years. He has acted as an Administrator, Liquidator and Receiver of companies in a diverse range of industries. He has acted on behalf of major banks and in respect of clients of many accounting firms. Nick and his partner Dominic Cantone were appointed as Small Business Restructuring Practitioners of Martini on the Parade Pty Ltd, an Italian fine dining restaurant in Adelaide, in August this year.
Chair:Â Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

Webinar via Zoom, Wednesday 13 October 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.

Book launch of Law and Justice in Malaysia: 2020 and Beyond
2021-10-07 19:00 - 20:30
Book launch of Law and Justice in Malaysia: 2020 and Beyondâ€œThis masterfully edited book â€¦ will help readers find where such intricate balance [that takes into consideration diverse and often conflicting interests] may lie in Malaysian society by introducing a current discussion of justice in the context of Malaysian law â€¦â€ â€” From the Foreword by Yong-Shik Lee, Director, The Law and Development Institute, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgia State University

The book launch ofÂ Law and Justice in Malaysia : 2020 and BeyondÂ will begin with a keynote address byÂ Datuk Seri Dr Nik Norzrul Thani, the CEO of Zico Law, followed by presentations from the contributors,Â Dr Salim FarrarÂ (Sydney Law School)Â andÂ Paul SubramaniamÂ (ZICO Holdings Inc.)

The launch will be followed by a Q and A.

About the book
This book surveys the landscape of law and justice in Malaysia now and beyond through a re-evaluation of Vision 2020. It contains the views and analyses of pre-eminent legal thinkers and writers, with a variety of perspectives, from across the ethnic and religious divide, on the role of law within a more holistic view of Malaysia’s development and with a broad understanding of justice.

The present political landscape of the country makes the analyses presented in this book even more relevant. The chapters of this book cover a vast terrain and disparate subject matter, both public and private in nature. Some unique features of Malaysian law, such as constitutional supremacy, legal pluralism and the space given to Indigenous law and Islamic law, are considered.

Part 1,Â â€œLaw and Governmentâ€, focuses on public law matters: law and development; Indigenous land rights, constitutional law and public prosecution.

Part 2,Â â€œFamily and Financeâ€, examines matters related more to the private sector: family law, children’s rights and Islamic finance.

This book should be of interest to lawyers, judges, judicial officers, academia, civil society groups and everyone concerned with law and justice in Malaysia.

About the keynote speaker
Datuk Seri Dr NikÂ is Chairman of Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC), IIUM Holdings Sdn Bhd (a wholly owned subsidiary of International Islamic University Malaysia) and T7 Global Berhad (formerly known as Tanjung Offshore Berhad). He was appointed by the Minister of International Trade & Industry as the Chairman of Malaysia-Singapore Business Council (MSBC) and is currently Chairman of the Appeals Committee of Bursa Malaysia. Datuk Seri Dr Nik is also Chairman of the Capital Market Compensation Fund Corporation (a corporation set up by the Securities Commission of Malaysia) and is a director of several public companies including Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB), Cagamas Holdings Berhad and MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Berhad. He was also formerly the Chairman of Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation (Malaysia) Berhad and Chairman of Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB) (a wholly owned company under the Minister of Finance Inc.).

Datuk Seri Dr Nik Norzrul Thani is Chairman and Senior Partner of Zaid Ibrahim & Co. (ZICO), the largest law firm in Malaysia and a member of ZICO Law, the premier ASEAN law network with offices in Bangkok, Brunei, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vientiane, Melbourne, Phnom Penh, Singapore, Manila and Yangon as well as an associate office in Jakarta. Prior to joining ZICO, he was practising with the international law firm, Baker & McKenzie. He was previously working with an audit firm and a bank in Kuala Lumpur.

Datuk Seri Dr Nik graduated with LL.B (Hons) from University of Buckingham, Masters in Law (LL.M) from Queen Mary College, University of London, and Ph.D in Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and is a Barrister at Law, Lincoln’s Inn. In addition, he also possesses a Post-Graduate Diploma in Syariah Law and Practice (with distinction) from the International Islamic University Malaysia, and is a member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (United Kingdom). He is also a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and has also been admitted as a Practising Member of the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals (CIIF). Datuk Seri Dr Nik was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School (1996-1997) and Chevening Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies, Oxford University (2004/2005). Datuk Seri Dr Nik is also a registered Notary Public.

Datuk Seri Dr Nik is the author ofÂ â€œLegal Aspects of the Malaysian Financial Systemâ€, and co-author ofÂ â€œThe Law and Practice of Islamic Banking & Financeâ€Â andÂ â€œAn Introduction to Islamic and Conventional Corporate Financeâ€. Datuk Seri Dr Nik is presently completing a bookÂ â€œCorporate Governance and Ethics in Malaysiaâ€Â (to be published by Thomson Reuters Asia Sdn Bhd).

About the editors
Dr Salim Farrar, Sydney Law School:Â Dr Salim Farrar is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law within the Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney, and formerly of the International Islamic University Malaysia. He teaches and researches in Islamic Law, Islamic Ethics, Malaysian Law, International Law, Criminal Justice and Comparative Law. With Ghena Krayem, he is the author of Accommodating Muslims Under Common Law: A Comparative Analysis (Routledge, 2016, 2018); and the editor of Law and Development Review, Special Issue: Law and Development in the Islamic World, Vol 13 (2) (De Gruyter, 2020).

