From 22 – 24 September 2004, the ANU Faculty of Law held a highly successful conference that was attended by around 140 people, on the subject of Australian lawyers and social change. The conference focused particularly on action outcomes, and the presentations and suggestions made at the conference are presented below.

Reflections from participants of the 1974 conference

During the 2004 conference, some of the participants in the 1974 conference reflected on this earlier conference and the changes that have occurred since:

• Jack Goldring, District Court Judge, NSW: Australian lawyers and social change - 30_Years_Later (PDF 223.34 KB) (223.34 KB)
• J.E. Isaac, Professorial Fellow, Department of Management, University of Melbourne: Lawyers_and_industrial_relations: a_post_script (PDF 82.18 KB) (82.18 KB)
• Sir Laurence Street, commercial mediator/conciliator and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) consultant: The_quest_for_social_justice (PDF 12.48 KB) (12.48 KB)