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| Date | Event and Theme | Location | Contact |
| 6-7 February 2010
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Sentencing Conference, National Judicial College of Australia This conference will build on the success of a multidisciplinary conferences on Sentencing in 2006 and 2008, each attended by over 300 participants including 70 members of the judiciary. The 2010 conference will be of interest to people with an interest in sentencing and its aftermath. This includes the judiciary, legal practitioners, health and welfare professionals involved in court proceedings, academics, media representatives , community representatives, corrective services officers and the public generally. |
National Convention Centre, Canberra | For more information and a registration form see www.njca.com.au |
| 26 - 27 November 2009 | 10th "Law via the Internet" Conference The 10th “Law via the Internet” conference, held for the very first time in its 10-years history in Africa, offers the opportunity listen to and engage with experts from around the world contributing and presenting on the cross-cutting issues of law and technology, including but not limited to issues of provision of law over the Internet. The theme of the conference will be Global Free Access to Law and Developing Countries: Impact, Challenges and Networks. The main conference themes, as per the draft programme are:
These topics will not only be of interest to lawyers, notaries and legal information specialists but also to specialists from courts, tribunals and ministries as well as authors and editors. |
International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa | http://www.lawviatheinternet.org/ |
| 6-24 July 2009 |
United Nations International Law Seminar
Applications invited for United Nations International Law Seminar, Geneva, 6-24 July 2009
The seminar aims to enable postgraduate students or young university teachers specialized in international law, as well as young lawyers working in the international law field, to widen their knowledge of both the work of the International Law Commission and of the codification and progressive development of international law. It also provides an opportunity for lawyers coming from different legal systems and cultures to exchange view regarding items on the agenda of the Commission. Please note that while the Seminar is free, the United Nations can make no financial contribution toward travel or residential expenses incurred by participants. |
Geneva, Switzerland |
For more information, please refer to the UNOG website. Applications to be address to the Legal Liaison Office at the UN Office in Geneva |
| 26 September - 3 October 2009 | 15th Triennial Conference – Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association (CMJA) |
Club Med Turkoise, Turks and Caicos Islands |
For more information, please refer to the CMJA 2009 website. |
The 2008 ALRAC Conference was organised by the University of the South Pacific - School of Law. It was held in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 10 - 12 September, 2008.
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| Session Title | Speakers |
| Welcome and Keynote Address: A Generation of Reforming Law and Justice in the Pacific | Bernard Narakobi - Lawyer, Politician, Diplomat Please note that there is no written paper for this presentation. | The Birth and Rebirth of Law Reform Agencies | Neil Rees - Victorian Law Reform Commission The Birth and Rebirth of Law Reform Agencies (doc) The Birth and Rebirth of Law Reform Agencies (ppt) Frank Kabui & Anna Guthleben - Solomon Islands Law Reform Commission The Establishment of a Commission in Solomon Islands (doc) Ming Leung Wai - Attorney General, Samoa Samoa's Experience With the Establishment of a Law Reform Commission (doc) Ishmael Kalsakau - Attorney General, Vanuatu The Establishment of Vanuatu's Law Reform Commission (pdf) | Regional Cooperation in Law Reform | Daiana Buresova - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat David Lambourne - Solicitor-General, Kiribati David Weisbrot & Lawrence Kalinoe - Australian Law Reform Commission and PNG Constitutional & Law Reform Commission Opportunities for Regional Cooperation in Law Reform (ppt) Steve Klingelhofer & David Robinson - International Center for Not for Profit Law Laws affecting community organisations in the South Pacific - a "tipping point" in the law reform process (doc) | Resources for Law Reform | Neil Adsett - Law Consolidated IncAspects of Law Revision in Smaller Jurisdictions (pdf) Jonathan Dobinson - Australian Law Reform Commission Working Smarter, Not Harder: The Role of Information Technology (ppt) Lenore Hamilton - Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)Pacific Legal Databases & Their Role in Facilitating Law Reform (ppt) Bryan Horrigan - Macquarie University, Faculty of Law Reforming Law Reform's Engagement with the Academic Arm of the Legal Profession (doc) | Keynote Address - Day 2 Reforming the Fundamental Law–Constitutional Change and Community Education | Cheryl Saunders - Melbourne Law School Reforming the Fundamental Law: Constitutional Change and Community Education (doc) Reforming the Fundamental Law: Constitutional Change and Community Education (ppt) | Reforming the Architecture of Legal Systems | Graham Hassall - University of the South Pacific, PIAS-DG The Legal Politics of Constitutional Reform in the Pacific (pdf) 'Alisi Taumoepeau - Attorney-General, Tonga Constitutional Change in Tonga (doc) Katy Le Roy - Nauru Constitutional Review Commission Reforming the Architecture of Legal Systems: Constitutional Review in Nauru (ppt) Nainendra Nand - University of the South Pacific, School of LawConstitutional Reform in Fiji (doc) | Reforming the Law and Legal Institutions to Promote Human Rights | Jennifer Corrin - University of Queensland, TC Beirne School of Law Only Skin Deep? Law Reform and the Reality of Human Rights in the Pacific (ppt) Helen Aikman QC - (formerly) New Zealand Law Commission Reconciling Custom and Human Rights (doc) John von Doussa - Australian Human Rights CommissionThe Potential Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Pacific (doc) The Potential Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Pacific (ppt) | Debate:That Law Reform Bodies are the Best Vehicles for Law Reform | Affirmative - Ian Davis, Queensland Law Reform Commission & Rosalind Croucher, Australian Law Reform Commission Negative - Simon Rice, Australian National University, College of Law & Robin Banks, Public Interest Advocacy CentreNegating the Proposition that Law Reform Agencies are the Best Vehicle for Law Reform (pdf) | Miscellaneous Papers | The Honourable Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek - Supreme Court, Vanuatu Welcome to ALRAC 2008 (pdf) Professor David Weisbrot - Australian Law Reform Commission Conference Dinner Speech (doc) Justice Roslyn Atkinson - Chair, Queensland Law Reform CommissionALARC 2010 - Brisbane, Australia (ppt) Michael Sayers - Honourable Secretary General, The Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies (CALRAs) CALRAs Report to Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference in September 2008 (doc) Commonwealth Law Ministers - Communique Commonwealth Law Ministers Communique 2007 |