Paul Subramaniam, ZICO Holdings Inc.:Â Paul Subramaniam is currently the Chief Risk Officer of ZICO Holdings Inc. Prior to his current position, he was an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya for 27 years, practising in the field of Litigation and Dispute Resolution. He was also the Head of Knowledge Management and Training for ZICO Law, a network of independent law firms in the ASEAN region. He is the author of A Practical Guide to Preventive Relief – Injunctions, and was the advisory editor of the volumes on Bankruptcy and Injunctions in the MLJ Handbooks Series.

Webinar time: 7pm AEDT (Sydney time), 4pm (Kuala Lumpur time)

Once you register, you will receive Zoom details closer to the date of the event.

The Public International Law Webinar Series: Keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto and Professor Simon Chesterman
2021-10-06 19:30 - 20:30
The Public International Law Webinar Series: Keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto and Professor Simon Chesterman
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.

INTRODUCTION
Matthew Koh (Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY PROFESSOR SHOTARO HAMAMOTO AND PROFESSOR SIMON CHESTERMAN
Keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto (Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University) and Professor Simon Chesterman (National University of Singapore) on â€œIssues of Legitimacy in the International Legal Orderâ€
THE EVER-EXPANDING REMIT OF UNCLOS TRIBUNALS
Moderators: Professor Tim Stephens (University of Sydney), Alvin Yap (Squire Patton Boggs)
Panellists: Stephen Fietta QC (Fietta LLP), Callista Harris (University of Sydney), Ben Juratowitch QC, Captain Ian Park (Royal Navy, United Kingdom)

WEDNESDAY 6 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:

New horizons for investor-state disputes

13 October 2021 |Â 10:00 AM (London time) / 5:00 PM (Singapore time) / 8:00 PM (Sydney time)
Find out more

Climate change and international disputes

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

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.

For enquiries, please contact bd@rajahtann.com.

JSI Seminar: Law's People
2021-09-23 18:00 - 19:30
JSI Seminar: Law’s People
Speaker: Dr Susan Bartie, University of Tasmania
Alice Erh-Soon TayÂ 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 among some of her new colleagues that she would close the jurisprudential arm of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law and end decades of division within the Faculty.
Contrary to expectations, she neither closed the Department nor mended fences. The small Department continued to operate, in the face of opposition and hostility, for another 23 years. Unlike her predecessor, Professor Julius Stone, Tay is not a well-known figure among the current generation of Australian legal academics.
Drawing on this case study, as well as others described inÂ Free Hands and MindsÂ (Hart, 2019) andÂ American Legal Education Abroad – Critical HistoriesÂ (NYU Press, 2021 – edited with David Sandomierski), this paper will explore how and why we honour and remember certain legal figures. It will identify a range of factors, including US influence, which have distorted current understandings of academics and the discipline of law. And it will argue that in some circumstances the running of a department or faculty can be characterised as an important contribution to both the discipline of law and legal theory; a contribution which ought to be better recognised and understood.
Speaker
Dr Susan BartieÂ is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania. She researches the history of legal ideas, law schools and lawyers in Australian society. She is currently working on a 50-year socio-legal history of Australian environmental lawyering which, from 2022 to 2024, will be supported by an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.

Time:Â 6-7.30pm
This is an online event. Once you register you will receive the Zoom details.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

Unilateralism in (International) Economic Law: the Case of Special Economic Zones
2021-09-08 17:00 - 18:15
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 from the international (to the regional) to the domestic level of governance. A new form of â€˜unilateral economic law’ is thus gaining importance in the development of international and domestic laws and institutions.
This seminar aims to celebrate the launch of the special issue ofÂ Journal of International Economic LawÂ on unilateral economic law focusing on Special Economic Zones.
We have engaged leading experts from Qatar, the UK, India, and Hong Kong China:

Speakers
Associate Professor Georgios DimitropoulosÂ at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University:Â â€˜Special Economic Zones in International Economic Law: Towards Unilateral Economic Law’
Principal Researcher Lorenzo CotulaÂ at the International Institute for Environment and Development andÂ Dr Liliane MouanÂ at the Coventry University:Â â€˜Labour Rights in Special Economic Zones: Between Unilateralism and Transnational Law Diffusion’
Professor James J. NedumparaÂ at the Jindal Global Law School andÂ Professor LeÃ¯la Delphine ChoukrouneÂ at the University of Portsmouth:Â â€˜WTO Litigation and SEZs: Determining the Scope of Exceptional Trade Unilateralism’
Professor Julien Laurent ChaisseÂ at the City University of Hong Kong:Â â€˜Dangerous Liaisons: The Story of Special Economic Zones, International Investment Agreements, and Investor-State Dispute Settlement’
Moderator
Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) HuangÂ at the University of Sydney Law School (publishedÂ The Latest Generation of SEZs: Consumer-Oriented Unilateralism in China’s E-Commerce TradeÂ in the special issue).

