The Queensland Law Society Symposium 2012

30th Friday - 31st Saturday March 2012

The 50th Anniversary Program for the Queensland Law Society Symposium, scheduled for Friday 30 - Saturday 31 March 2012 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Southbank.

With keynote speakers including leading international human rights counsel and author Geoffrey Robertson QC, environmental campaigner Erin Brockovich and renowned Australian demographer Bernard Salt, the 50th anniversary Symposium promises to educate, inspire, challenge and entertain. Along with our esteemed keynotes, the program is brought to you by a cast of outstanding local Accredited Specialists, members of the Judiciary and the Bar, and guest speakers from interstate and overseas jurisdictions.

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The CLA Regional Law Conference 19-22 April 2012

The Changing Role of the Legal Profession:Emerging Democracies & Globalisation

This conference is the second CLA regional meeting and the theme of the Conference reflects our rapidly changing world and the ongoing challenges for lawyers in the 21st Century. Current trends in Human Rights Law; Corporate & Commercial Law; The Legal & Judicial profession and other contemporary legal topics will be included in the business programme although particular emphasis will be placed upon issues of importance within Australia and the wider Pacific region. The sessions will offer practical training and expertise which will provide and further develop the legal skills of those attending.

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  the 6^th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights Congress.

To be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia, from 17-20 March 2013.

The Theme of the Congress is 'Building Bridges - From Principle to Reality" and the program will embrace this theme and structure plenary and parallel sessions to reflect this. Some of the topics covered will include:

• Better care of children

• Protecting the rights of indigenous and multicultural children and preserving their cultures

• Juvenile crime and justice

• Family Law issues

• Effect of family violence on children

• Education

• Expert analysis, evaluation and therapy

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