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Past CPD Activities
Joint Seminar on Aspects of Natural Resources Law: Wednesday, June 17 |
Presenters: Adjunct Professor Martin Klapper, Partner of Hopgood Ganim Lawyers will be presenting on Foreign Investment in the Resources Industry
Mr Duncan McLean, Partner at Minter Ellison Lawyers, will then present on Examination of issues relating to Sole Risk, Less than all parties, and withdrawal from Operating Agreements.
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Minter Ellison Lawyers, Level 49 Central Park, 152-158 St Georges Tce, Perth.
One CPD point from Competency Area 3 (Legal Knowledge) will be awarded for attending this seminar. The fee for the seminar is $55.00 (inclusive of GST).
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| Climate Change Management in the United States Post-Bush : Focusing on Fiscal and Economic Policy. Monday, June 8 |
Presenter: Professor Mona Hymel, Andrews Professor of Law at the James E. Rogers College of Law, the University of Arizona
Time: 4.00pm
Venue : Jackson McDonald Lawyers, 140 St Georges Tce Perth.
Two CPD points from Competency Area 3 (Legal Knowledge) will be awarded for attendance at this seminar. The fee for this seminar is $125.00.
Abstract: This presentation will discuss the Bush administration climate change policies and compare Bush's legacy with the new Obama administration's actions towards dealing with climate change issues and environmental problems.
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Representing Small Businesses: Conflicts and Confidentiality. Tuesday, June 9 |
Presenter: Professor Mona Hymel, Andrews Professor of Law at the James E. Rogers College of Law, the University of Arizona
Time: 4.00pm
Venue : Jackson McDonald Lawyers, 140 St Georges Tce Perth.
Abstract: The owners of a closely-held business often think of the lawyer who represents the business as their personal lawyer as well. This client attitude is fraught with ethical problems for the lawyer. These and other related issues will be discussed during this presentation, which will also look at examples of situations where these issues arise, as well as engagement letters used by U.S. lawyers entering into such joint representation.
One CPD point from Competency Area 1 (Legal Skills and Practice) and one point from Competency Area 2 (Ethics and Professional Responsibility) will be awarded for attendance at this seminar. The fee for this seminar is $125.00.
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| School of Law Research Day. Friday, May 29 |
The School will host its Research Day starting with a light lunch at Noon for presenters and participants in the foyer of the School of Law. The programme will start at 12.30pm in Freehills Lecture Theatre.
| UNDERSTANDING REFUGEE PROTEST AGAINST IMMIGRATION DETENTION - 14TH MAY |
Between 1999 and 2005 approximately 11,500 refugees were detained in Australian immigration detention centres. Many IDCs were over-crowded and the slow pace of refugee application processing meant that significant numbers of people were detained for periods exceeding 1 year and sometimes as long as 5, 6 and 7 years.
| PATENTING THE UNPATENTABLE: GENES, PROTEINS AND INVENTIONS? - 6TH MAY |
The lecture will deal with the monopolisation of biological materials in Australia and explain how the Australian Senate has come to instigate gene patents and how they have, are and may impact upon medical and scientific research and the provision of healthcare in Australia. Although what galvanised politicians in 2008 was the controversy over an attempt by an Australian company to halt Australian public laboratories from testing for the BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations associated with breast and ovarian cancers, there are thousands of patents over various biological materials that are identical or substantially identical to naturally occurring things - things that no one conceived, created or made.
| THE RECENT INDONESIAN ELECTION: ISSUES AND PROBLEMS - 7TH MAY |
Susi Susantijo
Director of Faculty of Law, Universitas Pelita Harapan.
Date: Thursday 7th May
Time: 1.00pm
Venue: Library (south wing) meeting Room 2.007
| LEGAL RESEARCH TRAINING WITH AustLII - 16 MARCH 2009 |
AustLII's Training Program on Free-access Online Legal Research aims to assist its users to obtain the maximum benefits from their use of AustLII and other free-access online legal research tools. The School of Law at Murdoch University is pleased to host the first AustLII Training Program for 2009.
| CPD SEMINAR: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS – A BIG BUT UNANANSWERED CHALLENGE FOR THE EU - 11 February 2009 |
Professor Dr Achim Rogmann, will be visiting the School in February to give a seminar on the European Union’s response to the global financial crisis. Professor Rogmann is visiting from the Brunswick European Law School in Wolfenbuttel, Germany. The seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 11 at 11.30am, and is accredited for the award of 1 CPD point in the competency area of Legal Knowledge.
The seminar’s abstract and registration form can be downloaded here |
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| CPD SEMINAR: CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION |
Professor Sanguan Lewmanomont, Associate Fellow and Former Dean at Thailand’s Yonok University, will be visiting the School on Thursday, October 23 to give a guest lecture on Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Protection.
Professor Lewmanomont is the Director of the Trademark Appeal Board within the Thai Ministry of Commerce, an Advisor to the Thai Ministry of Justice, and President of the Thailand-Chinese Law Society. Professor Lewmanomont is also President and Founder of Lewmanomont International Law Office, one of Thailand’s principal firms specialising in trade mark, patent and copyright law.
Date: 23 October 2008
Time: 4.00pm
Venue: Freehills Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University School of Law
This Seminar has been approved for 1 CPD point within Competency Area 3 (Legal Knowledge). Practitioners who wish to attend are invited to register at a fee of $55 (inclusive of GST). The Registration Form can be downloaded here . |
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| CPD SEMINAR: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: REFUGEE STATUS DETERMINATION IN A HOT POLITICAL CLIMATE |
Mary Anne Kenny, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Murdoch University, and a Western Australian Law Reform Commissioner. She was formerly Director of SCALES and founder of SCALES’ ‘Advanced Immigration Law Clinic’. Mary Anne has considerable experience as a migration agent and in the conduct of refugee litigation.
Date: 11 November 2008
Time: 1.00 pm
Venue: Murdoch University Library, South Wing, level 2, room 2.007
Refugee status determination in receiving countries such as Australia claims to be an independent process with decisions made on the basis of objective empirical country information and a non-discriminatory application of legal principles. It is often asserted that decision makers approach their decision making function unaffected by politics ‘without fear or favour’. The arrival of asylum seekers in developed countries is always a controversial area of domestic politics. This raises questions whether decision makers are influenced by the political environment in which they operate.
| PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN ARBITRATION LAW & PRACTICE |
Commercial arbitration is one of the growth areas of legal practice and possibly the most widely used dispute resolution method in domestic and international business. Participants in this training program will study the law and practice relating to domestic and international commercial arbitration as well as commonly applied arbitration rules.
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