Webinar date and time: Wednesday 8 September 2021, 5-6.15pm AEST
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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JSI Seminar: Expertise for the End of History: The Rise of Comparative Constitutional Law in the 1990s
2021-09-02 18:00 - 19:30
JSI Seminar: Expertise for the End of History: The Rise of Comparative Constitutional Law in the 1990s
Speaker: 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 main catalyst the wave of constitution-making that occurred in the early 1990s, especially throughout the former Soviet Bloc.
That analysis, while correct, leaves much unsaid about the operative forces, actors and institutions operating at â€˜the end of history’ that helped to establish comparative constitutional law as a prestigious domain of academic expertise.
This paper seeks to shed light on the rise of comparative constitutional law by exploring the origins and operation of one academic institution that was both exemplary of and influential in that rise: the University of Chicago’s Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe.
Drawing on the example of the Chicago Center, the paper argues that comparative constitutional law rose to prominence in substantial part because it was fostered by powerful global actors – Northern states, private foundations and international institutions – to guide and legitimate their agendas of promoting liberal democracy in the Global South and the post-Communist world. For scholars, whether in the Global North, South or East, comparative constitutional law became attractive not simply because of its intellectual interest, but due to the opportunities comparative constitutional expertise offered for exerting political influence over constitution-making and for professional advancement.
Understanding the origins of the rise of comparative constitutional law helps us in understanding the field’s shape today.
About the speaker
Dylan LinoÂ is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland School of Law. He researches in constitutional law and colonialism, especially in their historical and theoretical contexts.

Time: 6-7.30pm AEST
This is an online event. Once you register you will receive the Zoom details.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

JSI Seminar: What is the point of going to school?
2021-08-05 18:00 - 19:30
JSI seminar: What is the point of going to school?
Speaker:Â 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 there is: it is the interest that children have in establishing and maintaining a form of civic friendship with their fellow child citizens. They argue that this is an interest that children have, qua children, that is uniquely served by their going to school. Moreover, they argue that it may well be an interest which is best served by children going to public school rather than private school.
About the speaker
Dr Luara FerracioliÂ is Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of Sydney. She was awarded her PhD from the Australian National University and was a Global Leaders Fellow at Oxford and Princeton in 2011-2013. Prior to her appointment at the University of Sydney, she was an assistant professor in Political Theory at the University of Amsterdam. In 2021-2022, she will be a Laurence S. Rockefeller Fellow at Princeton. Her book Liberal Self-Determination in a World of Migration will be published with OUP in December 2021.

Time:Â 6-7.30pm
This is an online event. Once you register you will receive the Zoom details.

CPD Points:Â 1.5

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

In Conversation with Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law (Emerita) Julie Macfarlane
2021-07-28 09:00 - 10:30
Online event:
In Conversation with Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law (Emerita) Julie Macfarlane
Wednesday 28 July, 9 – 10.30am
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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 Professor of Law (Emerita)Â Julie Macfarlane.
The session is free and is in two parts:

Part A The dilemma of disclosure (sexualised violence)
Part B The problem of non-disclosure agreements.

PART A:Â The dilemma of disclosure (sexualised violence)
Julie Macfarlane, author of â€˜Going Public’ will share her lived experience insights including disclosure and navigating the justice system.
Key Audience: People with lived experience of domestic, family and sexualised violence, people who are responding (formally and informally), people leading response strategies in organisations and institutions.
PART B:Â The problem of non-disclosure agreements
Julie Macfarlane will share her international work to prevent the problematic use of nondisclosure agreements as a toxic bargain that conceals violence and abuse.
Key Audience: Board Members, Non-Executive Directors, Executive Leaders, Human Resource Teams, Lawyers, people leading response strategies in organisations and institutions.
The event will be facilitated by:

Associate Professor Dr Ghena Krayem,Â Sydney Law School
Sal Dennis, Director of Insight Exchange
Rebecca Glenn, Assistant Director of Insight Exchange and Founder of Centre for Women’s Economic Safety.

Time
Part A:Â 9 – 9.45am AEST
Part B:Â 9.45 – 10.30am AEST

Registration
Find out more and register your attendance

CPD points: 1.5
This event is hosted by Sydney Law School in collaboration with Insight Exchange

Global Food Governance Conference
2026-05-10 15:30
Global Food Governance Conference
This 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 14 to 16 2021 from 6am-11am AEDT, will bring together lawyers, policymakers, nutritionists, and health scientists to explore how law, policy, and regulation can help address food system challenges at the local, national, regional, and global levels.
About the conference
Malnutrition, climate change, globalisation, and trade patterns profoundly shape the global food system. These challenges, along with rapid population growth, have compromised the ability of food systems to deliver safe, nutritious, sustainable, and equitable foods, in turn impacting the fulfillment of fundamental human rights.
Through a broad and interdisciplinary approach, the Global Food Governance Conference will consider how legislative, regulatory, and policy regimes impede or facilitate access to safe, nutritious, sustainable, and equitable food. The conference will explore issues such as (1) food security, safety, and sustainability, (2) the promotion of healthier diets, addressing both under and over-nourishment, including diet-related risk factors for non-communicable diseases, (3) equity and social justice in global food systems, including human rights-based approaches, and (4) Indigenous food systems governance.
Hoping to highlight the interrelationships between the main challenges facing the global food system in the 21st century, this conference also aims to create new opportunities for collaborations that promote access to healthy and sustainable food for all.
Confirmed speakers

Namukolo Covic,Â Senior Research Coordinator, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Nicholas Freudenberg,Â Distinguished Professor of Public Health, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Amandine Garde, Professor of Law, University of Liverpool
Carlos Monteiro, Professor of Nutrition and Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Registration

Full Conference Fee (3 days): $100 USD
Full Single Day Fee: $30 USD
Discounted Full Conference Fee: $50 USD (Students, civil society members, unwaged, and researchers/academics based in low- and middle-income countries)
Discounted Single Day Fee: $15 USD (Students, civil society members, unwaged, and researchers/academics based in low- and middle-income countries)

There will also be an option to request aÂ complete fee waiver. This request can be submitted by anyone that identifies as any of the above listed categories. Requests will be determined by the Conference Organizing Committee.
Find out more information on the official Global Food Governance Conference page.

