Upcoming events and opportunities
Read our monthly round up of upcoming public law events and opportunities, including conferences, seminars and calls for papers
If you have an AUSPUBLAW opportunity, conference or significant public lecture that you would like included in this roundup, please contact us at auspublaw@unsw.edu.au. The roundup is published once a month by the first business day of the month, so please let us know in time for that deadline.
We would firstly like to draw your attention to the following event:
23 October 2025
Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world
Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, University of New South Wales
Conference date and time: 23 October 2025, 9am-5pm
Conference location: John Niland Scientia Building (G19), UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW
The 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world', brings together policymakers, practitioners, scholars, civil society and people with lived experience of displacement – to ask the hard questions, share expertise and build practical solutions.
This event focuses on building bridges – across sectors, communities and disciplines – to strengthen refugee protection in Australia and globally.
In one full, energising day, we’ll explore:
How global political shifts, such as the US election, affect us all;
How to cultivate meaningful dialogue and counter misinformation in polarised and populist times;
How to bridge rhetoric and reality advancing meaningful refuge participation;
What’s needed to sustain protection as funding for UNHCR and other organisations collapse;
How refugee protection fits within broader human rights struggles.
Confirmed speakers include:
Dr Jeff Crisp, Visiting Research Fellow, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Hugh de Kretser, President, Australian Human Rights Commission
Dr Renee Dixson, Executive Director, Forcibly Displaced People Network
Professor Daniel Ghezelbash, Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
This is a paid event. For more information, and to register, click here.
Competitions, calls for papers and scholarships
6 October 2025
Call for Papers: 2025 National Indigenous Legal Conference
Indigenous Lawyers Association of Queensland Inc (ILAQ)
EOI submission deadline: 6 October 2025
ILAQ will be hosting the 2025 National Indigenous Legal Conference (NILC) at QUT Gardens Point from 26 to 27 November 2025.
This is a call to all legal practitioners, community organisations, policy makers, academics, and researchers—both Indigenous and non-Indigenous—who are working on contemporary legal issues impacting Indigenous Australian peoples, businesses, and communities.
We are seeking presentations that foster meaningful dialogue and share innovative, culturally-grounded solutions. If your work contributes to this vital conversation, we want to hear from you.
Suggested topics include:
Native Title & Cultural Heritage
Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP)
Access to Justice & Restorative Justice
Changing the Complexion of the Legal Profession
Criminal Law, Youth Justice & Alternative Courts
Coronial Inquiries & Law and Health
Embedding Indigenous Perspectives into Legal Curriculum
Supporting the Indigenous Business Sector
For more information, and to submit an EOI, click here.
1 November 2025
Call for Papers: 6th Annual Symposium on Jurisprudence and Theology
Australian National University Law School
CfP closes: 1 November 2025
It is often thought that modern analytic jurisprudence has left theology behind. Think again. Consider the following quote from the Hart-land of jurisprudence:
If men are not devils, neither are they angels; and the fact that they are a mean between these two extremes is something which makes a system of mutual forbearances both necessary and possible. With angels, never tempted to harm others, rules requiring forbearances would not be necessary. With devils prepared to destroy, reckless of the cost to themselves, they would be impossible. (HLA Hart, The Concept of Law, 196)
Neither angels nor demons would have the kind of legal system that we have. Law is situated precariously between heaven and hell. This jurisprudential insight is dripping with theological speculation. It seems that jurisprudence is not done with theology yet.
We welcome papers that explore the intersection of jurisprudence and theology from diverse interdisciplinary perspectives, from all faith traditions and none, and from both faculty members and postgraduate students.
Please submit your abstracts (100-200 words) with your name and institutional affiliation to A/Prof Joshua Neoh (joshua.neoh@anu.edu.au) before 1 November 2025.
For more information, click here.
Conferences and seminars
6 October 2025
In Whose Best Interests? Directors' Duties in Government Owned Corporations
Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash Law
Date: 6 October 2025
Time: 5.00-6.30pm (AEDT)
Location: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street Melbourne
Government corporations (statutory corporations and government owned companies) are established by Parliaments and governments to pursue a particular purpose with some degree of independence from government.
