Indigenous Recognition: Many laws, the many facets of law reform

The conference will attract about 100 delegates from the legal profession and will feature prominent keynote speakers from legal community to discuss current and emerging indigenous legal issues. The theme of this year’s conference is 'Indigenous Recognition: Many laws, the many facets of law reform' and we will look to address:

• Representation of the Indigenous people in the law reform
• Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
• Law reform and Indigenous People
• Twenty five years on: the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
• Initiatives to increase participation rates of Indigenous students in law school, the legal profession and in research

Delegates at the conference will have the opportunity to hear from over 25 speakers including:

• Justice Robert French, Chief Justice of the High Court
• Professor Mick Dodson AM, Director, National Centre for Indigenous Studies
• Michael Mansell, Secretary, Aboriginal Provisional Government
• Dr Jennifer Nielsen, Southern Cross University
• Tony McAvoy SC, Frederick Jordan Chambers
• Brooke Greenwood, High Court of Australia
• Dr Mark McMillan, Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School
• Tim Goodwin, Victorian Bar
• Mary Spiers Williams, ANU College of Law

Registration

• 2 day Conference $600
• 1 day Conference $400
• Student $375
• Gala Dinner (optional) $150

Gala dinner

The dinner will be held on Monday 5 September 2016 at University House, ANU, and will be the show case event across the conference program. The dinner program will feature up and coming Indigenous and other performers.

The event will bring together approximately 100–150 individuals to celebrate and recognise the achievements of Indigenous people within the legal profession. The dinner will play host to the following event:

• Launch and presentation of the inaugural Anthony McAvoy SC Prize in Clinical Legal Practice by Mr Anthony McAvoy SC.

The Anthony McAVOY S.C. Prize

The Prize ($1,500) to be awarded each year to the student who was enrolled in the LAWS4278 the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic and achieved the best overall result. Where 2 or more than 2 students equally merit the award of the prize, the prize in that year shall be equally divided between them. Donate online today: