Events - Law School - University of Queensland

Find events for practitioners, academics and students, hosted in collaboration with organisations outside the UQ School of Law.

Our prestigious events series include:

Current Legal Issues Seminar Series, in collaboration with the Bar Association of Queensland and the Supreme Court Library, Queensland
Law Matters Series, deliving into new and meaningful research with community-wide impact from UQ Law and partners.

Law Firms of the Future

12 September 2019 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession Lecture Series

Kim Trajer (Chief Operating Officer, McCullough Robertson) and Milan Gandhi (Innovation Ambassador, McCullough Robertson/Founder of The Legal Forecast) will explore the basics of how and why modern day law firms are pushing to innovate, and what this actually means in practice particularly for those seeking to enter the profession within the next few years.

Ceilings for IP enforcement: Proportionality and neutral position

6 September 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm

in School events

Presented by Jesús Ivan Mora Gonzalez, University of Granada

UQ Pro Bono Centre 10th Anniversary

5 September 2019 5:30pm–8:30pm

in Pro Bono Events

Featuring a panel of established and emerging leaders in the Queensland legal profession talking about the role of service in creating a great leader, why service matters now more than ever, and the future of leadership in the legal profession.

The Big Law Tour

4 September 2019 9:00am–3:00pm

in BEL SET student events

Ever wondered what it is really like inside some of Australia's largest law firms? Join us for a tour of Herbert Smith Freehills, McCullough Robertson and Minter Ellison.

Court in Session with UQ Law School

3 September 2019 9:00am–1:00pm

in School events

Interested to know what students can do with a Law degree? Join us for our Court in Session day to get an exclusive preview of what it’s like to study at UQ Law.

Coffee Conversations Series

30 August 2019 3:00pm–4:00pm

in Coffee Conversations Series

Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession Lecture Series

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence: What Lawyers Really Need to Know About Technology

29 August 2019 6:00pm–7:00pm

in Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession Lecture Series

The automation of various aspects of legal services delivery, from discovery and due diligence to predictive analytics, have raised questions for university and continuing legal education. To work effectively alongside technology, lawyers will need to understand it, not by learning to code, but by grasping the underlying logics.

Rethinking Public Entities & Revenue Generation: A New Interdisciplinary Regulatory Model

28 August 2019 8:00am–9:00am

in HDR Milestone Presentations

Presenter: Emirenciana (Tyas) Nyantyasningsih, PhD Candidate, TC Beirne School of Law.

Criminal Law

22 August 2019 5:00pm–6:45pm

in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series

Speaker: Professor David Hamer, University of Sydney
Chair: The Honorable Justice Soraya Ryan, Supreme Court of Queensland
Commentator: Benedict Power, Barrister- at-Law

Next Witness by Julie Fragar panel discussion

20 August 2019 1:00pm–1:45pm

in Public lectures

Have you visited the Next Witness by Julie Fragar art exhibition yet? Join us in the library as the artist and a panel of experts discuss the paintings and explore the intersection of law and art.

Coffee Conversations with Shaun Restorick-Barton

20 August 2019 10:15am–11:30am

in Coffee Conversations Series

August Coffee Conversations with Shaun Restorick-Barton, Law Squared.

Competition law models fit for transplantation? The US, EU, and China

16 August 2019 3:00pm–4:30pm

in Research Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Mark Furse (University of Glasgow) and Doctor Wendy Ng (University of Melbourne)

Geneva Conventions are turning 70

12 August 2019 6:00pm–7:30pm

in School events

In Brisbane, Australian Red Cross is hosting a free seminar to explore why the Geneva Conventions are more relevant than ever. The seminar will bring together four panellists with direct experience.

New Lawyering for A2J

7 August 2019 9:00am–12:30pm

in UQ Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series

A workshop mapping the future of social justice lawyering.

Self-determination and the Implications of the Chagos Advisory Opinion

6 August 2019 4:30pm

in MASLU events

This MASLU/CPICL/ILA (QLD brand) presentation assesses the resonance of the sources used, and the more radical contentions advanced, during the Chagos Case – for the exercise of the right to self-determination in the colonial context and for international law more generally.

Coffee Conversations with Jodi Palmer

6 August 2019 10:15am–11:30am

in Coffee Conversations Series

August Coffee Conversations with Jodi Palmer, General Counsel at Volvo Group and UQ alumnus.

Reading group

2 August 2019 1:30pm–2:30pm

in Indigenous Peoples and the Law

Indigenous people in legal education: reading group 2

2 August 2019 1:30pm

in School events

Indigenous Cultural Competency in Legal Education: Time for Top-down Reform

2 August 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm

in School events

Presented by Dr Simon Young - Professor of Law and Justice (USQ), Adjunct Professor (UWA), External Fellow (UQ Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law).

The Off-taste of Trademark: Packaging, shelf-life, and food science in the early US peanut industry

25 July 2019 3:00pm–3:30pm

in HDR Milestone Presentations

Presenter: Tad Brown, PhD Candidate, TC Beirne School of Law

Priority, Authority, Property and the Kakadu Plum

25 July 2019 2:30pm–3:00pm

in HDR Milestone Presentations

Presenter: Jocelyn Bosse, PhD Candidate, TC Beirne School of Law

Debunking the 'Market Substitution Assumption' in Queensland

23 July 2019 5:30pm–7:30pm

in School events

The 'market substitution assumption' has been widely used in Queensland Courts and by policy-makers more generally as a rationale for permitting coal mines to proceed. This seminar will analyse how this argument has been used in Queensland. Presented by Sean Ryan, Principal Solicitor, Environmental Defenders Office Qld.

The Resilience of Contract Law in Light of Technological Change

18 July 2019 6:00pm–7:00pm

in Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession Lecture Series

While the Internet hardly creates academic excitement anymore, a number of internet-related technologies seems to challenge the principles of contract law and may, finally, test their ability to withstand technological change.