Practical Advocacy Skills for Junior Practitioners QLD 2007
A one-day conference designed to develop your competence and confidence to enable you to work effectively in litigation and dispute resolution. Features networking reception held in association with Queensland Young Lawyers.
Feature Presenters| Key Benefits | Who Should Attend |Endorsed by | Also from LexisNexis |Price| Register |Full Program PDF |
| VENUE | Stamford Plaza Hotel Brisbane |
| DATE | 8th February 2007 |
| TIME | Registration for the conference from 8:15am. Afternoon workshops begin at 3.45pm and the Queensland Young Lawyer's opening function for 2007 begins at 5.20pm, featuring His Honour Judge Marshall Irwin, Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court, Queensland. For more details see program pdf |
| LIMITED OFFERS | Special Discounts are available for this Conference. |
| OTHER RESOURCES | Other Conference resources including papers, audio CD are available. See the program pdf for more details |
| CONTACT | Phone: 1800 772 772 • Fax: 02 9422 2338 |
Conference Overview
Now in its third year, this popular program is designed to provide practitioners with practical advocacy skills training to assist them to competently and confidently handle early practice within the courts. The program has been designed especially for articled clerks, graduate lawyers and junior practitioners with less than 5 years’ post-admission experience; it would also benefit more experienced practitioners with little or no exposure to litigation files who are transitioning into this area of practice or who simply want a refresher in advocacy skills.
Through a carefully structured mix of presentations and hands-on workshops, the comprehensive one-day program covers case analysis, preparation and presentation, plus court room etiquette, ethics and essential communication skills. The program content will focus on common appearances involving solicitor advocates as well as advocacy skills for briefing counsel in more complex matters.
All of the presenters are experienced practitioners who can provide practical advice, tips on best practice and examples from personal experience to illustrate various points.
If you or your colleagues are new to doing court appearances or plan on making this a part of your practice, this course is well suited to your professional development needs.WORKSHOPS
The program features two interactive workshops which will provide you with an opportunity to practise your advocacy skills in relation to specifically developed case studies. For the morning workshop session, delegates can choose from one of three workshops covering general applications made by solicitor advocates. In the afternoon workshop session, choose from either a commercial, criminal or family law focussed workshop depending on your area of practice – we trust this will make the workshop sessions more personally relevant and beneficial for you. Prior to the conference, case studies will be distributed to registered delegates and you will be expected to familiarise yourself with these prior to the conference.
PLUS - POST-CONFERENCE RECEPTION WITH SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER!
As an ‘added extra’, delegates who register for the conference will receive complimentary entry to the post-conference Networking Reception hosted in association with Queensland Young_Lawyers(QYL). The reception will feature a special Keynote Address by His Honour Judge Irwin, Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court, Queensland. Judge Irwin will provide his views on the hallmarks of an effective advocate and insights into judicial expectations of solicitor advocates appearing before the Magistrates Court. This is a rare opportunity not to be missed!
This will be the first QYL networking function of 2007 and is a great opportunity for you to meet fellow practitioners and make some useful contacts in your field. Separately-bookable tickets to the Networking Reception only will also be available for purchase from QYL – see www.qldyounglawyers.com.au for details.
Key Benefits
Here is a practical, hands-on advocacy skills training program for practitioners in a concise one-day program. All presenters are experienced practitioners who can provide practical advice, tips on best practice, and examples from personal experience to illustrate key points.
Don’t miss this opportunity to:
- Gain an understanding of essential advocacy skills and put them into practice
- Review some common appearances made by solicitor advocates and understand what is expected of you and how you can get these appearances right
- Build your confidence in appearing before the Courts and liaising with Counsel
- Earn up to 7 CPD points for attending the conference
Who Should Attend
- Junior solicitors engaged in litigation and dispute resolution work
- Articled clerks/graduate clerks/trainee solicitors
- More experienced practitioners seeking a refresher in general advocacy skills
Feature Presenters
Chief Magistrate Judge Marshall Irwin, Magistrates Court of Queensland
Ralph Devlin SC, Queensland Bar
Craig Chowdhury, Queensland Bar
Bernadette Carter Nicoll, Queensland Bar
Anand Shah, Queensland Bar
Jacoba Brasch, Queensland Bar
Jessica McClymont, Queensland Bar
Craig Smith, Queensland Bar
CHAIRPERSON
Anne Connell, Solicitor, Volk Lawyers
Anne Connell is a solicitor with Brisbane based law firm Volk Lawyers, which practises exclusively in criminal defence work. Since her admission in 2002, Anne has practised across a range of criminal law related areas including prisoner advocacy, criminal compensation and judicial review. