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This page lists events hosted by UQ Law or events hosted by organisations with which we have an affiliation. 

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Current Legal Issues Seminars

Current Legal Issues is a high-profile series of seminars on contemporary legal issues. Each seminar has been accredited for CPD purposes by the Queensland Bar Association and Queensland Law Society.

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Luke Furness of Clayton Utz

8 June 2020 12:00pm
 
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Luke Furness a Senior Associate at Clayton Utz, Australia's largest, independent law firm. He has been at Clayton Utz for the better part of a decade and specialises in all types of disputes with a particular focus on tax and duties disputes, restructuring and insolvency, and IP and trade practices disputes.
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Professor Heather Douglas, Law Deputy Dean (Research)

1 June 2020 12:00pm
 
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Professor Heather Douglas researches in the areas of criminal justice and domestic violence. In 2014- 2019 she was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to research the way in which women who have experienced domestic violence use the legal system to help them leave violence.
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Ted Cawrey of Blueprint Law

25 May 2020 12:00pm
 
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Ted Cawrey is an entertainment finance lawyer and runs the Brisbane office of the boutique law firm Blueprint Law. Blueprint Law focusses on the media, tech and entertainment sectors and was established in Sydney 15 years ago.
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Monica Taylor of the UQ Pro Bono Centre

18 May 2020 12:00pm
 
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Monica is the Director of the UQ Pro Bono Centre having worked previously in the community legal sector advising clients across a range of areas of law including housing, disability, mental health and public space law.
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Solitary confinement panel discussion

18 May 2020 11:00am–12:00pm
 
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A panel of local and international experts discuss solitary confinement, its use and impact on prisoners.
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Gabriela Christian-Hare of the Australian Pro Bono Centre

11 May 2020 12:00pm
 
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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
 
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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.

Rosslyn Monro of Community Legal Centres Queensland

27 April 2020 12:00pm
 
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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.

Wendy Herman of Tenants Queensland

20 April 2020 12:00pm
 
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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.

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Circumscribing lawful act duress in Australia: Edelman's disproportionality, Hodge’s unconscionability and Burrows’ bad faith working paper

17 April 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Australian Centre for Private Law Events
The High Court of Australia is yet to recognise a doctrine of lawful act duress, but this development seems likely to be only a matter of time.

Demystifying AI: AI and Legal Practice

16 April 2024 12:00pm–2:00pm
 
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Uncommon and Unordinary Nuisance: The Implications of the Fearn Decision for Australian Law

3 April 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Australian Centre for Private Law Events
The judgment of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Fearn v Board of Trustees of The Tate Gallery is significant for at least two reasons.

Student Pro Bono and Pizza | UQPBC info session

5 March 2024 5:30pm
 
in UQ Pro Bono Centre Events
Want to find out more about student pro bono and what it looks like for a law student? Come along to the UQ Pro Bono Centre’s panel information session in Week 3! 

Welcome Back Gelato

29 February 2024 4:00pm–6:00pm
 
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Catch up with your fellow law students and meet some of your lecturers and support staff.
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Artificial Intelligence and Automated Contracting

22 February 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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This seminar will address the issue of AI regulation, aiming to understand the rules currently being defined by the United Nations Commission On International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the European Union.
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Bachelor of Laws Court Tour

16 February 2024 8:30am–4:00pm
 
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Join your fellow first-years for an exclusive UQ introductory welcome experience to the legal profession, beginning from the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Retroactive Constitutional Amendment

14 February 2024 11:00am–12:00pm
 
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Join us for a seminar presented by Dr Dwight Newman KC.
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10th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium

8 February 2024 9:00am–9 February 2024 5:00pm
 
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The annual Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium provides a forum for environmental law academics and practitioners to share and discuss their experiences, research, and teaching practices.
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Book Talk and Panel Discussion on Patent Law and Access to Medicines

31 January 2024 10:00am–11:00am
 
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The virtual event will feature a talk on Dr. Adekola Tolulope’s recent book, 'Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law, and Access to Medicines,' which examines how countries in the global south may effectively use intellectual property to serve public health purposes through the stratagem of regional integration.
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University of Queensland Law Journal Special CPICL Edition launch celebration