Contact
Should you have questions, please email:

Margherita CinÃ : mmc313@georgetown.edu
Dr Belinda Reeve, Sydney Law School: belinda.reeve@sydney.edu.au.

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 2021 Global Food Governance Conference.

Inspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career Pathways - day 2
2026-05-10 15:30
WorkshopInspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career PathwaysÂ
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, on 11-12 August 2023.
If you are currently doing or have recently completed an honours thesis, an independent research project or substantial research paper as part of your degree, we invite you to present your research and meet other students, scholars, and practitioners.
Apart from presenting your work, the workshop will give you the opportunity to develop strategies to disseminate it by turning it into a journal article or making a contribution to policy formulation and law reform.
The workshop convenors are ProfessorÂ Yane Svetiev, Associate Dean for Research Education, Dr Zofia Bednarz and Dr David Winterton at Sydney Law School,
Invited speakers include the HonourableÂ Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of NSW. Other guest speakers Dr Simon Chapple, Barrister, 13th Floor, St James Hall and Meredith Simons, Lawyer at the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and Practitioner-in-residence Sydney Law School will discuss reasons for doing an advanced research degree in law, such as a PhD, and the career pathways it can open up.
The research presentations will be organised around topic areas with two prizes awarded for: (1) the best paper and presentation, and (2) the best abstract for a doctoral research project based on the thesis topic.
We invite research projects in all areas of law and regulation, including:

private law
regulatory law
public and constitutional law
international and comparative law.

Expressions of interest to participate in the workshop based on the submission of an abstract will close on Monday 10 July 2023 at 5pm AEST.
Discretionary travel grants are available, up to $500, for those students who can demonstrate financial need.

Contact: law.events@sydney.edu.au

This workshop is hosted by the University of Sydney Law School.

Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference
2026-05-10 15:30 | Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed
Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference
Registration 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 GoverÂ (University of Melbourne) andÂ Professor Claudio MichelonÂ (University of Edinburgh).
The subject of the annual book symposium will beÂ Constituent Power and the LawÂ byÂ Professor Joel ColÃ³n-RÃosÂ (Victoria University of Wellington). Commentaries will be provided by Professor Rosalind Dixon and Ayesha Wijayalath (University of New South Wales), Dr Yarran Hominh (Dartmouth College), and Associate Professor Ron Levy (Australian National University).
Papers on a range of issues in legal theory, broadly defined, will also be presented and discussed.
> VIEW THE DRAFT PROGRAM (PDF) (as at 5 July 2022)
Thursday 14 July and Friday 15 July 2022
>> THURSDAY 14 JULY 2022, 12 – 5.45PM AEST (followed by cocktail reception)
9am – 12pm: PhD workshop (by invitation only)
12 – 5.45pm: Conference
5.45 – 6.45pm: Cocktail reception
7-9pm: Conference dinner
>> FRIDAY 15 JULY 2022, 9am – 5.30PM AEST

Registration feesÂ (inc. GST)
Attending in-person both days

ASLP member: $300
Non-member: $395 (includes ASLP membership)
Student ASLP member: $125
Student non-member: $170 (includes ASLP membership)

Conference dinner

Cost: $100 (includes a three course vegetarian meal and drinks package)
Location: Forum Restaurant, Corner of City Road and Eastern Avenue Level 1, F23 The Michael Spence Building, Camperdown.

Attending online both days

ASLP member online: $110
Non-member online: $205 (includes ASLP membership)
Student ASLP member online: $50
Student non-member online: $95 (includes ASLP membership)

The conference is hosted by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at Sydney Law School.

Domestic and Family Violence Conference
2026-05-10 15:30 | Sydney Law School, New Law Building, 3 Law School, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, 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 Criminology, and is supported by the University of Sydney Law School; the School of Psychology, the Women at Sydney Network; Diversity and Inclusion; and the Research Centre for Children and Families.

About the conference
Domestic and family violence is rife in Australia. Concerningly, 1 in 6 women have experienced physical or sexual violence by a current or former partner, and one woman a week is killed (AIHW, 2018).
To address this complex issue, the Sydney Institute of Criminology is organising a one-day conference on domestic and family violence. This event will take place in person at The University of Sydney Camperdown Campus on Wednesday, 9 November.
The conference will bring together a diverse group of people, including those with lived experience, academics, and professionals working in community organisations. We hope to learn from one another’s knowledge and experiences to enhance our understanding of and responses to this urgent national issue. Our aim is to start a dialogue between community organisations and researchers that may lead to mutually beneficial research and practice collaborations.
Program
A final program is available here (last updated 08 November 2022).

Venue
Sydney Law School, New Law Building Annexe – Level 1
The University of Sydney

Please note that by registering to this event, you will also be registered to attend 16 Days of Activism â€” Lunchtime Event.

Contact: If you have questions, please email: Associate Professor Helen Paterson: helen.paterson@sydney.edu.au
This conference is hosted by the University ofÂ Sydney Law School.

SCIL International Law Year in Review Conference
2026-05-10 15:30 | Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School
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9th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium
2026-05-10 15:30 | Sydney Law School, New Law Building, 3 Law School, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
9th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium
This 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 and inclusive network of like-minded individuals;
Explore innovative environmental law ideas and insights within and beyond our discipline;
Contribute meaningfully to the future of environmental law in our region;
Share approaches to teaching and learning in environmental law; and
Assist environmental law academics to actively build their careers.

