Latest Past Events

Stand-up, fight back: Defending protest in NSW

Law Lounge, Level 1

Stand-up, fight back: Defending protest in NSWIn-person event We know that activism changes history and the right to stand together and peacefully protest must be protected and defended for every citizen not pared back. Peaceful protestors should never face incarceration. Yet, both major parties in NSW joined forces a year ago to support draconian regulations […]

Criminal Law Careers

Law Foyer, Level 2

Criminal Law CareersIn-person event   The Sydney Institute of Criminology will host a Criminal Law Careers Event on the 24th April, 12-2pm at the Sydney Law School. We welcome students interested in a career in criminal law practice to attend and learn more about the transition from University into criminal law practice, the requirements and […]

JSI Seminar: Politics all the way down? A qualified defence of critical legal theory

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

JSI Seminar: Politics all the way down? A qualified defence of critical legal theoryIn-person event   In this talk, Dr Ntina Tzouvala sets out to defend the potential for legal theory of what Edward Said called ‘contrapuntal reading’, Louis Althusser (drawing from Jacques Lacan) described as ‘symptomatic read-ing’, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick denounced as ‘paranoid […]