Previous Conferences

  -2001 University of the South Pacific
 -2002 Murdoch University
 -2003 Griffith University
 -2004 Charles Darwin University
 -2005 The University of Waikato
 -2006 Victoria University
 -2007 University of Western Australia
 
-2008 James Cook University, Cairns
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
     
2004 ALTA Conference

 

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

Thursday 8 July 2004

4.30– 5.30  Registration - Ground Floor, Supreme Court Building Foyer, State Square, Mitchell Street (next to Parliament House)

5.30 – 6.00  Transfers from Supreme Court Building to Mindil Beach Markets

6.00 – 9.00 Sunset and drinks at Mindil Beach Markets


Friday 9 July 2004

8.30 – 5.00  Registration

9.30 - 11.00 Larrakia welcome : Richard Fejo

Conference opening: Professor Helen Garnett; Vice Chancellor of Charles Darwin University


PLENARY SESSION ONE: (Court One)

“Islamic Militants, terrorism and border protection – contemporary challenges” -

Mr Karpal Singh, lawyer, human rights advocate and parliamentarian from Malaysia

"Islamic Radicalism, Iraq, Afghanistan and
the War on Terror".

Professor Amin Saikal, Director of Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University.

11.00 – 11.30  Morning Tea

11.30 – 1.00   INTEREST GROUPS: Round One

11.30 – 1.00  Meeting of Law Research Deans

11.30 – 1.00  Legal Research Communications Interest Group: Austlii Legal Research Presentation

1.00 – 2.30   Lunch

2.30 – 4.00  INTEREST GROUPS: Round Two

2.30 – 4.00  Legal Research Communications Interest Group: Austlii Legal Research Presentation (continued)

2.30 – 4.00  Screening of Dhakiyarr and the King (Film Australia)

4.00 – 5.00  “The Territory and the Constitution”-

Jennifer Clarke, lecturer in law at the Australian National University; a presentation by the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) NT Chapter, also starring Steve Southwood QC and Tom Pauling QC.

5.00 – 6.00  ALTA AGM

6.00 – 6:30  Transfers from city hotels to drinks/dinner venue

6.30 – 7.30  Drinks at sunset with the Australasian Association of Constitutional Law: Cornucopia Museum Cafe

7:30 - 10.30  Publishers Dinner: sponsored by Cavendish Publishing and Lexis Nexis: Cornucopia Museum Cafe


Saturday 10 July 2004

8.30 – 5.00  Registration

9.00 – 10.30  PLENARY SESSION TWO: (Deckchair Cinema)

Aboriginal Customary Law Forums: “Teaching the Teachers” separate men’s session and women’s sessions

Men's session moderated by Assoc Professor Isaac Brown; women's session moderated by Rose Kunoth-Monks

Indigenous law men to meet with male delegates and Indigenous law women to meet with female delegates for discussion of customary law. Each session will have a moderator and note taker. Each session will decide which information stays within the group and which information can be shared at the plenary session. These sessions provide a unique opportunity for law teachers to meet with Aboriginal Law men and women to learn about Aboriginal Customary Law and to discuss ideas for legal co-existence. It is envisaged that 20 –25 ceremony men and women will attend from across the Northern Territory.

Whilst time slots have been allocated, the sessions are likely to be open–ended, so as to allow for flexibility and to facilitate discussion.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Delegates to the customary law sessions may find that Aboriginal Presenters request aspects of material presented be kept confidential. Delegates are asked to be mindful of any such request and to respect it.

10.30 – 11.00  Morning Tea

11.00 – 12.30  PLENARY SESSION TWO (Continued)
Aboriginal Customary Law Forum: “Teaching the teachers”
Joint plenary session moderated by Associate Professor Isaac Brown

12.30 – 1.30   Lunch (Deckchair Cinema)

1.30 – 3.00  INTEREST GROUPS: Round Three (Supreme Court)

3.00 – 3.30  Afternoon Tea

3.30 – 5.00  INTEREST GROUPS: Round Four (Supreme Court)

3.30 – 5.00  Repeat Screening of Dhakiyarr and the King (Film Australia)

6.00 – 6.30  Transfers from city hotels to dinner venue

6.30 – 11.00  Drinks and Dinner at Fannie Bay Gaol, with delegates’ play reading of "the Trial of Tuckiar" by Rex Wild QC

 


Sunday 11 July 2004

9.30am – 10.30am  PLENARY SESSION THREE: (Court One)
 

Legal Education Panel-featuring winners of the Australian University Teaching Award :
 

Professor Michael A Adams, Professor of Corporate Law, University of Technology Syney;
 

Assoc Professor Sally Kift, Assistant Dean Teaching and Learning, QUT Faculty of Law;
 

Frances Gibson, Senior Lecturer La Trobe Uni; with
 

Professor David Weisbrot, honorary Professor for Molecular Bioscience and the Law School at USQ and division of Law, Macquarie University;and
 

Professor Paul Chartrand of the College of Law at the University of Saaskatchewan, Canada

10.30am – 11.00am   Morning Tea

11.00am – 12.30pm  Legal Education Panel (continued)

12:30pm approx   Conference concludes