Colloquium Theme for 2023:
A Half Century of Environmental Law: Where to From Here?
This year marks fifty years since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, a conference that led to the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the first international instrument to broadly recognise the dependency of humans on the natural world, the Stockholm Convention. Over the past fifty years, we have
witnessed the maturity of environmental law as a discipline, as major multilateral agreements including the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Biodiversity Convention, as well as
the Rio Principles have shaped domestic environmental laws around the world, and a body of scholarship has concurrently developed.
As we enter the second half of environmental law’s first century, we are facing an extinction crisis that is being exacerbated by a climate crisis. Australia is particularly vulnerable to the impacts as we struggle to adapt to major species losses and frequent extreme weather events. The urgency of this situation has prompted an increasing volume of litigation, both in Australia and abroad, and calls to reform environmental and climate laws that are not working. We invite you to reflect with us on the relevancy of environmental law’s pioneering sentiments today, in light of what is needed to secure a stable future.
Program
Click here to view the program (updated on 8/2/23)
Registration
Full fee: $100 per person
Dinner (optional) – on Day 1, Thu 16 February, 6pm at Thai Pathong, Newtown: $50
Register here.
Venue
Sydney Law School, New Law Building (room tbc)
The University of Sydney
Nearby hotels
Local hotels to University campus

This conference is hosted by the University ofÂ Sydney Law School.

Non-consensual sexual offence law reform in Western Australia
2026-05-10 15:30
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 relating to sexual consent and the operation of honest and reasonable mistake of fact in non-consensual sexual offence proceedings. This seminar will consider the various reform options. It will particularly focus on how the law should define â€˜consent’; vitiating circumstances such as mistakes and threats; and the circumstances in which the honest and reasonable mistake of fact excuse should be available to a person accused of non-consensual sexual offending. There will be some discussion of recent law reform activity in this area in other Australian jurisdictions – most notably, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
Presenter
Dr Andrew DyerÂ is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School and has been a Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology since 1 January 2021. His research concerns criminal law and human rights law and the relationship between them.

This webinar will be released on Thursday 27 April, 2023.
Find out more about the series.

Vulnerable witness advocacy
2026-05-10 15:30
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 theÂ Criminal Procedure ActÂ 1986Â (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 seminar will particularly consider the way a complainant’s evidence is adduced in the Child Sexual Assault Program operating in some NSW courts. There will also be some discussion ofÂ Evidence ActÂ 1995Â (NSW) provisions that may be relevant to the evidence of a vulnerable witness. Finally, the seminar will cover relevant provisions of theÂ Equality before the Law Bench BookÂ and some findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Presenter
Philip Hogan is a Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (â€˜ODPP’). He was appointed to this office in 2018, having served as a Crown Prosecutor since 2010. Before that, Philip spent 13 years at the NSW Bar, practising from Samuel Griffiths Chambers. He appears regularly in serious criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW and the District Court of NSW.

This webinar will be released on Thursday 25 May, 2023.
Find out more about the series.

Digital vulnerability: Vulnerable individuals and remote access technologies in justice
2026-05-10 15:30
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 â€˜digital vulnerability’. The seminar will draw on Dr McKay’s current Australian Research Council (â€˜ARC’) funded research and examine the multiple layers of vulnerability that individuals may experience while involved in legal matters. It will present preliminary findings from initial fieldwork interviews with lawyers and judicial officers that reveal critical perspectives on the impacts of digitalisation on vulnerable people in the justice system. While the research project and findings centre on the criminal justice system, many of the issues are equally relevant to legal practitioners working with vulnerable people in civil matters.
Presenter
Dr Carolyn McKay 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 CoDirector 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 â€˜appearance’ and the justice matrix (2018)Â Routledge. During the period July 2021 – June 2024, Carolyn will undertake her ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) ‘The Digital Criminal Justice Project: Vulnerability and the Digital Subject’.
Carolyn serves on the NSW Bar Association Innovation & Technology Committee and served on the 2019 NSW Law Society Legal Technologies Committee. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford 2019 and for 3 months at the OÃ±ati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain 2013-14. Carolyn has previously consulted on anti-dumping trade disputes and indirect taxation, working in both Sydney and Tokyo, and she also has a digital media/visual arts practice.

This webinar will be released on Thursday 29 June, 2023.
Find out more about the series.

Inspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career Pathways - day 1
2026-05-10 15:30
WorkshopInspiring Legal Research: New Scholarly Horizons and Career PathwaysÂ
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 you are currently doing or have recently completed an honours thesis, an independent research project or substantial research paper as part of your degree, we invite you to present your research and meet other students, scholars, and practitioners.
Apart from presenting your work, the workshop will give you the opportunity to develop strategies to disseminate it by turning it into a journal article or making a contribution to policy formulation and law reform.
The workshop convenor is Yane Svetiev, Associate Dean for Research Education at the Sydney Law School. Invited speakers include Saskia Hufnagel (Queen Mary) and Colin King (University of London). The speakers will discuss reasons for doing an advanced research degree in law, such as a PhD, and the career pathways it can open up.
The research presentations will be organised around topic areas with a prize awarded to the best paper and presentation. We invite research projects in all areas of law and regulation, including private law, regulatory law, public and constitutional law, international and comparative law.
Expressions of interest to participate in the workshop is now closed.
Discretionary travel grants are available, up to $500, for those students who can demonstrate financial need.

