Law School Events

Hear from a range of panellists, including a corporate solicitor, a lawyer from the Environmental Defenders Office, a barrister, and a PhD student.

This seminar provides a comparative perspective on cartel regulation, focused on the Swiss framework.

Entrepreneurially minded students will take home $10,000 at the 2023 #TransformLaw KWM Prize – attend to find out who!

Presented by Professor Jane Stapleton KC (Hon) FBA, together with a commentary by Patrick Keane AC KC.

Problem-led leaders focus on solving problems. In this workshop, we will explore what problem-led leadership is, and how it can have a practical impact in the world.

Our panel of inspiring women will share insights of their personal experiences and discuss the issues that still present barriers to women within the legal profession.

This workshop series is designed to develop your practical skills in areas that are crucial to success in the legal profession.

Presented by Shucheng (Peter) Wang, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong (CityU).

This seminar will discuss the use of machine learning (ML) and AI technologies to offer personalised products to consumers and explore the legal and ethical risks for financial sector companies that potentially arise out of the use of ML and AI in this context.

The Robodebt Royal Commission’s final report is due to be submitted in July this year. Our expert panel will be discussing the outcomes of the report, and its implications for the use of automated decision-making in public administration. Panellists will discuss various strategies for ensuring that use of automation in government decision-making is fair, transparent, and accountable.

Professor Jodi Gardner analyses if volenti should be abolished and a clearer distinction developed between actions of defendants and that of plaintiffs.

In this workshop, you'll learn the art of client-interviewing. The session will be run by the Law School's Practitioner-in-Residence Faye Austen-Brown, a human rights lawyer from Caxton Legal Centre with 15 years of experience, here to help you learn how to navigate complex legal scenarios with confidence and empathy. 

In this workshop, you'll learn the art of client-interviewing. The session will be run by the Law School's Practitioner-in-Residence Faye Austen-Brown, a human rights lawyer from Caxton Legal Centre with 15 years of experience, here to help you learn how to navigate complex legal scenarios with confidence and empathy. 

In this workshop, you'll learn the art of client-interviewing. The session will be run by the Law School's Practitioner-in-Residence Faye Austen-Brown, a human rights lawyer from Caxton Legal Centre with 15 years of experience, here to help you learn how to navigate complex legal scenarios with confidence and empathy. 

Join us for a panel discussion which will attempt to move beyond unsuccessful debates that pit innovation against equitable access to medicine. In doing so, panellists will draw on their own experiences in relation to re-thinking vaccine creation, production, and distribution. They will also consider what is needed to revision intellectual property to support the creation and delivery of new therapies, both in times of crisis and times of calm.

This paper considers the question of whether (and if so, how) a promisee’s choice whether or not to try to enforce a contract by seeking an order for specific performance can bear upon the damages he or she obtains for the contract’s breach.

Dr Ryan Catterwell analyses the nature of contract application, examining the aim of the process and its mechanics, and explaining why and how we apply a contract.

Professor Kit Barker, Dr Andrew Fell, Dr Gregory Dale and Professor Mark Lunney discuss life and death in private law.

In this lunchtime webinar, Dr Jason Harris (Professor of Corporate Law at Sydney Law School) and Vanessa Whittaker SC (Banco Chambers) discuss a paper by Professor Harris that considers accessorial liability in corporate law for civil and criminal breaches of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Presented by Professor Graham Dutfield from the University of Leeds.

Prof David McLauchlan introduces participants to the book that he is presently writing, entitled Teaching Contract: My Way. The seminar will be of interest to teachers of all private law subjects, not just the law of contract.

Join our webinar 6pm Monday 29 May to hear from a panel of students who will consider what law beyond borders can look like. From Australia through South East Asia, panellists will reflect on the challenges, triumphs, and lessons learned while navigating law transnationally in the Oceanic region.

In light of the current review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), this panel discussion brings academics together with other key stakeholders to discuss these challenges and opportunities, and to consider Australian modern slavery laws in their broader global context.

The seminar addresses the TRIPS-waiver for improving the supply of affordable vaccines in the developing world that South Africa and India proposed at the World Trade Organization in October 2020.

In this seminar, Kerry Abadee will consider proposals for the reform of the regulatory architecture including the Hayne Royal Commission's proposal for a new federal civil law enforcement body for corporate law.