Law School Events

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

Our prestigious events series include:

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Solitary confinement panel discussion

18 May 2020 11:00am12:00pm
A panel of local and international experts discuss solitary confinement, its use and impact on prisoners.

The Universal Franchise: The Protection of Voting Rights under the Australian Constitution

15 May 2020 1:30pm2:00pm
Presented by Lorraine Finlay, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law
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Coffee Conversations with Sheetal Deo

14 May 2020 11:00am12:30pm
Coffee Conversations is a series where UQ students can speak to expert guests working in the law profession. So grab a cuppa and join us as we sit down with Sheetal Deo of the Queensland Law Society.

Indigenous people in legal education reading group

12 May 2020 1:00pm2:00pm
Session topic: Indigenous Jurisprudence

Reading group

12 May 2020 12:00pm1:00pm
Led by Trudie Broderick, discussing 2 readings authored by Val Napoleon.
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Gabriela Christian-Hare of the Australian Pro Bono Centre

11 May 2020 12:00pm
Gabriela Christian-Hare is Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pro Bono Centre, Australia’s centre of leadership for pro bono legal services. The Centre’s mission is to grow participation and excellence in pro bono across the legal profession.
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Associate Professor Paul Harpur of the UQ Law School

5 May 2020 12:00pm
Associate Professor Harpur has a mixture of practice and research experience, having formerly practised as a lawyer. He continues to work as an industrial relations special advisor in a national private practice.
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International obligations and human rights in Australian Extradition

5 May 2020 11:30am12:00pm
Presented by Craig Jensen, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law

Rosslyn Monro of Community Legal Centres Queensland

27 April 2020 12:00pm
Rosslyn has worked in the community legal sector for over 15 years in both solicitor and management positions and is committed to the support and development of the community legal sector in Queensland and Australia.
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Coffee Conversations with Ted Cawrey

21 April 2020 10:00am11:00am
Coffee Conversations is a series where UQ students can speak to expert guests working in the law profession. So grab a cuppa and join us!
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Coffee Conversations with Dan Creasey [Virtual]

20 April 2020 1:00pm2:00pm
Due to public health concerns around COVID-19, Coffee Conversations in its traditional format has been cancelled. Dan Creasey, however, is free to answer any and all of your questions online, so why not submit one today and he’ll answer it in the webinar!

Wendy Herman of Tenants Queensland

20 April 2020 12:00pm
Tenants Queensland (TQ) provides high-quality, free, independent tenant advisory services to assist tenants to understand their rights and responsibilities and sustain, as far as possible, safe and secure tenancies.

Regulating Artificial Intelligence in the European Union: Legal and Ethical Aspects

17 April 2020 9:00am3 May 2020 11:45pm
Recorded seminar presented by Dr Jan De Bruyne, Ghent University
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Resolving Anti-Doping Disputes: Does the Current Framework Promote Procedural Fairness and Equality in India?

1 April 2020 2:00pm4:00pm
Webinar presented by Shaun Star, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law

Reading group

31 March 2020 1:00pm2:00pm
The reading to be discussed is Jenny Reardon and Kim TallBear, ‘“Your DNA is Our History”: Genomics, Anthropology, and the Construction of Whiteness as Property’ (2012) 53 Current Anthropology S233.

Indigenous people in legal education reading group

31 March 2020 1:00pm2:00pm
Session topic: Science and Technology Studies and Indigenous Peoples
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A Financial-Legal History of Money, Credit, and Capital and the Rise of Credit Capitalism

31 March 2020 9:00am11:00am
Webinar presented by Joanne Lee, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law
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The responsibility of states to prevent atrocity crimes

27 March 2020 11:00am1:00pm
Webinar presented by Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law

Native Title compensation in Australia

27 March 2020 9:00am9:45am
Webinar presented by Will Isdale, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law
Research seminar series

Right Wing Populism and the Constitution

Cancelled
20 March 2020 3:00pm4:15pm
Presented by Prof Keith Ewing, King's College, London, UK
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Ecosystem services, coastal wetlands and law – lessons from the United States and Australia

4 March 2020 5:00pm7:00pm
This event will feature insights from world-leading experts in the field and will provide information on the adaptions of ecosystem services into law and policy around the globe.
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Opening of 2019-20 Transnational Organised Crime Course

17 February 2020 6:30pm10:00pm
Students are cordially invited to a dinner marking the official opening of the 2019-2020 joint University of Queensland, University of Zurich and University of Vienna Transnational Organised Crime course (LAWS5231).
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Enforcement Mechanisms for Norms Governing the Use of Public Powers

14 February 2020 3:00pm4:15pm
Presented by Professor Lionel Smith, McGill University, Canada
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Cashless welfare transfers and Australia's first peoples - redemptive or repressive violence?

8 November 2019 12:00pm
The government has enacted a host of Cashless Debit Card (CDC) legislation purportedly to address substance abuse and foster socially responsible behaviour. Their CDC narrative of policy success and redemptive prospects is deeply contentious.

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