The governance model is based on company governance: there is a board whose members owe duties to the corporation. This approach ignores the substantial differences between a board of a private sector company and a board of a government corporation.In particular, a duty (statutory or general law) to act in the best interests of a government corporation makes little sense. Michael Lishman proposes that this is replaced with a duty to advance purpose. Michael will further argue that government corporation boards have an important role to play in protecting the independence of the corporation and from the ‘costs’ that arise from government control.
Chair: Jennifer Hill, Chair of the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies
Speaker: Michael Lishman, PhD student and Lawyer
Commentators:
Stephen Bottomley, Former Dean of ANU Law
Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor at Monash Law
For more information, and to register, click here.
8 October 2025
58 Facets: on law, violence and revolution – Panel Discussion
Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, University of Melbourne
Date: 8 October 2025
Time: 5.00-7.00pm (AEDT)
Location: Deakin Downtown, Level 12, Tower 2, 727 Collins Street, Docklands
Join us for a panel discussion of Dr Marika Sosnowski’s book, 58 Facets: On law, violence and revolution, followed by a reception, which will be hosted by Deakin’s Centre for Law as Protection and Melbourne Law School’s Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness.
Marika Sosnowski will be in conversation with Shiri Krebs from the Centre for Law as Protection (Deakin University) and Radha Govil from the Statelessness Centre.
For more information, and to register, click here.
9 October 2025
The Rule of Power vs the Rule of Law: Palestine, Israel and Australian Democracy
Australian National University Law School
Date: 9 October 2025
Time: 6.00-7.30pm (AEDT)
Location: HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, Fellows Rd, Acton, ACT
Australia’s alliance with Israel persists despite credible allegations of genocide and growing domestic dissent. This panel will examine how lawyers, public servants, and civil society can hold government accountable for foreign policy that defies a rules-based world order.
This event is hosted in collaboration with ACT Muslim Lawyers.
Panelists:
Mussa Hijazi, commercial lawyer and partner of Hijazi Curran Cameron Lawyers
Senator Fatima Payman, Senator for Western Australia
Greg Barns SC, barrister practising in criminal law, administrative law and abuse cases
Facilitator: Shane Rattenbury MLA, elected member for Kurrajong and the Leader of the ACT Greens
For more information, and to register, click here.
10 October 2025
Decolonising the Law in African-Australian Communities
University of Sydney
Date: 10 October 2025
Time: 6.00-8.00pm (AEDT)
Location: Room 495, Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom, Madsen Building, University of Sydney
Hosted by Niro Kandasamy, Akuch Anyieth, Sarouche Razi, and Ghena Krayem will discuss the new book - its origins, and implications, and the influence of Akuch's lived experience in its development, followed by an opportunity for audience Q&A. Akuch will highlight some of the systemic issues faced by migrants and refugees in Australia—issues explored in both her compelling memoir Unknown: A Refugee’s Story and her more recent work including this new book.
This event is sponsored by the Powerful Stories Network, the Past and Present Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre for the Study of Humanity Through Time, and the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney.
For more information, and to register, click here.
13 October 2025
Democratising the SRC – Briefing for Teachers
Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales
Date: 13 October 2025
Time: 3.00-4.00pm (AEDT)
Location: Online
This webinar will be an opportunity for teachers to learn more about building democratic principles and civics education into the structure of their Students’ Representative Councils. Professor Rosalind Dixon from the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at UNSW, founder of the Democratising the SRC project, will walk you through different structuring options and the civics education rationale behind them, while teachers who have previously participated in the program will be available to offer practical tips and advice.
For more information, and to register, click here.
15 October 2025
The US Supreme Court and the 2024-25 Term
Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales
Date: 15 October 2025
Time: 1.00-2.00pm (AEDT)
Location: Hybrid - In-person at UNSW Law & Justice (Building F8, Level 2, Adrian Cameron Room) and Online via Teams
The US Supreme Court has handed down a range of controversial decisions in recent months – including cases that go to the heart of President Trump’s power to reshape American constitutional law and democracy.