Contact: law.events@sydney.edu.au

This conference is hosted by the University ofÂ Sydney Law School.

2023 Domestic and Family Violence Conference
2026-05-10 15:30 | 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 Criminology, and is additionally supported by the University of Sydney Law School; the School of Psychology, the Women at Sydney Network; Diversity and Inclusion; and Social Work and Policy Studies.

About the conference
Domestic and family violence is rife in Australia. Concerningly, 1 in 6 women have experienced physical or sexual violence by a current or former partner, and one woman a week is killed (AIHW, 2018).
To address this complex issue, the Sydney Institute of Criminology is organising a one-day conference on domestic and family violence. This event will take place in person on Gadigal Land at The University of Sydney Camperdown Campus on Thursday, 9 November.
The conference will bring together a diverse group of people, including academics, professionals working in community organisations, and those with lived experience. It is hoped that we will be able to learn from one another’s knowledge and experiences to enhance our understanding of and responses to this urgent national issue. Our aim is to start a dialogue between community organisations and researchers that may lead to mutually beneficial research collaborations.
Venue
Sydney Law School, New Law Building Annexe – Level 1
The University of Sydney

Program
View the latest program here (updated 31 October 2023)

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Please note that by registering to this event, you will also be registered to attend 16 Days of Activism â€” Lunchtime Event.

Contact: If you have questions, please email: Associate Professor Helen Paterson: helen.paterson@sydney.edu.au
This conference is hosted by the University ofÂ Sydney Law School.

ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address and Panel Discussions: Legal accelerants for climate action: taking stock for COP28
2026-05-10 15:30 | Law Lounge, Level 1
ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address and Panel Discussions: LegalÂ accelerantsÂ for climate action: taking stock for COP28
In-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 (IPCC, 2023) .Â In order to limit global warming to 1.5Â°C above pre-industrial levels and prevent the worst impacts, developed countries must reach net zero by 2040, and emerging economies by 2050. Despite this, current policies will lead to a 2.8Â°C temperature rise by 2100.Â In a time when we should be accelerating our efforts, we backslide.Â
In November, leaders will gather at COP28 for the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement. The process for preparing the next cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions will also be launched.Â
This event will bring together leading researchers and professionals ahead of the COP to provide insights on how to conceptualise, develop and implement legal and governance tools to accelerate deep decarbonisation, adaptation and address loss and damage, on a whole of economy basis. Against the backdrop of the UN’s 2023 Acceleration Agenda, experts will discuss the various dimensions of legal acceleration to ensure a more equitable transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient global economy.
The 2023 ACCEL Distinguished Address will be delivered by Dr Ian Fry, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. Dr Fry will discuss important human rights and justice dimensions of the UN’s Acceleration Agenda, including the need to integrate human rights standards and principles into accelerated climate action.Â
The Distinguished Address will be supported by a series of panels in which leading experts will discuss the role and potential of legal accelerants in the context of climate finance, climate litigation, law and nature and the law of the sea. Speakers include Frances Anggadi (University of Wollongong), David Barnden (Equity Generation Lawyers), Gareth Bryant (University of Sydney), Zoe Bush (Environmental Defenders Office), Emma Carmody (Restore Blue),Â Arjuna Dibley (Sustainable Finance Hub, University of Melbourne), Dominique Hogan-Doran SC (5 Wentworth), Tim Stephens (University of Sydney), Zoe Whitton (Pollination) andÂ Rachel Walmsley (Environmental Defenders’ Office).
Draft schedule
8.30amÂ Registration
9.00am:Â Welcome and opening remarks
9.15am: Legal acceleration and the role of climate litigation
Speakers:Â Dominique Hogan-Doran SC (5 Wentworth),Â David Barnden (Equity Generation Lawyers) andÂ Zoe Bush (Environmental Defenders Office)
10.30am: Morning tea
11amÂ Climate finance and accelerated climate action
Speakers:Â Arjuna Dibley (Sustainable Finance Hub, University of Melbourne),Â Gareth Bryant (University of Sydney) and Kate Owens (ACCEL)
12.30pmÂ Lunch
1.30pmÂ Â Nature restoration and the acceleration agenda
Speakers: Gerry Bates (University of Sydney),Â Emma Carmody (Restore Blue),Â Rachel Walmsley (Environmental Defenders’ Office), Rachel Killean (Chair, University of Sydney)
3.00pmÂ Afternoon tea
3.30pmÂ Climate change and the Law of the Sea
Speakers: Ian Fry (Special Rapporteur), Tim Stephens (University of Sydney),Â Â Frances Anggadi (University of Wollongong) and Chester Brown (Chair, University of Sydney)â€‚â€‚
5.00pmÂ Cocktail reception
5.30pmÂ 2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: Human rights, climate justice and the UN Acceleration Agenda
Registration – now open

FullÂ day: $100
Panel DiscussionsÂ only: $70
2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: $40

Student rates

Full day: $50
Panel Discussions only: $35
2023 ACCEL Distinguished Speaker Address: $20

Tuesday 31 October 2023
Venue:Â Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)

