Events - Law School - University of Queensland

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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.

Right Wing Populism and the Constitution

Cancelled

20 March 2020 3:00pm–4:15pm

in Research Seminar Series

Presented by Prof Keith Ewing, King's College, London, UK

UQLS Hall & Wilcox Naida Haxton Lecture

17 March 2020 6:00pm

in Featured events

The Honourable Chief Justice, Catherine Holmes AC will deliver a lecture on the independence of the judiciary as discussed in her publication Declaration of Independence in The Australian Legal Review.

Q&A with president-elect, Patricia Lee Refo (American Bar Association)

5 March 2020 1:45pm–3:00pm

in Featured events

UQ Law students, join us for an intimate Q&A with Patricia Lee Refo, President-Elect of the American Bar Association.

Ecosystem services, coastal wetlands and law – lessons from the United States and Australia

4 March 2020 5:00pm–7:00pm

in School events

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.

Opening of 2019-20 Transnational Organised Crime Course

17 February 2020 6:30pm–10:00pm

in School events

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).

Enforcement Mechanisms for Norms Governing the Use of Public Powers

14 February 2020 3:00pm–4:15pm

in Research Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Lionel Smith, McGill University, Canada

Cashless welfare transfers and Australia's first peoples - redemptive or repressive violence?

8 November 2019 12:00pm

in School events

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.

The Academy and the Courts: what do they mean to each other today?

31 October 2019 5:30pm

in School events

The Australian Academy of Law's Eighth Annual Patron’s Address will be delivered by The Hon Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and Patron of the Australian Academy of Law. The address will discuss the purposes for which the AAL was founded.

The Intersection of Indigenous Laws and State Law - Confrontation or Cooperation?

25 October 2019 4:00pm–6:00pm

in School events

Book launch and presentation by Professor Ghislain Otis, University of Ottawa. Learn more about research with impact, collaboration with other Universities, and outputs from grant projects.

Regulating the Schoolies experience: The psychology of a youth mass gathering

25 October 2019 1:00pm–2:00pm

in UQ Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Laura Ferris, The University of Queensland.

2019 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture

24 October 2019 4:45pm–7:00pm

in Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture Series

The Honorable Justice A M Stewart will present on 'The fluctuating incidence of the burden of proof under the Hague-Visby Rules: The implications of Volcafe v CSAV [2019] AC 358 on the position in Australia'.

Digital Legislation

23 October 2019 6:00pm–7:00pm

in Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession Lecture Series

In this talk, Professor Guido Governatori will introduce the paradigm of digital legislation.

UQ Law School Giving Day Launch

22 October 2019 5:45pm–7:30pm

in School events

Guest Speaker, Justice James Edelman, will speak at the launch on the importance of opportunity for the next generation of legal professionals.

Harmonisation of unconventional gas resources regulatory (UGR) frameworks: Is there a will or a way?

22 October 2019 10:00am–11:00am

in HDR Milestone Presentations

Presenter: Sarah Asokendaran, PhD candidate, TC Beirne School of Law

2019 Law Reunion

20 October 2019 3:00pm–5:30pm

in UQ Law Reunion Celebrations

The 2019 Law Reunion Reception is being held on Sunday 20 October in the UQ Art Museum, opposite the Forgan Smith Building, at The University of Queensland.

#transformlaw KWM Prize - pitch final

17 October 2019 5:00pm–7:00pm

in School events

Over the seven week program, six teams developed innovative proposals for the application of technology in legal practice. We'll be joined by a panel of academic and industry experts who will determine the winning proposal and award the team with $10,000.

The Prospects for Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement

17 October 2019 5:00pm–6:45pm

in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series

Speaker: Professor Chester Brown, University of Sydney
Chair: The Honorable Justice James Douglas, Supreme Court of Queensland
Commentator: Professor Anthony Cassimatis, UQ Law School

Autonomous naval vessels and international law

15 October 2019 5:30pm–6:30pm

in UQ Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Rob McLaughlin, Professor of Military Security Law and Director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at UNSW Canberra, and Dr Simon McKenzie, Research Fellow, UQ School of Law.

Coffee Conversations with Dylan McKimmie

14 October 2019 9:15am–10:30am

in Coffee Conversations Series

October Coffee Conversation with Dylan McKimmie, partner at international law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright

The living legacies of Spanish colonial property rights: natural resources and the law of the prior sovereign in the United States

11 October 2019 3:00pm–4:30pm

in Research Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Michael Brescia, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

11 October 2019 9:00am–10:00am

in School events

This paper will consider the notion of Indigenous rights in Australia, and the impacts of those rights in a climate change policy vacuum. Presented by Tom McEvoy SC, Australia's first Indigenous Senior Counsel.