8 May 2012
Welcome to the Sydney Law School Professional Learning and Community Engagement newsletter.
This fortnightly newsletter features a calendar of upcoming events along with news and profiles of Sydney Law School's alumni and friends.
Unless otherwise advertised, events are free of charge and held at the Sydney Law School building on the University's Camperdown campus.
The majority of advertised events are MCLE/CPD eligible where they relate to your area of professional practice. Please refer to the individual articles below for points values and details, or click here to view a calendar of eligible events.
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Who needs 'Truth in Takeovers'?
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Ronald C Barusch |
5.30-7.15pm, Tue 8 May
In this Corporate Law seminar, Ronald C Barusch will discuss a US perspective on ASIC's 'Truth in Takeovers' Policy and David Friedlander will provide an Australian perspective.
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They tried to make me go to rehab: young offenders and drug use |
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6-8pm, Wed 9 May
This seminar will look at the latest research on cannabis use amongst young offenders and an innovative intervention program specifically designed for young people with low literacy skills.
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ACCEL Seminar Series 2012 |
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6-8pm, 9 -30 May
Enrolment for individual sessions is now available
The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) presents its annual seminar series in April and May 2012. In this year's series, ACCEL members will discuss their research for the recently published third edition of Environmental and Planning Law in NSW (Federation Press: 2012).
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Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Expo |
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5.30-7pm, Thu 10 May 
The Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences and Education and Social Work will deliver a special postgraduate event with the Sydney Law School at the St James Campus in the CBD on 10 May 2012.
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Globalisation, the global financial crisis and the reinvention of the state |
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Prof John Farrar |
5.30 - 7pm, Tue 15 May
This Corporate Law seminar will look at the relationship of globalisation, the GFC and the changing role of the state.
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JSI Seminar Series 2012: Shaun McVeigh |
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6-8pm, Thu 17 May
Shaun McVeigh will present the seminar Conduct of Law: the Meeting of Laws and the Office of Jurisprudent as part of the JSI Seminar Series 2012.
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Allowance for Corporate Equity - What Does it Mean for Corporate Australia? |
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Malcom Gammie CBE, QC |
9am-12.30pm, Mon 21 May
In this seminar Malcolm Gammie CBE, QC and Professor Graeme Cooper will examine what an Allowance for Corporate Equity could mean for Australia.
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Distinguished Speakers Program: Professor Lawrence Gostin |
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Prof Lawrence Gostin |
6-7pm, Wed 23 May
As part of the Distinguished Speakers Program 2012, Professor Lawrence Gostin will speak on the topic: President Obama’s health care reform: the Supreme Court and the future of the American health system.
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2012 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series |
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Lesli Bisgould |
6-8pm, Wed 30 May
In this annual lecture in partnership with Sydney Law School, Voiceless is pleased to welcome Canadian lawyer, Lesli Bisgould, as keynote speaker. Lesli will discuss the legal parameters surrounding the world’s largest commercial hunts, under the topic Hunted by land and sea: a legal exploration of commercial hunting in Australia and Canada.
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JSI Seminar Series 2012: Dr Carlos Bernal-Pulido |
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6-8pm, Thu 31 May
As part of the JSI Seminar Series 2012, Dr Carlos Bernal-Pulido will present the seminar The Evolution of Principle of Proportionality and the Paradox of Constitutional Rights.
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Matt Laffan Memorial Address in Social Justice |
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Peter FitzSimons |
6-7.30pm, Wed 27 June
Sydney Law School established an annual lecture in social justice in memory of alumnus Matt Laffan following his passing in 2009. This year's address will be delivered by Peter FitzSimons.
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Australasian Law Teachers Association Annual Conference 2012 |
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1-4 July
Special earlybird rate available until 31 May
The theme of this year’s conference is Legal Education for a Global Community. In the context of globalised legal practice and a global research environment, educators and scholars are constantly faced with new challenges and opportunities as well as new parameters for teaching and research in the twenty first century.
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Distinguished Visitor: Bryan A. Garner |
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Bryan A. Garner |
12-1.30pm, Tue 31 July
Bryan A. Garner is the author of more than 20 books on legal writing and language in general. He will be speaking at the Old Law School over lunch on Tuesday 31 July.
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20th Annual Labour Law Conference |
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9am-5pm, Mon 13 Aug
Special early bird rate available until 31 May
For the last 20 years the Annual Labour Law Conference has brought together leading Australian and International labour law and industrial relations experts to debate the key issues confronting employers and employees.
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The Supreme Court of New South Wales Annual Corporate Law Conference |
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1.30-6pm, Tue 21 Aug
This year's conference, co-hosted by the Ross Parsons Centre, The Law Society of New South Wales and the Supreme Court of New South Wales, will address the topic, Regulation of the Financial Services sector after Dodd-Frank and the Sovereign Debt Crisis.
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Kerry Chikarovski |
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After a career as a solicitor, alumna Kerry Chikarovski (BEc 1977, LLB 1979) was first elected to the New South Wales Parliament in May 1991 to represent the northern Sydney seat of Lane Cove.
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Fiona Cunningham |
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Alumna to pursue political science doctorate at MIT |
Fiona Cunningham (LLB 2011) has received a highly competitive fellowship to undertake a PhD in political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Anna Rose |
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What matters to Anna Rose? |
12-1pm, Thu 10 May
Sydney Law School graduate Anna Rose (BA 2005, LLB 2008) is the founder of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, a generation-wide movement aiming to solve the climate crisis. Join the conversation and take part in an online forum as part of the University of Sydney's What matters? program.
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The South East Asia Winter School aims to equip students with the knowledge about legal systems, political environments and cultural practices they need to 'operate' in the region. Applications for this new offshore unit in Indonesia and Malaysia close 16 May 2012.
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