In this special seminar, the UNSW Gilbert +Tobin Centre of Public Law hosts Professor Amanda L. Tyler (Shannon Cecil Turner Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law) and Associate Professor David Smith (United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney) in conversation with Professor Rosalind Dixon (Anthony Mason Professor and Scientia Professor of Law, UNSW and Gilbert + Tobin Centre), to discuss these cases and their broader context and significance. The event is co-hosted by the UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
For more information, and to register, click here.
16 October 2025
GSPL Reading Group Series - Professor Alison LaCroix
Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales
Date: 16 October 2025
Time: 9.00-10.00am (AEDT)
Location: Online
Constitutional principles and ideas can be reduced to text, but each generation must give that text meaning. In The Interbellum Constitution, Professor Alison LaCroix explores the profound transformation that marked American constitutional law in the post-founding generation. As Professor LaCroix shows, the period between 1815 and 1861 was marked by significant debate on foundational legal and political principles that ultimately forced a substantial revision of the American constitutional vision.
In this book discussion, the UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, together with the Greater Sydney Law Schools’ Public Law reading group, hosts Professor LaCroix, in conversation with Jeff Gordon. The session will by chaired by Jemimah Roberts.
For more information, and to register, click here.
16 October 2025
Teaching Law in the GenAI Era
James Cook University
Date: 16 October 2025
Time: 11.00am-12.00pm (AEST)
Location: Online
Discover how generative AI is transforming the landscape of higher legal education in this compelling session led by Dr Karnika Bansal from James Cook University.
Drawing from her experience as a lecturer, Dr Bansal will explore the shifting role of educators, the integration of AI tools in teaching and assessment, and the critical challenges of maintaining academic integrity and fostering independent thinking. The presentation will also examine how legal curricula must evolve to prepare students for a profession deeply influenced by AI-driven change. Join us to gain valuable insights and stay informed about the innovations reshaping legal education today.
For more information, and to register, click here.
16 October 2025
One year in – The Administrative Review Tribunal
Australian Institute of Administrative Law, SA Chapter
Date: 16 October 2025
Time: 1.00pm (ACDT)
Location: Auditorium – Ground Floor, 55 Currie Street, Adelaide
The Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cth) (ART Act) commenced on 14 October 2024. The ART Act established the Administrative Review Tribunal and made reforms to the system of Federal merits reviews in Australia.
Deputy President Kate Millar and Senior Member Cabrini Shepherd will reflect on the progress of the Tribunal after one year, with reference to the Tribunal’s statutory objective and decisions of the Tribunal’s Guidance and Appeals Panel and the Courts. They will also discuss the interaction between the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and the ART Act.
Chair: Rodger Prince, Senior Executive Lawyer, AGS
For more information, and to register, click here.
16 October 2025
The origins of contemporary judicial power in Papua New Guinea
Selden Society—Australian Chapter
Date: 16 October 2025
Time: 5.15pm (AEST)
Location: Banco Court, Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Level 3, 415 George Street, Brisbane
The third Selden Society lecture for 2025, ‘The origins of contemporary judicial power in Papua New Guinea’, will be presented by the Hon Justice John Logan RFD.
On the night of 19 June 1904, Christopher Stansfeld Robinson—the first Australian chief judicial officer in what became the Territory of Papua—died by suicide outside Government House in Port Moresby. Behind this tragedy lay earlier tragedies, each rooted in the clash of civilisations that marked the colonial experience for what has become the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, for the Commonwealth of Australia and for a shared colonial predecessor, the United Kingdom.
Marking the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s independence, the Honourable Justice John Logan RFD will examine the causes of Robinson’s death and trace recurring themes in the development of judicial power in Papua New Guinea. His Honour suggests these themes offer valuable insights into Australia’s closest neighbour.
The lecture will be livestreamed.
For more information, click here.
16 October 2025
The Olympics and human rights
Human Rights Law Association
Date: 16 October 2025
Time: 5.15-6.30pm (AEST)
Location: Hybrid - Online or in-person (in-person venue to be confirmed closer to the date)
The Olympic Games throw up multiple human rights issues, including the lack of human rights accountability for the IOC, the working conditions of people who build stadiums, and the displacement of people from their homes to make way for new sporting venues. In this seminar, Professor Sarah Joseph will explore human rights issues and opportunities presented by the Olympic Games as Brisbane begins preparations for Brisbane 2032.