13 December 2023 2:00pm–3:30pm
 
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You are invited to the launch of the CPICL Special Edition of the UQLJ which celebrates the founding of CPICL (Centre of Public International and Comparative Law) 20 years ago.
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Freedom of Expression on the Internet and Democracy

27 November 2023 5:30pm–8:00pm
 
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Please join us in welcoming His Excellency Dr Egils Levits, President of the Republic of Latvia (2019-2023) for this special public lecture

Panel | Feeling disrespected in the university workplace? Your rights and the law

24 November 2023 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in UQ Pro Bono Centre Events
Our panel will discuss your rights as a worker, the law in relation to gender-based harassment at work, and mechanisms for responding to it. Academic staff on the panel will also provide some practical tips to prevent and address harassment in the moment e.g. in the classroom.
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2023 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture

16 November 2023 5:30pm–7:30pm
 
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The TC Beirne School of Law and the Federal Court of Australia, invite you to the 2023 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture.

An ‘In Conversation’: what are the contemporary constitutional challenges facing Australia and Indonesia?

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14 November 2023 10:00am–11:30am
 
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The Centre of Public International and Comparative Law of UQ’s TC Beirne Law School will host a conversation between two foremost constitutional law scholars, Justice Professor Dr Saldi Isra, Deputy Chief Justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court and Professor Dr Nicholas Aroney from the TC Beirne School of Law.
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From Lenah Game Meats to Farm Transparency: Cultures of Privacy and Surveillance in Australia

9 November 2023 5:15pm–6:45pm
 
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This paper offers an Australian take on James Whitman's article, 'The Two Western Cultures of Privacy: Dignity Versus Liberty' in the 2004 Yale Law Journal, where comparative lawyer Whitman argues that the American culture of privacy is essentially a libertarian idea centred in the home and against the state, while the European culture of privacy is more generally centred on an idea of human dignity.

Monetary sanctions against corporations: options for reform

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8 November 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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In this presentation, Professor Brent Fisse and Dr Radha Ivory examine the utility of monetary sanctions, with particular focus on the ALRC recommendations in the Final Report on corporate criminal liability (2020) and the escalation of maximum penalties under the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 (Cth).
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WA Lee Equity Lecture 2023

2 November 2023 5:30pm–7:00pm
 
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Queensland Community Foundation is delighted to present the 24th Annual WA Lee Equity Lecture in partnership with the TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland.

All UQ Staff | What is the UQ Pro Bono Centre and how can my school can get involved?

1 November 2023 3:00pm
 
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In this information session (for UQ Staff from all disciplines), we will let you know what the UQ Pro Bono Centre is, what we do, and how your school could get involved.
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People, Plants, and the Law Conference

25 October 2023 9:00am–4:30pm
 
in People, Plants and the Law Online Lecture Series
Join us for the People, Plants, and the Law one-day conference explores the legal and lively entanglements of human and botanical worlds.
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Wrongful Convictions – Kinds, Causes and Solutions

19 October 2023 5:15pm–6:45pm
 
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This paper provides an overview of wrongful convictions in Australia, how they are treated by current law and the prospects for reform.

Regulating Disinformation

18 October 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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James Weinstein will discuss a work in progress entitled “Regulating Disinformation Consistent Core Democratic Free Speech Values: A Comparative Analysis.”
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The Challenges of Transformative Constitutional Change in the Twenty-First Century: A Global South Perspective

17 October 2023 10:00am–11:30am
 
in Law Matters
This conversation will bring into sharp relief the often profound socioeconomic, political and technological challenges faced by constitutional reform processes around the world, focusing especially on the Global South.

Environmental Law Panel | Climate Justice Initiative x JATL

12 October 2023 6:00pm–7:30pm
 
in UQ Pro Bono Centre Events
Hear from a range of panellists, including a corporate solicitor, a lawyer from the Environmental Defenders Office, a barrister, and a PhD student.
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“Bid-rigging”, cartel regulation, and public procurement: a comparative perspective from Switzerland

12 October 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Let's talk about corporations
This seminar provides a comparative perspective on cartel regulation, focused on the Swiss framework.

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