Events

This presentation/paper addresses the options for accountability for senior leaders of the Syrian government suspected of atrocity crimes.

Presented by Dr Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia.

Join us for an invigorating discussion about career development with a panel of successful women from the legal profession.

Kate Falconer challenges the traditional formulation of the law of the dead by bringing the interests of the deceased to the forefront.

UQ Law Society will welcome The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG to present the annual Naida Haxton Lecture.

First-year law students are invited to attend a presentation from The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG, who will speak on the ‘High Court of Australia and Beyond’.

April Coffee Conversations with Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Since Burns, decisions in New South Wales and South Australia have found that their super-tribunals are not Ch III courts. In light of these developments, is QCAT still a court? And what does the fallout from Burns v Corbett mean for Queensland?

Not everyone understands that assistants engaged in serving particular beneficiaries for their employers are themselves accountable as fiduciaries directly to those beneficiaries. Professor Flannigan, University of Saskatchewan, discusses the basis for that conclusion.

March Coffee Conversations (#2) with Patrick O’Brien, planning and environment lawyer at McCullough Robertson.

The Support and Services Showcase aims to connect new and returning students to central, faculty and school level services. All the main university services will come together at the UQ Centre on March 27th to help students discover or re-discover services, programs and opportunities that will benefit them throughout their university life.

Presented by Chief Justice James Allsop, this lecture provides an overview of the role of the court in the uptake of technology (both the Federal Court of Australia and other courts in Australia and around the world).

Where can your degree take you? Explore your potential at the 2019 legal careers expo.

Each year the Justice and the Law Society (JATL) hosts a fundraising gala in support of a community legal centre.

Presented by Dr Monika Stempkowski, University of Vienna.

The workshop will bring together experts from academia, industry, government, and legal and medical practice to focus on criminal justice system responses to people with mental health problems.

You're invited to join us for an informal gathering to share a ‘taste from home’.

March Coffee Conversations with Alistair Blenkin, Founder and CEO of Hyra iQ.

This talk will set forth the basic points of departure, hypotheses and methodologies of the authors in relation to the history of Canadian private law in the 50 years following the close of the Second World War.

Presented by Dr Mathilde Pavis, the University of Exeter.

Learn more about the UQ Law School community as your child embarks on a journey to receive an outstanding legal education which will equip them for a variety of careers both within Australia and internationally.

Contract Law in Australian and Chinese Courts: A Comparative Study invites discussion about issues that arise or are identified, and suggestions for future improvements.

Who said law school was all about studying?! Join your fellow first year law students along with academic staff for a gelato.