For more information, and to register, click here.
17 October 2025
Scrutinising the scrutiny of legislation in Parliament
Procedure and Research Section, Department of the Senate
Date: 17 October 2025
Time: 12.15-1.15pm (AEDT)
Location: Main Committee Room, Parliament House
Legislation is a key tool of governments. Each year, pages and pages of legislation are passed by parliaments across Australia, deriving legitimacy, at least in part, from the Australian people through our system of representative democracy. This lecture takes a step back to reconsider the purpose of legislation, and to examine how the institutional features of the law making process enhance or challenge its democratic legitimacy.
Speaker: Dr Jacinta Dharmananda, Senior Lecturer at the Law School of the University of Western Australia
For more information, and to register, click here.
22 October 2025
Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims in International Law: ANZSIL Prize Seminar
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL)
Date: 22 October 2025
Time: 4.00-5.00pm (AEDT)
Location: Online
The ANZSIL International Human Rights Law Interest Group is delighted to host an online seminar with Dr Jessica Howley on her book, Overlapping Individual and Interstate Claims in International Law, published by OUP, winner of the ANZSIL ECR Book Prize 2025.
This year's judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia exemplifies a recent trend in which interstate claims are increasingly being brought before international courts and tribunals concerning alleged large-scale damage to citizens, in circumstances in which the affected individuals have themselves also brought international claims. The Court acknowledges, at the end of its judgment, the need to have regard to other ongoing mechanisms designed to address the situation at issue, including individual claims mechanisms, in its decisions on reparation.
However, this simple statement masks the significant complexity to which situations of overlapping individual and interstate claims give rise, including how to address sometimes conflicting policy considerations concerning the avoidance of multiplicity, the protection of individual autonomy, and the representative character of the State. This presentation will address how international law regulates such questions - and the practical implications for deciding overlapping individual and interstate claims.
For more information, and to register, click here.
22-24 October 2025
2025 Emerging Scholars Network Annual Workshop
Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and Forced Migration Research Network, University of New South Wales
Date: 22-24 October 2025
Location: Hybrid - Online and In-person at Law & Justice Building, Level 2, UNSW Sydney, Kensington Campus, NSW
The Emerging Scholars Network Annual Workshop will be preceded by a free skills workshop on Wednesday 22 October from 3.00-5.00pm, and the 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference on Thursday 23 October.
Agenda overview:
Wednesday 22 October, 3.00-5.00pm
Skills Workshop: Designing and Showcasing Research for Community Impact
How can we measure societal impact and engagement? Approaches and Strategies in Dialogue
Thursday 23 October, 8.30am-6.30pm
2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world'
Friday 24 October, 9.00am-5.00pm
Emerging Scholars Network Annual Workshop
For more information, and to register, click here.
29 October 2025
Webinar: Deliberative Rights Theory special issue
ICON•S Aus/NZ Theory Group
Date: 29 October 2025
Time: 5.30-7.00pm (AEDT)
Location: Online
Join the online launch of the coming Federal Law Review issue on new deliberative democratic approaches to rights adjudication. The emerging literature of ‘deliberative rights theory’ borrows methods from deliberative democracy to address complex and contentious rights cases. A host of authors have overtly or implicitly laid groundwork for a deliberative rights theory. But deliberative rights theory still lags as a coherent body of ideals and institutional methods. This special issue offers a wide focus on the emerging field and seeks to establish its contours.
Q&A discussion will follow after short presentations of Deliberative Rights Theory articles:
The Deliberative Democratic Turn In Human Rights – Professor Ron Levy, Australian National University
Mini-Public Adjudication of Human Rights Disputes: An Empirical Evaluation – Professor Kate Ogg, Australian National University (presenting a paper also by Henry Palmerlee)
Deliberative Judicial Review – Dr Ignacio Giuffré, Victoria University of Wellington
Federalism Rights – Associate Professor Scott Stephenson, University of Melbourne
Adjudicating Human Rights: Bounded Deliberative Democracy – Professor Sandra Fredman, Oxford
Chair: Professor Sandra Fredman, FBA KC hon, Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub, Oxford University, and Fellow of Pembroke College.
