Category Archives: Seminars

Seminar – Using Your Voice Effectively

As legal academics our voice is arguably the most important teaching tool we possess. However, while we may have specialised knowledge of the law, very few if any of us have any formal voice training. And, as many of us have experienced, teaching for hours on end (especially in rooms with noisy air conditioners or [...]
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Symposium: Compulsory Voting in Comparative Perspective

A symposium presented by the postgraduate Comparative Law class at the Adelaide Law School The University of Adelaide Date: 11 May 2013 Time: 9am for 9.15 am start – 3.15 pm Location: Moot Court, Ligertwood Building, The University of Adelaide No attendance fee, but rsvp necessary. RSVP: cornelia.koch@adelaide.edu.au by 9 May 2013 The Adelaide Law [...]
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‘Some Problems with Extra-Judicial Pronouncements on the Law’ – Seminar by Dr John Gava

Dr John Gava, Associate Professor of Adelaide Law School is presenting a half day session at the ‘All SA Courts Inter-Courts Judicial Development Day on 7 June 2012. The title of the seminar is ‘Some Problems with Extra-Judicial Pronouncements on the Law’.
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Corporate Law Teachers’ Association Conference

In February three of our Corporate Law teachers; Associate Professor Christopher Symes, Dr Suzanne LeMire and Beth Nosworthy attended the annual Corporate Law Teachers’ Association conference hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law at ANU College of Law. The conference theme on Progressive Possibilities provided an opportunity for examining alternative visions for regulation that promote [...]
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Next CPD Event – Social Media: Communication and consequences in a global networked environment

Over 55% of the Australian population now uses Facebook for business, entertainment, personal communication and sharing with friends and family, with the total number of Facebook users globally exceeding one billion. However, as with any communications medium, as users are learning to adapt and evolve in the online environment they inevitably encounter legal problems, including [...]
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Next CPD event – Contemporary Corporate Law

Presenters: Steven Thomas and Associate Professor Christopher Symes There is a lot of corporate law in Australia, over 2300 provisions in the major Act alone, and volumes of case law that expand vastly each year. Decisions on directors’ duties, insolvent trading and company service are received each year and the changes they make to the [...]
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Café Scientifique: Xenotransplantation – the solution to our organ shortage?

On Wednesday 10 October 2012, Adelaide Law School Senior Lecturer Dr Bernadette Richards spoke at ‘The Science Exchange’ at RiAus on the topic of Xenotransplantation, along with panelists Dr Toby Coates from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Professor Anthony D’Apice from St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. Xenotransplantation – taking organs from animals and transplanting them into [...]
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Adelaide Law School academic to talk at debate about ‘Should healthcare workers be allowed into conflict zones given the risk to their own security?’

International Humanitarian Law provides legal protections for health care workers and medical facilities in unequivocal terms. Despite such legal protection, health care workers and health facilities in conflict zones have been the subject of specific attack in increasing numbers by both state forces and non-state actors. These attacks have necessarily compromised health care delivery with [...]
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RUSSLR 2012 Law and Religion Oration

The Doctrine of Discovery in Australia and the United States By Professor Robert J. Miller  DATE Wednesday, 29 October  TIME 6:00pm VENUE Moot Court Room, Ligertwood Building, North Terrace, The University of Adelaide Synopsis: England explored and colonised the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada under the authority of an international law called the Doctrine [...]
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Adelaide Law School academic to speak at International Humanitarian Law Seminar

As part of the Law Week activities, Professor Susan Breau from Flinders University and Associate Professor Captain Dale Stephens RAN of Adelaide University will be conducting a seminar on aspects of International Humanitarian Law at Finlaysons (Level 12 Boardroom, 81 Flinders Street, Adelaide) on Thursday, 24 May 2012, from 5.30-7.45pm. Professor Breau Susan will address [...]
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