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A Welcome From The President
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Dear
Young Lawyer
With
so many fantastic events planned for May, there are plenty of
opportunities to become involved with NSW Young Lawyers this month.
For
the seventeenth year running, our Golden Gavel Competition
will be held on the final day of Law Week. Please join us for
breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel on Friday 15 May and be dazzled by
the wit and humour of our young lawyers.
Other
highlights this month include our first ever 'Charter of Rights for
Australia' full day seminar this Saturday, the launch
of our Human Rights Opportunities
Database on 14 May, the inaugural civil litigation essay
competition and 'Bringing up Gayby: Is Same-Sex
adoption a human Right' forum
to be held at Martin Place on 15 May 2009.
Also,
following the successful completion of the 2008 mentoring pilot, the
Law Society in conjunction with NSW Young Lawyers has decided to
continue with a mentoring program in 2009 and is calling for
expressions of interest by 31 May 2009. The program is open to Law
Society members who may be young lawyers seeking guidance in regard to
development of their careers and more experienced practitioners who are
prepared to provide that guidance. Application forms for mentors and
mentees are available vie our website.
Applications must be received no later than 31 May 2009. For further
information please contact the program co-ordinator Laraine Walker.
Louise Jardim
President
Email Louise
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Law Week 2009: the community and the law meet!
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Law Week 2009 is only a few
days away. This is the time when the legal world meets the
broader community, and Young Lawyers are are in the thick of it! Check out our great events and
become involved! Check out the Law Week Website
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In Focus
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Opening of the Law Term on a full stomach!
The Civil
Litigation Committee kicked off the Opening of Law Term in style,
holding a Spanish soiree at Encasa Restaurant on 8 April 2009 to mark
the occasion. Over 35 Committee members attended the evening, enjoying
a smorgasbord of tapas, pizza, salad and sangria. Read More
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New Land, New Law Refugee
Workshops
On 4 April 2009, the Refugee
Working Group of the NSW Young Lawyers Human Rights Committee ran a
free legal workshop for newly arrived refugees
from a range of countries. The workshop was presented in
collaboration with Mission Australia
and was held at their Auburn
Office...Read More
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Interested in working for Human Rights?
During this year's law week, the Human Rights
Committee will launch its careers database. The database is a
comprehensive resource which contains almost 300 local and
international human rights employment,
internship, volunteer, course and scholarship opportunities, as well
as other useful career development resources...Read More
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The Minister for Planning drops in!
The Environmental Law Committee recently held an
address given by the Hon. Kristina Keneally MP, New South Wales
Minister for Planning, on recent reforms to state planning laws. The
Minister discussed her portfolio and in particular, reforms relating
to urban renewal, land supply and simplification of the planning
processes. Read More
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A new team at the Human Rights Committee
Last month, a new team took over the reigns at
the Human Rights Committee. Led by Claire Hammerton (Chair) and
Carolina Riveros-Soto (Vice Chair), the Committee embarks
on new projects for the legal profession and the community...Learn more about the Human Rights
Committee
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Older Lawyers
The challenge of starting a new career in the
law is a daunting one, but even more so for those who come to the law
as a subsequent career. Juggling the demands of work and study
is difficult for most law students but when combined with the demands
of family... Read More
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How to get involved
Becoming
a committee member is easy! Just choose a committee on our website,
email the Chair, and voila, you are a committee member!
Check
out our committees
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2009 Golden
Gavel - An event NOT TO MISS!
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The Golden Gavel is one of the signature events
of Law Week. If you are up for a laugh to make you forget that
you have woken up REALLY early in the morning to be there, book your
tickets now!!
Every year, the Gavel manages to entice out of
the woodwork the wittiest, zaniest and most entertaining of young
lawyers (soon to be comedians) to perform memorable (some, for the
wrong reasons!) routines for a grateful audience.
Over a hot breakfast, you will be able to enjoy
our young satirists' musings and wonder how they cropped up in such a
serious profession.
Come and join us. We would love to see you
there!
If you are blessed with charm, wit and finesse
and want to compete, click here.
When? 7.30am, 15 May 2009
Where? Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street
How much? $49 per person (a bargain!) ($45 per
person for a
table of 10!)
Included: Hot breakfast and a cup full of laughs
Click to download a
calendar entry!
Go to the Gavel Site
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Public Forum: "Bringing Up Gayby! Is Same Sex
Adoption a Human Right?"
Join us for a light-hearted lunchtime forum and watch a
debate on same sex adoption featuring comedian Jackie Loeb, SBS
executive Bruce Meagher, lawyer Jenni Millbank and other suprise
guests. There will be entertainment from Shauna Jensen and the award-winning
tru-bear-dor, Justin J Bear!
Click to download a
calendar entry!
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Join us for breakfast and a laugh!
Whether you are a competitor or merely a bleary-eyed
spectator, you are bound to enjoy a morning with the
Gavel. During a hot-plated breakfast, you will be brought
to laughter (and then to tears!) as young lawyers unleash
their wit and humour on an unsuspecting, yet grateful,
audience! In these bleak times, oin us for some much-needed
light-hearted fun.
Click to download a
calendar entry!
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Dinner with Regional Young Lawyers
Join Young Lawyers from the the Far South Coast and
Monaro Regional Law Society and Magistrate Chris Bone for a
dinner starting at 6pm on Friday 22 May 2009 at On the Pier (Old Punt
Road off Kings Highway Batemans Bay, P: 4472 6405). Cost will be $50
per person, which includes a two course meal and some wine.
Magistrate Bone will present on "Tips n Traps for
Young Lawyers".
Click to download a
calendar entry!
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Watch this space!
30-31 May 2009 - NSW Young Lawyers holds its Mid-year
assembly. To see how you can attend, click here.
June 2009 - Join NSW Young Lawyers for the end
of financial year drinks!
5 September 2009 - NSW Young Lawyer, in partnership
with other young professionals' organisations, holds its annual Young
Professionals Ball. Click to download a
calendar entry!
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Continuing Legal Education
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NSW Young Lawyers CLE
Don't miss
out on our great CLE seminars in May. Get onto our website
for more information on our CLEs!
May CLE Seminars
- An Update on Traffic Offences
(Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm cost $93.50)
- Leasing and ROT Issues in Insolvency
(Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm cost $66.00)
- The Law versus Commercial Reality
(Wednesday, 20th May, 2009 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm cost $93.50)
- Climate Change Litigation – Perspectives from the
Bench (Tuesday, 26th May, 2009
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm cost $66.00)
- Ethics (s42 LPA) Mandatory
(Wednesday, 27th May 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm cost $93.50)
One Day CLE Seminars
9 May 2009 - Special Conference on a Charter of Rights
(Practitioners may claim CLE points) Hurry! Places are selling fast!
Click to download a calendar
entry!
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From the Editor
I would like to thank Joanne Chaina, Louise Jardim,
Carolina Riveros Soto, Kim Glassborow, Claire Hammerton and others
for their contributions to this edition of Debrief. There
is a lot going on this month at NSW Young Lawyers. Come and meet
us at these events and get to know your organisation.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Pouyan Afshar
Vice President
NSW Young Lawyers
Letters to the Editor
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