For more information, and to register, click here.
30 October 2025
A Second Chamber for the Queensland Parliament: Four Reasons, Four Features and Four Design Principles
The Bar Association of Queensland
Date: 30 October 2025
Time: 5.00-7.15pm (AEST)
Location: The Banco Court, Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, 415 George Street, Brisbane
The speaker will present four arguments for the restoration of an elected second chamber in Queensland and propose four corresponding qualities that such a chamber should possess. These four arguments and four features concern: (1) better democratic representation, (2) enhanced public deliberation, (3) improved legislative procedures, and (4) increased scrutiny of government. In doing so, the paper will consider four key principles of constitutional design, namely democratic legitimacy, effective governance, the separation of powers, and government accountability.
Chair: The Hon Justice John Bond, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland
Speaker: Professor Nicholas Aroney, University of Queensland
Commentator: Mr Neil Laurie LLB LLM (HONS) MBA, Clerk of the Parliament (Queensland)
Registration: 5.00 - 5.15pm
Seminar: 5.15 - 6.45pm
Drinks: 6.45 - 7.15pm
For more information, and to register, click here.
30 October 2025
Hal Wootten Lecture: The Honourable Justice Dina Yehia
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Date: 30 October 2025
Time: 6.30-7.30pm (AEDT)
Location: Law and Justice Theatre G04, UNSW Sydney
Advocacy – From Bourke to Bugmy and Beyond
In this lecture, Justice Dina Yehia will explore the various aspects of advocacy within and beyond the court room. What is the role of an advocate? Why is advocacy more important than ever?
The lecture will focus on advocacy in the context of First Nations Peoples interactions with the courts and the criminal justice system. Drawing from the values and principles propounded by our founding Dean, Hal Wooten AC QC, Justice Yehia will emphasise the importance of First Nations voices and initiatives in driving systemic change.
We hope you can join us for the Hal Wootten Lecture to hear of Justice Yehia's personal journey from Bourke to the bench, as she shares her experiences and reflections on the transformative power of advocacy.
For more information, and to register, click here.
30-31 October 2025
ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality and International Law Interest Group Workshop
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL)
Date: 30-31 October 2025
Location: Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
The ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality and International Law Workshop is organising a workshop on ‘Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism’. This workshop asks, what can feminist approaches to international law offer in our present moment? How can intersectional analysis, an attentiveness to structural and quotidian forms of oppression, and other feminist methodologies help to shed light on some of the most pressing international issues of our time and help to chart a pathway out? As the post-Cold War international legal order seems to be unravelling, can feminist approaches to international law help us to reimagine international law anew?
There are limited places for non-presenting participants to attend in person and unlimited places for non-presenting participants to attend online.
Draft program:
Thursday 30 October, 1.30-6.00pm
Panel 1: Feminist approaches to the international legal regulation of violence and atrocity
Panel 2: FTWAIL and feminist approaches to post/coloniality
Friday 31 October, 9am-5.45pm
Panel 3: Feminist judging in international courts
Panel 4: Reproductive justice
Panel 5: Feminist approaches to governance, outer space and the global economy
Panel 6: Queer and earth-centred perspectives
For more information, and to register, click here.
31 October 2025
2025 Mayo Lecture
James Cook University
Date: 31 October 2025
Time: 6.00-7.00pm (AEST)
Location: Bebegu Yumba Campus in Douglas, Townsville
The Hon Susan Brown (Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland) delivers the 2025 Mayo Lecture on how the legal system must adapt and lead through technological disruption and evolving public perceptions of justice.
For more information, and to register, click here.
6 November 2025
2025 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture: The future of the ‘future acts’ regime – time for a shake-up or more of the same?
TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
Date: 6 November 2025
Time: 5.30-7.30pm (AEST)
Location: UQ Brisbane City, 308 Queen Street, 4000
The ‘future acts’ regime under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) was originally envisaged as a ‘just and practical’ regime to balance future development with rights for native title holders. However, it is no longer fit for purpose, particularly for new clean energy projects, and the limited rights afforded to native title holders are far from the international human rights standard of free, prior and informed consent.
