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These events and services are not provided by the ACT Law Society. The below are paid advertisements provided for the interest of our members.

To advertise events or services on this page, please contact the communications officer at communications@actlawsociety.asn.au.

Other Provider's Events and Services

On Monday 18 November 2024 the ACT Supreme Court will be hosting a panel of three speakers from a group called JALE (Justice Advocates with Lived Experience).

The speakers have graduated from a public speaking program run by Justice Reform Initiative, called the Lived Experience Speakers Bureau Training Program. In that program, people with lived experience of incarceration undertake professional development in the areas of storytelling and public speaking. The speakers will be discussing their experience with the jail system and possible areas for reform.

The event will run from 5:00pm – 6:15pm in Supreme Court 3 and will be open to members of the profession and judicial officers.

Please RSVP to Associate.Loukas-KarlssonJ@courts.act.gov.au

The ACT Human Rights Commission will be holding a panel event for Human Rights Day on 10 December 2024 at 12:30pm at the National Library of Australia.

On International Human Rights Day, join us as we examine housing as a human right.

With our expert panel, we’ll unpack key questions including:

  • What is included in the human right to housing?
  • What role does housing play in giving children stability, reducing family violence, allowing effective rehabilitation, preventing recidivism and promoting good health?
  • How do our laws need to change to better protect the right to housing?

Dr Penelope Mathew, ACT Human Rights Commission President will facilitate the discussion with panellists:

  • Professor Kevin Bell AO KC, author of Housing: the Great Australian Right
  • Dr Devin Bowles, CEO, ACT Council of Social Services
  • Ms Genevieve Bolton OAM, Executive Director and Principal Solicitor, Canberra Community Law
  • Ms Rachael Clark, Solicitor and Program Manager, Dhurrawang Aboriginal Human Rights Program, Canberra Community Law
  • and Mrs Kellie Jones, who has first-hand experience of homelessness. Mrs Jones works in office management and accounting and is an Orange Sky volunteer.

This is a live event and an online link will be available soon (Note ticket NOT required if attending online.) Light refreshments served.

Eventbrite listing: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/housing-as-a-right-where-to-now-tickets-1056370054269

More info: humanrightsmedia@act.gov.au

 

Saturday 16 Novemer 2024

Together with the Women's Lawyers Association and the Asian Australian Lawyers Association, the ACT Bar will be hosting a half day Come to the Bar event on 16 November 2024.


This will encompass many elements of life at the Bar including:
- Why come to the Bar?
- the Bar Exam and how to prepare
- NSW Bar Practice Course
- support from the ACT Bar
- mental health at the Bar
- Tutors and Chambers
- Finance and Accounting arrangements 
- Mock court room scenarios

If you or someone you know is contemplating their next career step to the private Bar, please forward the event details. 
 

Date: Saturday 16 November 2024
Time: 9.30am to 1.30pm
Location: ANU Moot Court rooms
Light refreshments will be provided

Register here

Note that Chatham House rules apply for all in attendance 

The ACT Courts and Tribunal invites you to attend a conversation on restorative justice between Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker of the ACT Magistrates Court, and Pamela Williams, former Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. This event is open to all those with an interest in restorative justice processes, and you should feel free to share the details with your own networks.

Currently in Australia, referral to restorative justice is only available when an offender accepts criminal liability. This limits the availability of restorative processes, when a broader application has real potential to do good.

What are the advantages of expanding the availability of restorative justice referrals to cases where a person is found not guilty of a criminal charge, but has engaged in conduct which has clearly caused harm to a victim?

What improvements might be achieved if, at the onset, community partners (including police, health, crown, harmers and harmed) are provided the option to avoid the criminal justice adversarial system altogether? Is it possible to transform our way of thinking about justice and offer a clear path to avoid the court system altogether?

  • When: Tuesday 19 November 2024, 4.30pm to 7pm (talk from 4.45pm to 5.45pm)
  • Where: Supreme Courtroom 3, ACT Supreme Court, 6 Knowles Place Canberra City
  • Cost: Free (light refreshments included)
  • Register online (tickets are strictly limited, so register early to secure your place)

Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker of the ACT Magistrates Court was sworn in as a Magistrate in July 2010 and as Chief Magistrate on 13 October 2011. In August 2019, she was appointed an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court for 12 months to establish the Territory's Drug and Alcohol Court.

Judge Pamela Williams is a Judge, and former Chief Judge, of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. Since 2010, she has been the dedicated judge for the Dartmouth Wellness Court, a problem-solving court where a team of professionals helps treat the issues contributing to the individual coming into conflict with the law.
 

The BLS Report is a series of podcasts created by the Business Law Section, covering topics of interest arising in our fields or practice. This series is in commemoration of the late Professor Robert (‘Bob’) Baxt.

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