Guest Lecture Series
The Guest Lecture Series is a series of weekly lectures in law and legal practice exclusively for Melbourne Law School students.
Melbourne Law School is committed to giving our students access to the best and brightest legal minds, ensuring they are in touch with cutting edge legal issues.
We are proud to offer our students a weekly Guest Lecture Series covering a diverse range of law and legal practice issues. By enhancing their legal knowledge and hearing from speakers across a broad spectrum of the law, politics and legal fields, students are further developing your professional skills and understanding.
Some highlights of Guest Lecture Series presentations in 2009 included:
- The Honourable Michael EJ Black AC, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia
The Human Rights Jurisdiction of the Federal Court - Judge Jennifer Coate, Victorian State Coroner
The Coroner: An Ancient Role in a Modern World - The Honourable John Clarke QC
Reflections on the Inquiry into the Haneef Affair - Professor Sanford Clark, Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, Special Counsel, Blake Dawson
Prosper the Commonwealth? The Constitution and the Murray-Darling Basin - Professor Hugh Corder, Professor of Public Law UTC, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Current Developments in South African Constitutional Law - Karen Curtis, Australian Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner
Latest Developments in Privacy Law Reform - The Honourable Robert S French, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia
Native Title – A Constitutional Shift - Gail Hambly, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, John Fairfax Holdings Limited
What does a General Counsel and Company Secretary do in a Global Economic Crisis? - The Honourable Dr Mike Kelly AM, MP, Commonwealth Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support and Water
Advancing the Rule of Law - Professor Panos Koutrakos, Professor of European Law, University of Bristol
The International Role of the European Union - Jürgen Kurtz, Senior Lecturer
International Law, Market Regulation and Financial Crisis - Cheng Lim, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jacques
ISP Responsibility and P2P Filesharing - Susanna Lobez, Writer, Co Author “Gangland Australia” (Melbourne University Press)
101 Things to do with a Law Degree - Murray V McInnis, Victorian Bar (Ambassador White Ribbon Day)
Elimination of Family Violence – A Lawyer’s Role - The Honourable Justice Tony Pagone QC
Centipedes, Liars and Unconscious Bias - Katherine Sampson, Managing Director, Mahlab Recruitment (Vic)
Your Legal Career Now and into the Future - Melanie Sanders, Partner, Bain and Co
Women in Business – Why don’t we have more women at the top? - Catherine Walter AM, Company Director
Life with a Law Degree – In and Out of the Law - Elisa de Wit, Partner - Climate Change, Deacons
The Developing Law of Climate Change - Karen Wood, Group Executive and Chief People Officer, BHP Billiton
How Does BHP Billiton Approach Executive Remuneration - Is there a Need for Legislative Intervention? - Professor Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethic, Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford (UK)
Ethics and Abortion Law Reform
Forthcoming Guest Lecture Series presentations can be viewed on the Forthcoming Careers Office Events page.
Information for host syndicates can be viewed here.
Recent presentations can be viewed here.
(Please note this information is password protected for access by current students only.)