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Can we accommodate independent legal representation for complainants of sexual violence in an adversarial system?

Law Lounge, Level 1

Can we accommodate independent legal representation for complainants of sexual violence in an adversarial system?In-person event “The legitimate rights of the accused should be protected and fulfilled. So too the rights of the community.” - VLRC, 2021 Australia has not been immune from calls to strengthen its criminal justice system, with a series of inquiries over the […]

Meet the author | Reimagining Desistance from Male-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence: The role and experiences of female victims-survivors

Law Lounge, Level 1

Meet the author | Reimagining Desistance from Male-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence: The role and experiences of female victims-survivorsHybrid event Despite decades of research, our understanding of IPV desistance processes is very limited. In particular, understanding of the mechanisms that may account for why some men ‘stop’ abusing their partners and others persist, is under-developed. Because […]

Julius Stone Address: What is political progress?

Lecture Theatre 101, level 1, New Law Building F10A, Campderdown Campus

Julius Stone Address: What is political progress?In-person event   Progress is both a necessary and a dangerous idea. It is necessary if one is striving to improve the way things are, and it is dangerous because the pursuit of progress has historically often given rise to episodes of paternalism, colonial domination and narratives of civilizational […]

Report launch | The risks of oil and gas development for human health and wellbeing: A synthesis of evidence and the implications for Australia.

Law Foyer, Level 2

Report launch | The risks of oil and gas development for human health and wellbeing: A synthesis of evidence and the implications for Australia In-person event This launch event will highlight the significance of the new report “The risks of oil and gas development for human health and wellbeing: A synthesis of evidence and the implications […]

JSI Seminar | Beyond Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property: opportunities in law reform for Aboriginal-led medicines in Australia and the limitations of legal pluralism

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

JSI Seminar | Beyond Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property: opportunities in law reform for Aboriginal-led medicines in Australia and the limitations of legal pluralismIn-person event Australian regulators and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have the opportunity to co-design a cross-jurisdictional framework that ensures structural integrity and cultural ethics, which embodies international law principles and […]

Criminalising Children: Should we raise the age of criminal responsibility?

Law Foyer, Level 2

Criminalising Children: Should we raise the age of criminal responsibility? In-person event Recently, the Northern Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years. In New South Wales, and other Australian jurisdictions, the minimum age remains 10, which is one of the lowest minimum ages […]

Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and Beyond

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and BeyondHybrid event This hybrid-format webinar compares the historical trajectory of international arbitration law and practice in Australia and Japan in regional and global contexts. An aim is to explore the evolving images and contours of arbitration and scope for cross-border collaboration in promoting this popular but sometimes […]

2nd Annual Global Sports Law Symposium: Dispute Resolution

2nd Annual Global Sports Law Symposium: Dispute ResolutionIn-person event Abstract This symposium brings together luminary experts and practitioners in sports law to discuss dispute resolution in the world of sports (it follows on from ANJeL’s seminar on international arbitration). The symposium’s first panel will feature two giants of the Australian sports law world reflecting on their […]

Ross Parsons Corporations Law Lecture 2023: The responsibility of shareholders

Law Foyer, Level 2

Ross Parsons Corporations Law Lecture 2023: The responsibility of shareholdersIn-person event   In 1911, Justice Louis Brandeis argued that: ‘…there is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks. It is entirely contrary…to what ought to be our whole attitude towards investments, that the person who has a chance for profit by going into […]

Advocacy in the Children’s Court

2023 Criminal Law CPD Series: Advocacy in the Children’s Court: Considerations for Criminal Matters Involving Children and Young Persons  Ethics & Professional Responsibility Professional Skills CPD Points: 1.5 About The Children’s Court deals with a wide range of cases across NSW involving children and young people. In its criminal jurisdiction, matters involve defendants under the […]

Probative Value and Admissibility in the Criminal Trial

2023 Criminal Law CPD Series: Probative Value and Admissibility in the Criminal Trial: Focus and HolismSubstantive Law CPD Points: 1.5 About In determining whether challenged evidence is admissible, the trial judge is often required to assess its probative value. The orthodox view is that this assessment focuses on the strength of connection between the challenged […]