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Events
2010 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner
A major conference on constitutional law, the ninth in a series, will be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday 19 February 2010. The event is organised by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law with the support of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law.
The conference will focus on developments in the High Court and other Australian courts in 2009 and beyond. It will be addressed by leading practitioners, government lawyers, judges and academics.
The conference will be followed by dinner at NSW Parliament House, hosted by NSW Attorney-General, the Hon John Hatzistergos, MLC.
Speakers at the conference will review the key themes and statistics of the Court's work in 2009 as well as recent major decisions.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Dr Melissa Perry QC, New South Wales Bar
- Professor Gerard Carney, Bond University
- Chris Horan, Victorian Bar
- Robert Meadows QC, Solicitor-General of Western Australia
- Associate Professor Alison Duxbury, University of Melbourne
- Nick Gouliaditis, Australian Government Solicitor
- Professor John Williams, University of Adelaide
- Dr Dan Meagher, Deakin University
- Bryan Pape, University of New England
- Gabrielle Appleby, University of Adelaide
- Senator George Brandis SC, Shadow Attorney-General
Brochure now available. Special academic rate available.
Academic Online Registration
General Online Registration
There has been a change to the official program since printing. Chief Justice Robert French of the High Court of Australia will replace Justice Virginia Bell as the guest speaker at the Conference Dinner. We are very pleased that this distinguished speaker is able to join the program for this event.
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