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Homecoming for new ACT Supreme Court associate judge Verity McWilliam
Verity McWilliams is honoured in Canberra Times
Justice Richard Refshauge steps down from ACT Supreme Court bench
Richard Refshauge is honoured in ABC News
Justice Richard Refshauge retires from the ACT Supreme Court
Richard Refshauge is honoured in Canberra Times
Grace under fire - a film about rural women workers
Skye Saunders talks to Law Institute of Victoria Journal
Fearless advice for future lawyers
Anne-Marie Allgrove speaks to Lawyers Weekly
Ceremony matters: The lasting significance of the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Justice Susan Kiefel
Heather Roberts writes in Australian Public Law
Australia's first female Chief Justice
Heather Roberts speaks to ABC Radio National Law Report
Meet your new Assembly: How Aerobics Oz Style led Elizabeth Lee to a career in politics
Elizabeth Lee speaks to Fairfax Media
Young lawyers help put wellbeing back on the agenda
Tony Foley, Vivien Holmes, Margie Rowe, Stephen Tang speaks to Lawyers Weekly
Attorney-General George Brandis set to silence CLCs
Elizabeth Curran writes in The Saturday Paper
Upcoming events
Case law
- Professor Adam Steinman
Although case law plays a crucial role in the American legal system, surprisingly little consensus exists on how to determine the “law” that any given “case” generates.
40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia
The ANU Centre for Commercial Law and Centre for International and Public Law are proud to announce a conference to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Court of Australia.
ALRC inquiry into the incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Judge Matthew Myers AM, ALRC Commissioner
Judge Myers will speak about his work as ALRC Commissioner on the inquiry into the incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Trauma, testimony and comics
- Dr Golnar Nabizadeh, University of Dundee
This seminar examines the intersections between the law, trauma, and testimony, arguing that the law has increasingly come to recognise the breadth of experience, and range of narrative iterations, that may constitute trauma.
The International Legal Protection of Academic Freedom and its recognition under Australian Domestic Law
- Dr Paul Taylor, CIPL Visiting Fellow
Research-led funding not grant-led research: the Oxford Preventive Justice project
- Professor Lucia Zedner, University of Oxford
Pressure to seek funding too easily drives our research agendas. With over 10 years’ experience of sitting on three major UK research councils, Lucia Zedner will suggest ways to secure and use funding to pursue one’s own research agenda.
Leading cases, hermeneutics, and the politics of legal history
- Professor Joshua Getzler, University of Oxford
Joshua will reflect on the role of "leading cases" in forming the common law tradition, and re-examine the mode of historical analysis of cases pioneered by AWB Simpson.
Of aliens, money and politics: Should foreign political donations be banned?
- A/Prof Joo-Cheong Tham, Melbourne Law School
Recent controversies in Australia have prompted a push to ban foreign political donations. The presentation cautions against this by casting doubt on the main rationale for such a ban - that ‘foreigners’ are not members of the nation’s political community, and therefore are not entitled to influence its political process, including through political donations.
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The Flexible Cyborg:Work-Life Balance in Legal practice (312.23 KB)‘Work/life balance’ (WLB) emerged as the catchcry of workers everywhere in the late 20th century. It was particularly appealing to women lawyers as it was thought that if a balance could be effected between work and life, satisfying careers and the raising of children could be combined. The key to effecting this balance, it was believed, was flexible work. Technology has facilitated this flexibility as all that is required is a computer, or other device with internet connection, and a mobile phone. Provided that the firm is agreeable, the lawyer would have a degree of autonomy in determining when and where the work is carried out. However, flexible work has not always proved to be the boon that was hoped, for the shift from face-time to virtual time has blurred the boundary between work and life, insidiously extending the hours of work and impinging on the realm of intimacy. Drawing on a web-based survey and interviews with lawyers Australia-wide, this article considers the ramifications of perpetual connectivity for lawyers in private practice, with particular regard to its gender significance.
