Program Run Order
This is a summary of the timings and structure of the ALTA 2012 conference program. The details of each session will be available towards the end of May. All events will take place at the Sydney Law School Building unless stated otherwise.
| SUNDAY, 1 JULY 2012 | |
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| 9.00am - 4.00pm | Council of Australian Law Deans Meeting AD Law Network Meeting |
| 4.00pm - 7.00pm | Registration Open |
| 4.30pm - 5.30pm | Convenors and Representatives Cocktail Party |
| 5.30pm - 7.00pm | WELCOME RECEPTION: The Law School Foyer ALTA Conference Welcome: Professor Rosalind Mason Welcome to Sydney Law School: Professor Gillian Triggs |
| MONDAY 2 JULY 2012 | |
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| 8.30am | Registration |
| 9.00am - 10.30am | OPENING PLENARY Welcome to Country: Donna Ingram Opening Address: Professor Gillian Triggs Keynote Presentation: The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP |
| 11.00am - 12.30pm | SESSION ONE: - Publish or Perish: Getting Started on the Publication Ladder Legal Education 1, Labour Law, Competition & Consumer Law, Environmental Law, Ethics & The Legal Profession, International Law, Tort & Contract 1 |
| 1.30pm - 3.00pm | SESSION TWO: - Indigenous Inclusion in Legal Education Legal Education 2, Clinical Legal Education, Criminal Law 1, Law & Social Justice, Property Law, Comparative & Asia Law, Legal Theory & Law in Context |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Palgrave Macmillian Book Launch |
| 3.30pm - 5.00pm | CLOSING PLENARY: Keynote Presentations The Hon. Justice Allsop, President of the Court of Appeal of NSW The Hon. Justice Slattery, Supreme Court of NSW |
| 7.00pm - 11.00pm | FORMAL CONFERENCE DINNER: The Museum of Contemporary Art Keynote Speaker: The Hon. Virginia Bell, High Court of Australia Master of Ceremonies: Craig Reucassel LexisNexis Awards Presentation |
| TUESDAY 3 JULY 2012 | |
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| 8.30am | Registration open |
| 9.00am - 10.30am | OPENING PLENARY: Keynote Presentations Professor Mitch Baillin, Georgetown University Law Center Professor Michael Coper, ANU College of Law Chairperson: Dr Rita Shackel |
| 11.00am - 12.30pm | SESSION THREE: - Online Publishing Legal Education 3, Legal Research & Communication, Constitutional Law, Law & Computers, Revenue Law 1, Indigenous Peoples & The Law |
| 1.00pm - 1.30pm | ALTA General Meeting |
| 1.30pm - 3.00pm | SESSION FOUR: - Australian Academy of Law Roundtable: Trends in Legal Research: Measuring Impact for Practice’ Legal Education 4, Law & Medicine, Company Law, Legal History, Law for Non-Law Students, South Pacific Legal Studies |
| 3.30pm - 4.30pm | CLOSING PLENARY: Keynote Presentation The Hon. Justice Bathurst, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW |
| 7.00pm - 10.30pm | CASUAL CONFERENCE DINNER: St Paul’s College, Sydney University CCH Australia Awards Presentation |
| WEDNESDAY 4 JULY 2012 | |
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| 9.00am - 10.30am | SESSION FIVE: - Academics with Disabilities - South Pacific Legal Studies Round Table - Best Practices in Clinical Legal Education Legal Education 5, Tort & Contract 2, Revenue Law 2 |
| 11.00am - 12.30pm | SESSION SIX: - ALTA Convenors Meeting - Best Practices in Clinical Legal Education (continued) Legal Education 6: ‘Student Well Being & Support’, Criminal Law 2 |
| 12.30pm | Conference Close |
| 1.00pm - 3.00pm | ALTA Executives Strategic Planning Meeting |
