Come get an after-work drink and hear about who we are, why we started the PLN and, most importantly, how you can get involved!
Come along to meet the PLN, and learn more about who we are, what we do and why we do it…and most importantly, how to get involved yourself!
RSVP to progressivelawnetwork@gmail.com OR http://www.facebook.com/events/394621893893797/
The Progressive Law Network would like to thank everyone who attended and supported the second Legal (r)Evolution Conference. We wish to express sincere our gratitude to our inspirational speakers for their invaluable insights.
If you enjoyed the conference and would like to join the PLN, please contact us at progressivelawnetwork.org.au or if you would like to provide feedback on the conference please comment below.
Check this space for upcoming videos and links.
The PLN.
The PLN apologises for the inconvenience caused by our website being down! Thankfully tickets can again be purchased through paypal for our upcoming conference!
The conference will be held between 9:30am-4:30pm on Friday 16 March 2012 at the brand new Monash Law Chambers located in the Melbourne CBD! The PLN would like to extend a warm thank you to all of our speakers and to Monash University for their generous support.
Please look at our running order if you would like to get a feel for the event and what to expect on the day!
Keynote Speaker:
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Part 1: People
Mr David Manne, Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre
Ms Angela Pollard, Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre – Animal Law
Ms Antoinette Braybrook, Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention & Legal Service
Part 2: Planet
The Hon. Chief Justice Brian Preston, Chief Justice of the NSW Land and Environment Court, NSW. – Lessons learned from Environmental Litigation
Dr Peter Burdon, editor of Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence
Felicity Millner, Principal Solicitor, Environment Defenders Office, Victoria – Anti-HRL Litigation in VCAT
Elizabeth McKinnon, Solicitor, Environment Defenders Office, Victoria – Environmental Justice
Part 3: System
Mr Roy Reekie, Victorian Legal Aid -CLCs as a vehicle for change and empowerment
Law School Reform Committee, Australian National University
Ms Helen McGowan, National Association of Community Legal Centres “extreme lawyering” in remote, regional and rural areas
The PLN is pleased to announce some of the speakers for our upcoming conference on Friday 16 March 2012! The PLN would like to extend a warm thank you to all of our speakers for their generous support. Further details and confirmations will be posted shortly.
Keynote Speaker:
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Speakers:
Dr Peter Burdon
Felicity Millner
Elizabeth McKinnon
Antoinette Braybrook
Roy Reekie
David Manne
Angela Pollard
We will also be confirming other speakers very shortly!
On 12 October 2011 Judge Felicity Hampel presented on ‘Digital Natives, Sexting, and How Old Law Meets New Phenomena’. This was a great event and we were very thankful for Judge Hampel’s engaging talk. We would also like to warmly thank Fad Gallery for again providing a great venue, to the many professionals who made it to the event and to our dedicated PLN members.
In other news, our AGM was successfully held on 4 October 2011 and we mapped out a great plan to keep us busy for the next year! Minutes for the event are accessible to current members.
Also, pencil in Friday 16 March 2012 in for our next Legal (r)Evolution Conference. Our 2011 conference was a great success and we completely sold out! The PLN are currently in the process of organising this event and hopefully soon we will be able to confirm a great line up of speakers and an interesting and topical program. Keep your eyes peeled for confirmation of this date and upcoming ticket sales!
And finally, our website was overhauled on 6 December 2011 which will hopefully make navigating our site a little more user friendly! Please don’t hesitate to contact us at all at thepln@progressivelawnetwork.org.au if you have any questions or feedback.
Once again, we warmly thank all members and supporters who have contributed to our great success so far and the speakers for allowing us to share with you some of their wonderful talks and discussions. In particular we would like to thank the Victorian Law Foundation and the Federation of Community Legal Centres for their generous report which facilitated both the 2011 PLN Conference and the production of these video clips.
We hope that you enjoy the video clips from the 2011 PLN Conference which will be released over the next few weeks! The first to be presented online are the Indigenous Legal (r)Evolution Video Clips!
Once again, we warmly thank all members and supporters who have contributed to our great success so far and the speakers for allowing us to share with you some of their wonderful talks and discussions. In particular we would like to thank the Victorian Law Foundation and the Federation of Community Legal Centres for their generous report which facilitated both the 2011 PLN Conference and the production of these video clips.