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

Business Compliance in International Commercial Transactions across Asia Pacific
2026-05-10 15:30 | New Law Building (F10)
Business Compliance in International Commercial Transactions across Asia Pacific
This international conference will be held on 21 February 2024 at The University of Sydney Law School.Â
The year 2024 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Shanghai Winter School program, offered by the University of Sydney Law School in collaboration with the East China University of Political Science and Law. To celebrate this milestone, the Sydney Law School will proudly host an academic conference titled â€˜Business Compliance in International Commercial Transactions in Asia Pacific’ on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
Business compliance in international transactions across the Asia-Pacific region holds immense importance for organizations seeking to expand their activities within this dynamic and evolving landscape. Multinational corporations operating in Asia Pacific often confront unique compliance challenges due to the swiftly changing regulatory and geopolitical environment in the region.
The event will take place at the Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney Law School in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday February 21, 2024. The primary language of the conference will be English.
We will also be holding a celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Shanghai Winter School program after the conference. You will need to register separately for this event. Please find further details here.
The Conference will cover the following topics:

Keynote: Justice and injustice in foreign judgments – does terminology matter?
Professor Andrew Dickinson, Oxford University Law School

Anti-Money Laundering: current challenges and new responses
Victoria Trent, Commonwealth Bank

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing compliance: A banking perspective on the value of adopting a commercial risk-based approach.

Dr. David Chaikin and Dr. Lana Nadj, USYD

A Critical Analysis of the Risk-Based Approach to Anti-Money Laundering and the Legal Profession

Manvee Kumar Saidha, Trilegal, Mumbai, India

Online: Digitisation in Trade Financing: Mitigating Money Laundering Risks through Technological Innovation, Regulatory Interoperability, and Increased Policy-focused Dialogue

Dr Anastasia Suhartati Lukito, University of Surabaya, Indonesia

Enhancing Business Compliance Through Beneficial Ownership Disclosure in Indonesia

(Anti-Money Laundering and Corporate Crime Perspectives)
Financial Crime and Corporates
Professor Philip Nichols, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Does Compliance With the Antibribery Regime Require the Use of Artificial Intelligence?

Avin Persad-Ford, Howard C. Cohen & Associates

Online: Deferred Prosecution Agreements in Australia: How to Protect the Shawcross Principle

Dr Alan Koh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence and Director Liability: Bridging the Enforcement Gap

Soumya Rajsingh, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University

Exahing Corporate Compliance for Combating Modern Slavery in India’s Global Value Chain: An Analysis

Private International Law-Arbitration
Professor Luke Nottage, USYD

Compliance with Alternative Dispute Resolution commitments in international commercial and investment agreements

Yang Liu, ECUPL

Unilateral Sanctions as Defenses in Investment Arbitration

Ganesh Sahathevan, Centre For Industrial Research, Melanesian Mambefor Corporation

Remote Sensing Evidence in The Resolution Of Disputes Concerning Non-Compliant Carbon Credit Products

Dan Xie, ECUPL

The Judicial Understanding and Implementation of Due Process Defence under the New York Convention by Chinese Courts: A Comprehensive Analysis

Private International Law-Litigation
Professor Vivienne Bath, USYD
Professor Tao Du, ECUPL

The HCCH Conventions in Chinese Courts

Dr Yan Li, Seoul National University Law Research Institute
Declining Jurisdiction in China and South Korea: A Mixture of Civil and Common Law Culture in Private International Law?
Dr Thu Thuy Nguyen, Hanoi Law University
Online: The Barriers for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Vietnam
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Private International Law-International commercial transactions
Professor Bing Ling, USYD
Dapo Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Economic Sanctions and the Trade-Compliance Dilemmas for Chinese Companies

Dr Lemuel Didulo Lopez, RMIT University

Online: â€œChoice of Forum Clause and the Protection of Weaker Parties: Lessons from Asiaâ€

Stefano Dominelli, University of Genoa, Italy

Online: â€œâ€˜Once a Trader, Always a Trader’ – Or Maybe not: The EU Law Shaping of the Law of State Immunitiesâ€

Cross Border Flow of Data
Professor Henry Gao, Singapore Management University

WTO Joint Statement Initiative on E-commerce: half full or half empty?

Shangxuan Wu, ECUPL

An Anatomy of China’s Cross-border Data Flow Regulation Regime

Dr Phoebe Li and Dr. Minako Morita-Jaeger, University of Sussex School of Law

Online: Interoperability of the UK’s data governance regimes: From domestic to international trade perspectives

Naeem Allah Rakha, Tashkent State University of Law

Online: â€œTowards a Cross-Border Cyber-security Legal Framework: Examining Data Protection Compliance Risks in Digital Trade across the Asia Pacificâ€

Data Protection and Security
Yixian Li, Ravi Prakash Vyas and Inma Conde, USYD

Is China the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer?: Global Companies and China’s Data Surveillance and Privacy Laws

Guangyi Qu, ECUPL

The Concept of Security in International Trade Law

Tianqi Gu, USYD

Data Protection and National Securityâ€”Foreign Direct Investment in Australia and China

Fitria Dewi Navisa, Universitas Islam Malang, Indonesia

Legality of Legal Products Produced by AI based on Positive Law in Indonesia

Supply Chain Round Table Discussion

Professor Zhenjie Zhou, College for Criminal Law Science, Beijing Normal University
Dr. Wangjie Chen, ECUPL
Online: Minh Nhut Le, International Law Faculty at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law in Vietnam
Other speakers to be announced.

Click here to view the program.