In 2025, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is tasked with reviewing the future acts regime and is due to give its final report in December. It has published an issues paper and a discussion paper and has received over 150 submissions. Some radical reforms are canvassed – including the abolition of the expedited procedure, significant amendments to the right to negotiate and the move to an impacts-based future acts model.
But there are various tensions at play. At a time when the Federal government is focussed on productivity, will it take up the mantle of reform advocated by many in the native title space?
Speaker: Sarah McBratney, lawyer with 20 years’ experience in native title, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage and resources law
Event program:
5.30-6.00pm: Registration and canapés on arrival (in-person only)
6.00-7.00pm: Lecture address (online and in-person)
7.00-7.30pm: Canapé reception (in-person only)
For more information, and to register, click here.
19-21 November 2025
2025 International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Annual Conference
Monash University Faculty of Law
Date: 19-21 November 2025
Location: Monash University Law Chambers, Melbourne
The theme of IJCLE 2025 is Navigating Global Challenges in Clinical Legal Education: Innovating for the Future.
The first day of IJCLE will feature a number of workshops focused on building the skills clinical teachers need for their work with students, clients and colleagues. These skills include supervision, reflective practice, assessment, feedback and scaffolding student learning.
Days 2 and 3 will provide participants with opportunities to engage with multiple issues related to climate justice, the impact of technology and AI, access to rights and justice, along with enhancing regional and global collaboration. There will be publication-themed sessions including a writing workshop mini retreat designed to encourage clinical scholarship and research collaborations.
There is a fee for this event. For more information, and to register, click here.
24-25 November 2025
Legal Education Research Conference: The Crowded Curriculum
University of New South Wales Law & Justice
Date: 24-25 November 2025
Location: UNSW Law & Justice, Kensington Campus
Law schools today are juggling competing demands and doing so in a fast-changing world. Accrediting bodies mandate that law degrees cover an array of prescribed knowledge areas. The legal profession demands graduates with substantive legal knowledge who are adept at research. All professions require graduates with a range of intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, including communication, reasoning, negotiation, networking and teamwork. There has been a documented increase in the volume and complexity of laws and there are new theories, under-represented perspectives and novel proposals to consider. Students are increasingly expected to be proficient in emerging technologies that are becoming integral to practice and need to be prepared for a world in which significant change is likely. All the while, educators are trying to engage students in the context of a competitive attention economy.
For more information, and to register, click here.
28 November 2025
Early Career Law Academic Day Forum
Australasian Law Academics Association
Date: 28 November 2025
Time: 9.30am-5.00pm (AEDT) (followed by a Book Launch, drinks and canapes)
Location: RMIT University, Melbourne City Campus, 124 La Trobe Street
Join us for a day filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and engaging sessions. This in-person event is a fantastic chance to connect with like-minded individuals in the field of legal education and scholarship. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn from peers and experts. Register now and secure your spot at the ALAA ECA Forum!
The theme this year is 'Shared Journeys: Navigating Early Legal Careers with Collective Strength' and our Keynote speaker will be Professor Kate Galloway.
This year, for the first time ever, we're introducing an ECA Spotlight Event where we're celebrating the book launch of an ECA Researcher. Our inaugural Spotlight-ee is Dr Balawyn Jones whose book 'Domestic Violence, Islam and Gender in Indonesia' has recently been published by Routledge (2025). The launch will take place at the end of the formal program for the day and will be complemented with drinks and canapes.
Places at the forum are capped, and first-come, first-served.
For more information, click here.
6 December 2025
In-Person Symposium: Judicial Independence in Australia - Looking Forward, Ten Years On
Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, University of Queensland
Date: 6 December 2025
Time: 9.00am-5.00pm (AEST)
Location: T. C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
Ten years after the publication of Judicial Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Future Directions (Federation Press, 2016), the landscape of judicial independence has radically changed. The time is ripe for a new edited collection taking stock of these changes and looking to the future.
The symposium will bring together leading scholars, judges and lawyers to discuss the nature and importance of judicial independence in Australia, and to debate current and future challenges.
For more information, click here.