Sydney Law School Postgraduate Conference

2012 Sydney Law School Postgraduate Conference

1 and 2 November 2012
Sydney Law School, Level 4, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown

Further information will be available soon.

 

2011 Sydney Law School Postgraduate Conference

27th & 28th October  2011

Sydney Law School, New Law School Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney

Call for abstracts and event information

Abstract submission for 2011 has now closed but please consider attending the Conference.

Invitation to Present

The conference will provide a forum for the discussion of specific legal research projects, as well as an opportunity to explore broader issues around research method, theory, critique and the culture of law.
The conference will take place over two days at the New Law School Building, University of Sydney. Day One will include the key note address and concurrent presentation sessions. Day Two will run as a half day and involve a roundtable discussion session about the PhD experience facilitated by relevant academics. Concurrent roundtable discussions of research, method, theory and critique will also take place on Day Two.

How to Submit

Abstract submission for 2011 has now closed.  Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract.

Acceptance of Abstracts

Successful applicants will be notified by Monday 12 September 2011. 
Accepted presenters are required to submit a conference paper (maximum word length 4000 words) by Thursday 13 October 2011.  The conference paper will be provided to the academic discussant of the relevant session in order to facilitate active engagement with the presentation and encourage useful discussion and feedback.  A $500 paper prize will be awarded to the best written paper. 

Keynote Speaker

The keynote speaker at the conference will be Professor Gerry Simpson. Professor Simpson holds the Kenneth Bailey Chair of Law at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne, where he is Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, and Convenor of The Global Justice Studio. He is also a Visiting Professor of Public International Law at the London School of Economics, where he held a Chair until 2009, and is currently an AFP/Open Society Fellow (based in Tbilisi, Georgia). He is the author of Great Powers and Outlaw States (Cambridge, 2004) and Law, War and Crime: War Crimes Trials and the Reinvention of International Law (Polity 2007).

 

Event sponsors

 

The Sydney Law School Postgraduate Conference is sponsored by the Commercial Law Association of Australia

For over 45 years the Commercial Law Association of Australia (CLA) has been a 'quiet achiever' serving the interests of practitioners in both commerce and law. Since its establishment in 1965 the CLA has continued to provide networking and educational opportunities for those involved in legal and business sectors. The Association is recognised as a leader in the provision of quality continuing legal education including seminars, workshops and conferences.The CLA's mission is to encourage and develop knowledge and understanding of law usages and practices in Australia and overseas. The Association plays an important role in providing information and encouraging debate on important issues.

We reserve the right to cancel this conference in the event that registration numbers are low.  For further details please contact law.pgrc@sydney.edu.au