Wednesday 21 February 2024
Venue:Â New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus
Registration:Â $50 for the full-day conference
For USYD students, staff and alumni, please email us at law.events@sydney.edu.au for a discount code.
Registration has now closed for this event.Â
Enquiries may be directed to: law.events@sydney.edu.au

This conference is hosted by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School and the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

Restoration Law and Finance Conference: Legal and Financial Obstacles to Rehabilitation, Rehydration and Regeneration of Land and Water and Options for Reform
2026-05-10 15:30 | Law Foyer, Level 2
Restoration Law and Finance Conference: Legal and Financial Obstacles to Rehabilitation, Rehydration and Regeneration of Land and Water and Options for Reform
In-person event

The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School invites you to Australia’s inaugural â€˜Restoration Law and Finance Conference’ on Thursday and Friday, 7 & 8Â December 2023.
The Australian Federal Government has committed to â€˜preventing, halting and reversing the loss of nature’ by signing up to The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, publishing the Nature Positive Plan (2022) and introducing the Nature Market Repair Bill (2023). As stated in the recently released Independent Review of the NSW Biodiversity Act 2016, chaired by Ken Henry, it is time to move â€˜beyond biodiversity conservation to a â€œnature positiveâ€ framing that emphasises the need to repair past damage and to take urgent action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, putting nature on a path to recovery, so that thriving ecosystems can support future generations’.
To achieve this, legal and financial barriers to restoration need to be addressed urgently.
Through a series of keynotes, presentations and panel discussions, the conference will bring together a diverse range of speakers, including Indigenous experts, lawyers, investors, restoration practitioners and government officials to discuss the legal and financial barriers to restoring nature across a range of land tenures, and workable solutions to address these issues. Federal initiatives for nature positive repair are unlikely to succeed unless these challenges are confronted head on.
Speakers include: Dr Justine Bell-James (Associate Professor, University of Queensland Law School); Dr Gerry Bates (University of Sydney); Dr Louise Camenzuli (Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth); Dr Emma Carmody (Restore Blue); Rohan Clarke (Regen Farmers Mutual); Raeleen Draper (Senior Natural Environment Project Officer (Blue Heart), Sunshine Coast Council); Veda FitzSimonsÂ (Associate Director, Pollination); Carolyn Hall (CEO and Managing Director, The Mulloon Institute);Â Dr Ken HenryÂ (Economist, Non-Executive Director of the Australian Securities Exchange, Cape York Partnership and Accounting for Nature Ltd.); Fiachra Kearney (Forever Wild); Stella Kondylas (The Nature Conservancy); Jock Mackenzie (EarthWatch); Grantley Smith (Restore Blue); Heidi Mippy (Noongar and This-Man-Warriyangka woman, Curtin University); Associate Professor Brad Moggridge (University of Canberra);Â Stephen Murphy (Conservation Partners); Claire Smith (Partner, Clayton Utz);Â Professor Ben Richardson (University of Tasmania Law School); James Trezise (Biodiversity Conservation Council); Laura Waterford (Director, Pollination);Â Cassandra Stevens (Director, Kullilli Bulloo River Aboriginal Corporation)

View the program and read speaker bios here (Updated 7 December 2023)

Thursday 7 – Friday 8 December 2023
Venue:Â Law Foyer, Level 2, New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney, Camperdown campus

This event is hosted by the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School and is proudly supported by Mills Oakley.

2024 SCIL International Law Year in Review Conference
2026-05-10 15:30 | New Law Building (F10)
2024 SCIL International Law Year in Review Conference
In-person event
The annual SCIL Year in Review conference will host a number of exciting panels covering major developments in international law in 2023.
Our keynote is the newly-appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, Professor Ben Saul,Â who will discuss the appointment and the major issues arising in relation to the position.
The conference will include a literary lunch featuring James Bradley (author of Ghost Species, Clade, and the upcoming Deep Water) in conversation with Michaela Kalowski (interviewer and curator).
In addition to the regular panel on international law cases in Australian courts, and Australia’s role in international court cases, we will have special sessions on:

the Law of the Sea in 2023 – including presentations on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, and new developments on seabed mining and offshore renewable energy
Private International Law in 2023, including presentations on the London Steamship v Kingdom of Spain case
International law and developments in technology in 2023.

View the program here.
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Friday 23 February 2024
Venue: New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus)
Room to be confirmed

Registration

Full-fee: $100
Non-USYD student/concession: $50

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About the literary lunch
James Bradley is a writer and critic. His books include the novels Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist, CladeÂ and Ghost Species, a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus, and The Penguin Book of the Ocean. His essays and articles have appeared in The Monthly, The Guardian, Sydney Review of Books, Griffith Review, Meanjin, the Weekend AustralianÂ and the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2012 he won the Pascall Prize for Australia’s Critic of the Year, and he has been shortlisted twice for the Bragg Prize for Science Writing and nominated for a Walkley Award. He lives in Sydney. His new book Deep Water, out on April 3, explores how the ocean has shaped and sustained life on Earth from the beginning of time. Weaving together science, history and personal experience, it offers vital new ways of understanding not just humanity’s relationship with the planet, but our past – and perhaps most importantly, our future.
Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator & curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Michelle de Kretser, & Stan Grant. She’s the curator ofÂ Big Weekend of Books,Â ABC RN’s on-air writers’ festival that takes place in mid June and is now in its fifth year.
She also produces and hosts a monthly books conversation event for Petersham Bowling Club called Readers. Michaela has conducted radio interviews and presented programs across ABC radio and is currently a co-host of The Bookshelf. She’s co-presenter & co-writer of a two-part podcast for ABC RN, tracing part of her family’s history, called Laya’s Way Home.

This event is hosted by theÂ Sydney Centre for International LawÂ at The University of Sydney Law School.
