NSW Young Lawyers Charter of Rights Conference.

This conference will focus not only on the theoretical and policy aspects of a Charter of Rights, but will also look at the practical implications of a Charter of Rights - an essential tool for practitioners to have at their disposal in the years to come.

Speakers will include:

 
· The Hon Catherine Branson QC (President, Australian Human Rights Commission)

· Professor George Williams (Anthony Mason Professor and Foundation Director, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law)

· Ed Santow (UNSW Senior Lecturer and Project Director, Charter of Human Rights)

· Robin Banks (Director, Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Public Interest Law Clearing House)

· Rev Elenie Poulos (National Director, UnitingJustice Australia)

· Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM (Professor of International Law and Human Rights, ANU College of Law)

· Professor David Kinley (Associate Dean (International) and Chair in Human Rights Law, Sydney University)

· Dr Ben Saul (Director, Sydney Centre for International Law and Barrister)

· Kristina Stern (Barrister, 6th Floor Selborne Chambers)

· Simeon Beckett (Barrister, Maurice Byers Chambers)

· Miiko Kumar (Barrister and Senior Lecturer, Sydney University)

· Kate Eastman (Barrister, St James Hall Chambers)

 
When: From 09.15 on 17.00 on Saturday 9 May
Where: State Library of NSW, Sydney.
Cost: Attendance (inc. lunch and afternoon tea) at $99 for students, academics and community legal centre lawyers and $149 for practitioners.

Practitioners may also claim CLE points for attending this event. You may register online by visiting http://cle.younglawyers.com.au