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.

The Irish convict doctor who delivered Dick Atkin—Dr O’Doherty

30 August 2018 5:15pm7:00pm
Presented by the Hon Justice Patrick Keane AC

Emerging Issues in Expert Evidence

30 August 2018 3:30pm7:00pm
An interdisciplinary colloquium, presenting emerging issues from the perspective of barristers, academics, forensic scientists, and psychologists.

Rule of Law or Ruled by Law?

13 August 2018 6:00pm
What are the human rights and legal implications for Palestinian children living under Israeli military law in the West Bank?
Research Seminar Series

Constitutional Unamendability and Comparative Method

10 August 2018 3:00pm4:30pm
Presented by Professor Adrienne Stone
3MT

BEL 3MT Competition 2018

10 August 2018 2:00pm3:30pm
In the space of one stimulating and highly-entertaining hour you will hear from the BEL Faculty’s PhD students presenting their theses in a snappy and engaging three minute presentation.
Seminar 3

Seminar 3: Constitutional Law - "Who is Afraid of Proportionality?"

9 August 2018 5:15pm6:45pm
Speaker: Professor Adrienne Stone, University of Melbourne
Chair: The Hon. Justice Glenn Martin AM, Supreme Court of Queensland
Commentator: The Hon. Chief Justice Catherine Holmes, Chief Justice of Queensland

Intangible Machines: A History of Patent Protection for Computer Programs

3 August 2018 12:00pm1:00pm
Professor Brad Sherman on patent law and software.

Incarceration and Inequality

1 August 2018 8:45am10:30am
Dr Andrew Leigh (MP) in conversation with Bruce Western, Vincent Schiraldi, Jessica Simes, Rebecca Wallis and Monica Bell.
Facilitated by Simon Bronitt.

“A Wholly Repugnant Spectacle”: A Panel Discussion with Richard Bourke

31 July 2018 2:00pm3:00pm
Join UQ law students for a Q&A session with Richard Bourke, an Australian lawyer fighting capital punishment in the United States.
Ricjhard Bourke at SydneyTEDx

Cocktail Function with Richard Bourke

30 July 2018 5:30pm
Richard Bourke has worked on numerous trials and appeals opposing the death penalty in the United States.
Research Seminar Series

Victims who kill: Improving section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (E and W)

20 July 2018 11:30am1:00pm
Presented by Associate Professor Nicola Wake
3MT

Law School 3MT Competition 2018

20 July 2018 10:00am11:00am
In the space of one stimulating and highly-entertaining hour you will hear from the Law School’s PhD students presenting their theses in a snappy and engaging three minute presentation.

Humanitarian Arguments in Debates about International Arms Control

13 July 2018 12:00pm1:00pm
Associate Professor Rain Liivoja, TC Beirne School of Law, addresses humanitarian concerns which underpin much of contemporary arms control law.
UQ researchers, government representatives and delegations from Pacific islands at Pacific Islands Regional Marine Spill Contingency Plan (PACPLAN) event.

Australia Pacific workshop on marine oil spills

11 July 2018 9:00am
University of Queensland researchers, government representatives and delegations from six Pacific island states have met to discuss the implementation of the Pacific Islands Regional Marine Spill Contingency Plan (PACPLAN).
Professor John Gardner

What Discrimination is Not

4 July 2018 12:00pm1:30pm
John Gardner FBA on the meaning of discrimination versus other terms, that are used as if they are synonyms for discrimination when they are not.

Private law's revolutionaries: authors, codifiers and merchants?

28 June 2018 5:15pm
Presented by Professor Hector MacQueen, Edinburgh Law School

Lethal Autonomous Robots and the Plight of the Noncombatant

14 June 2018 12:00pm1:00pm
Ronald C. Arkin, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, on the role of lethal autonomous robotic systems in warfare.
​​The Hon Mr Justice Andrew Cheung

Immigration, Torture Claimants and Right to Family Life

21 May 2018 1:00pm2:00pm
Presenter: Hon Mr Justice Andrew Cheung, Chief Judge of the High Court, Hong Kong
Research Seminar Series

The Gestalt of Autonomous Systems

18 May 2018 3:00pm4:30pm
Presented by Professor Thomas Burri
Seminar 2

Seminar 2: Fiduciary Law - "Prospective Fiduciary Duties"

17 May 2018 5:15pm6:45pm
Speaker: Professor Lionel Smith, McGill University Canada
Chair: Dominic O’Sullivan QC
Commentator: The Hon. Justice Derrington, Federal Court of Australia

Life at the Bar

16 May 2018 5:00pm6:00pm
Panel Event: What you need to know about going to the Bar

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