Upcoming PhD seminars for Adelaide Law School
Friday 23rd August, 11am – Karen Gross ‘The Role Institutions Play in Functional Insolvency Systems’ – Could a macroeconomic theory developed to explain the prosperity/poverty divide actually resolve...
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SA Law Reform visits Mount Gambier and Port Pirie
The South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI), based at the Adelaide Law School, conducted its first country succession law reform forums in July 2013, visiting Mount Gambier on Friday 5 July and...
View ArticleRecent appointments of alumni
The Adelaide Law School wishes to congratulate the recent appointments for its graduands: Dr Melissa Perry QC, has been appointed to the Federal Court of Australia. Dr Perry graduated in 1985 with an...
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Adelaide Law School Students Achieve National Success in International...
At the recent ALSA Conference held in Perth, Mr Mark Giddings and Mr Tomas Macura represented Adelaide Law School in the International Humanitarian (IHL) Moot competition. International Humanitarian...
View ArticleNext CPD event – Acting for Government in Litigation
This seminar will explore the ethical responsibilities of government lawyers to the court. Dr Appleby will provide an overview of the model litigant obligations in theory and practice and Dr Le Mire...
View ArticleAlumni 130th Anniversary Group Photo
The Adelaide Law School is justifiably proud of its role in helping shape some of Australia’s finest legal minds for 130 years. As you may know we are in fact the second oldest law school in the...
View Article2013 John Bray Oration –‘South Australia and the Australian Constitution’
The John Bray Law Alumni Network warmly invites alumni, colleagues and friends to the 2013 John Bray Oration by The Honourable Robert French AC, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. This is...
View ArticleGiving Indigenous students the chance to shine
Building numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students and helping them succeed in their studies has won national recognition for a University of Adelaide academic. University of...
View ArticleGetting a Clerkship and/or an Associateship
The Law School would like to announce the first in a series of workshops/lectures to assist students in the Transition from Law School into a Legal Career Getting a Clerkship and/or an Associateship...
View ArticleAustria’s Law against Defamation of Religion – Public Lecture
When: Monday, 28 October, 2013 at 12.00 noon Where: Moot Court Room, Ligertwood Building, Law School Speaker: Professor Greg Taylor Professor Greg Taylor is an honorary Professor of the University...
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Professor James Crawford AC SC attends lecture in his honour
Professor James Crawford AC, SC, FBA, currently Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge, one of Adelaide Law School’s most distinguished graduates and a former Professor...
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Congratulations to Kellie Toole on recent promotion
Kellie Toole joined the casual academic staff of the Law School in 2010 after practising as a criminal defence lawyer for a number of years. In 2011 she was appointed as a permanent Associate Lecturer...
View ArticleCorruption: Have your voice heard
Throughout October and November, the Adelaide Law School is involved in some important research into corruption at the local government level in South Australia. Dr Gabrielle Appleby is leading a team...
View ArticleJoined forces: student legal service and specialist law firm unite
The Magistrates Court Legal Advice Service (MCLAS) has formed a partnership with Lipman Karas to enhance the Service’s dedication to promoting justice access within South Australia. The MCLAS is...
View ArticleBook launch: State of South Australia – Turbulent Times
State of South Australia provides analysis and reflection on the major social, economic, cultural and political trends and policy challenges facing South Australia. It brings together a group of...
View ArticleSeminar Recording: Advocacy in Criminal Trials and Inquests
The Advocacy in Criminal Trials and Inquests Seminar which occurred on On 23 October has been recorded and is available here The panel included His Honour Judge Wayne Chivell, Ms Sandi McDonald SC and...
View ArticleAdelaide Law School Submission on the Performance of ASIC
A group of corporate law scholars at the Adelaide Law School recently made a submission about the performance of ASIC to the Senate Economic References Committee. The Committee’s wide-ranging inquiry...
View ArticleNext CPD Event – The Bell Settlement: Where Are We Now?
The settlement of the Bell Group case (Westpac Banking Corp v The Bell Group Ltd (in liq) (No 3) [2012] WASCA 157) leaves several important areas of corporate law and accessorial liability in a state...
View ArticleRUSSLR 2013 Law and Religion Oration by Dr John Strawson
Islamic Law encounters the Arab Spring – Egypt’s choice Renowned Islamic law expert, Dr John Strawson, will deliver the University of Adelaide Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion’s...
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Defence Force Legal Education Contract Signed
On 31 October, Professor John Williams and Associate Professor Dale Stephens travelled to Canberra to sign a contract to provide postgraduate legal education to the Commonwealth. After a lengthy tender...
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