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Law School Events

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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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Postgraduate meet and greet session

15 July 2019 5:00pm–6:30pm
 
in School events
New postgraduate law students are invited to join fellow students and academic staff at an orientation evening.
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Postgraduate international advising session

15 July 2019 1:00pm–2:30pm
 
in School events
This is a compulsory session for international postgraduate law students commencing in Semester 2, 2019.
Scene from the Tichborn criminal trial (Regina v. Castro), which took place in 1873–74 at the Court of Queen's Bench, London. The Claimant (probably named Arthur Orton) is the bearded man in the lower centre of the picture, facing left; he is sitting in front of his lawyer, Edward Kenealy, who is leaning against the desk.

Young Lawyers Queensland present: Ethical Conundrums

12 July 2019 8:30am–10:15am
 
in School events
Drawing on a number of short videos dealing with classic ethical conundrums facing criminal lawyers, lawyers in this session will discuss how best to respond.

Overturning terra nullius - NAIDOC Week 2019

7 July 2019 8:30am–14 July 2019 4:30pm
 
in Supreme Court Library events
To celebrate NAIDOC Week (7–14 July 2019), Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ) is running exclusive guided tours of their exhibition—Overturning terra nullius: the story of native title.
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UQSIP MASLU Twilight Panel Session

27 June 2019 4:00pm–6:00pm
 
in UQSIP Seminar Series
In February this year, MV Solomon Trader ran aground on a reef in Lughu Bay, Solomon Islands, spilling over a hundred tonnes of oil into the waters off the coast of Rennell Island. A massive clean-up operation is still underway. The disaster raises numerous questions which will be explored by the panel members in three quite different contexts.
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UQSIP MASLU Twilight Panel Session

27 June 2019 4:00pm–6:00pm
 
in MASLU events
In February this year, MV Solomon Trader ran aground on a reef in Lughu Bay, Solomon Islands, spilling over a hundred tonnes of oil into the waters off the coast of Rennell Island. The disaster raises numerous questions which will be explored by three expert panel members.
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Research impact in law and policy: challenges, choices and lessons learned from the UK experience

27 June 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in School events
Presented by Lawrence McNamara, Reader at the University of York and Senior Research Fellow at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.

Spence v Qld: Federalism revived?

20 June 2019 5:30pm–6:30pm
 
in Current Constitutional Controversies - Occasional Colloquium Series
Presented by Peter Dunning QC
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Unjust Enrichment and Equity

13 June 2019 5:00pm–6:45pm
 
in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series
Speaker: The Honorable Justice Julie Ward, Chief Judge in Equity, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Chair: The Honorable Justice Catherine Holmes, Chief Justice of Queensland
Commentator: Professor Kit Barker, UQ Law School
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District Court of Queensland: 60 years new

4 June 2019 8:30am–30 August 2019 4:30pm
 
in Supreme Court Library events
2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the restoration of the District Court of Queensland. This curated historical display contains many items that explore the court’s first year of operation.
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2019 UQ Law Awards

30 May 2019 5:15pm–7:30pm
 
in 2019 UQ Law Awards
Join us as we celebrate our students and teaching staff achievements from 2018 and 2019.
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Rhetoric and reality: the making of English medieval legislation

23 May 2019 5:15pm
 
in Selden Society Lectures
Selden Society 2019 lecture series—lecture one, the third annual Lord Atkin lecture—Rhetoric and reality: the making of English medieval legislation
Presented by Professor Paul Brand
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Text Analytics in Legal Practice: Opportunities and Challenges

16 May 2019 6:00pm–7:00pm
 
in Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession Lecture Series
Recent developments in text analytics offer new tools for legal practice. Increasingly, these techniques will identify argument-related information in legal decisions raising the possibility of ever more effectively matching documents’ substantive concepts and argument roles with those required to solve users’ particular legal problems.
Text Analytics in Legal Practice: Opportunities and Challenges

How Computational Models of Legal Reasoning Can Help Legal Apps

16 May 2019 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession Lecture Series
Due to popular demand, Professor Kevin D. Ashley, University of Pittsburgh, will present a second lecture at noon in the UQ Law boardroom. Professor Ashley has kindly agreed to present at St Lucia in addition to Queensland Supreme Court Library in the evening. We hope the additional time allows for more UQ academics to attend and learn from Professor Ashley, an expert on computer modelling of legal reasoning and cyberspace legal issues.
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2019 Supreme Court of Queensland Oration—100 years after Federation, is it different?

13 May 2019 5:15pm
 
in Supreme Court Library events
2019 Supreme Court of Queensland Oration—100 years after Federation. Is it different? Presented by the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC, Governor-Delegate of New South Wales
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Free Speech on Campus in the United States and Australia

10 May 2019 1:00pm–2:30pm
 
in Research Seminar Series
Presented by Professor Kristine Bowman, Michigan State University.

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