Law School

Law School Events

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

Our prestigious events series include:

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Gabriela Christian-Hare of the Australian Pro Bono Centre

11 May 2020 12:00pm
 
in The Witness Box
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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The role of the UN General Assembly in international peace and security, with a focus on conflict-related humanitarian crises

5 May 2020 1:00pm–3:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Presented by Rebecca Barber, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law
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Associate Professor Paul Harpur of the UQ Law School

5 May 2020 12:00pm
 
in The Witness Box
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.
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International obligations and human rights in Australian Extradition

5 May 2020 11:30am–12:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Presented by Craig Jensen, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law

Rosslyn Monro of Community Legal Centres Queensland

27 April 2020 12:00pm
 
in The Witness Box
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.
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Coffee Conversations with Ted Cawrey

21 April 2020 10:00am–11:00am
 
in Coffee Conversations Series
Coffee Conversations is a series where UQ students can speak to expert guests working in the law profession. So grab a cuppa and join us!
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Coffee Conversations with Dan Creasey [Virtual]

20 April 2020 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Coffee Conversations Series
Due to public health concerns around COVID-19, Coffee Conversations in its traditional format has been cancelled. Dan Creasey, however, is free to answer any and all of your questions online, so why not submit one today and he’ll answer it in the webinar!

Wendy Herman of Tenants Queensland

20 April 2020 12:00pm
 
in The Witness Box
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.

Regulating Artificial Intelligence in the European Union: Legal and Ethical Aspects

17 April 2020 9:00am–3 May 2020 11:45pm
 
in Research Seminar Series
Recorded seminar presented by Dr Jan De Bruyne, Ghent University
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Resolving Anti-Doping Disputes: Does the Current Framework Promote Procedural Fairness and Equality in India?

1 April 2020 2:00pm–4:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Webinar presented by Shaun Star, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law

Reading group

31 March 2020 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Indigenous Peoples and the Law
The reading to be discussed is Jenny Reardon and Kim TallBear, ‘“Your DNA is Our History”: Genomics, Anthropology, and the Construction of Whiteness as Property’ (2012) 53 Current Anthropology S233.

Indigenous people in legal education reading group

31 March 2020 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in School events
Session topic: Science and Technology Studies and Indigenous Peoples
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A Financial-Legal History of Money, Credit, and Capital and the Rise of Credit Capitalism

31 March 2020 9:00am–11:00am
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Webinar presented by Joanne Lee, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law
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The responsibility of states to prevent atrocity crimes

27 March 2020 11:00am–1:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Webinar presented by Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law

Native Title compensation in Australia

27 March 2020 9:00am–9:45am
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Webinar presented by Will Isdale, PhD candidate, UQ School of Law
Research seminar series

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
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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.

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