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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Congratulations to the Adelaide Law School-mentored team which has won the 2019 Disrupting Law Hackathon (SA)!
Disrupting Law is a legal startup competition/hackathon for university students organised by The Legal Forecast students from law, business and technology. Uni SA hosted the South Australian leg of the competition over the weekend of 10-11 August. The event saw students split into teams and partner with academic and industry mentors to develop innovative solutions to current […]
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Social Media, Jurors and the Right of an Accused to a Fair Trial: Progressing Co-operative Law Reform between South Australia and Tasmania
The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the Adelaide Law School has been working with the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) based at the University of Tasmania to progress the topical and important issue of the right to a fair trial before an impartial jury in the context of social media and […]
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SALRI and the 2019 law reform class: Thanks to guest speakers
The Law Reform class plays a major role in supporting the work of the South Australian Law Reform Institute. During the year, students select a research topic linked to the present or potential work of SALRI. Previous classes have worked on such diverse topics as discrimination law, equal opportunity, intestacy, succession, family inheritance, police powers […]
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Third Woomera Manual Plenary meeting in the Hague
The third working group meeting for the Woomera Manual project was held in the Hague between 5 & 9 August 2019. The working group meeting was held in the Hague at the invitation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hosted by the Ministry of Defence through the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Representatives of the founding […]
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Visit of Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG to Adelaide Law School
On Wednesday 21 August, Adelaide Law School hosted the Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG, retired Justice of the High Court of Australia. He generously shared his time with our students, giving a lecture to our first-year class, and working with smaller groups of students including those serving as Student Editors of the Adelaide Law Review […]
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Adelaide Law Review celebrates 40th volume
The Adelaide Law Review, one of Australia’s leading law journals since its inception in 1960, has celebrated the publication of its 40th volume. The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG launched a special issue of the Adelaide Law Review – volume 40, issue 1 – at Adelaide Law School on 21 August. The special issue contains […]
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Raising the Bar on Space Law
On 13 August, Adelaide Law School’s / RUMLAE’s Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs spoke at the Raising the Bar event on the topic ‘Laws for the Final Frontier’. Addressing a sizeable crowd at the Little Bang Brewing Co in Stepney, Matthew spoke about some key contemporary challenges in international space law, and the key threats to […]
Equal Opportunity Commission Legal Advice Service partners with Equality Lawyers
Throughout the year Clinical Legal Education students placed at the Equal Opportunity Commission Legal Advice Service work with solicitor Skye Schunke to provide legal advice and support to people with discrimination complaints in SA. We are delighted to partner with Equality Lawyers’ Natalie Wade, a graduate of Adelaide Law School. Equality Lawyers provides specialised legal […]
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RUMLAE/Australian Red Cross Panel discussion on the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
On Thursday 15 August, RUMLAE, in conjunction with The Australian Red Cross, hosted a panel discussion on the Geneva Conventions in celebration of their 70th Anniversary. The event, held in Napier Lecture Theatre, attracted a large crowd and canvassed the history of the Geneva Conventions, the successes and failures of their normative impact and the future […]
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Clinical Legal Education students at Adelaide Law School working on Pastoral Lands use reform
This semester 4 students enrolled in Clinical Legal Education are working on a submission to amend the SA Pastoral Lands Act. In addition to providing thousands of hours of free legal support and advice to hundreds of South Australians every year, the CLE program gives students an opportunity to work on law reform issues of […]
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