Events - Law School - University of Queensland

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

Our prestigious events series include:

Current Legal Issues Seminar Series, in collaboration with the Bar Association of Queensland and the Supreme Court Library, Queensland
Law Matters Series, deliving into new and meaningful research with community-wide impact from UQ Law and partners.

Past events

Waldron’s Concept of Rule of Law and Legal Theory

27 January 2021 1:00pm–2:00pm

in HDR Milestone Presentations

HDR Milestone presentation by Luis Sanchez Fernandez
Advisors: Dr Robert Mullins and Professor James Allan

The Nature of Constitutions: A Theory of Genuine and Pseudo Constitutionalism

27 January 2021 11:00am–12:30pm

in HDR Milestone Presentations

HDR Milestone Presentation by Renato Saeger Magalhaes Costa.
Advisors: Professor Nicholas Aroney and Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh

The Chrysanthemum Throne: The Influence of the Emperor and Nationalism on Gender Discrimination in Japanese Law

27 January 2021 9:00am–10:30am

in HDR Milestone Presentations

HDR Milestone presentation by Anthony Shaw
Advisors: Associate Professor Ann Black and Associate Professor David Richard Chapman

The role of the law in the circulation of the Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana)

16 December 2020 11:00am–11:30am

in HDR Milestone Presentations

HDR Milestone presentation by Jocelyn Bosse.
Advisors: Professor Bradley Sherman, Dr Allison Fish and Dr Susannah Chapman

Virtual Hearings and Due Process

4 December 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

in Research Seminar Series

Presented by Lucy Martinez, via Zoom.

Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

20 November 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

in Research Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Eve Massingham, via Zoom.

Navigating dual legal systems: Islamic inheritance law in Australia’s secular legal framework

20 November 2020 2:00pm–2:45pm

in HDR Milestone Presentations

HDR Milestone Presentation by Brooke Thompson
Advisors: Associate Professor Ann Black and Associate Professor David Morrison

Retail Analytics, Big Data Logics and Fair Collection under Australian Privacy Law

20 November 2020 1:00pm–1:45pm

in HDR Milestone Presentations

HDR Milestone Presentation by Helena Gregorczuk
Advisors: Dr Alan Davidson and Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh

2020 Law Reunion

Cancelled

31 October 2020 4:00pm–5:30pm

in UQ Law Reunion Celebrations

Join law graduates from the 70s, 80s and 90s for a reunion in the UQ Art Museum followed by a tour of the law school.

Solitary Confinement in Queensland

30 October 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

in Research Seminar Series

Tamara Walsh | Via Zoom

Which of the Duties of Directors are Fiduciary

14 October 2020 10:30am–11:30am

in HDR Milestone Presentations

Presented by John Story

Tortious Misfeasance in Public Office – Raw Statistics from the Front Line

9 October 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

in Research Seminar Series

Professor Kit Barker and Katelyn Lamont | Via Zoom

Women in Law 2020

7 October 2020 5:30pm–7:30pm

in Women in Law

This event is an opportunity for UQ Law School women alumni and friends to network with each other, and to provide advice to the students attending about how to maintain life balance and deliver practical strategies for health and wellbeing of a female lawyer.
In-person attendees are asked to arrive at Riparian Plaza at 5.30pm for a 6pm start.
Streaming will begin at 6pm for online participants.

The Cognition of Contract Interpretation

21 August 2020 3:00pm–4:00pm

in Research Seminar Series

Hypothetical and real case examples to explain what judges and lawyers are doing when construing a contract.
Presented by Dr Ryan Catterwell, he will demonstrate that an interpretive dispute is resolved by ascertaining what was objectively intended by the choice of words in the contract.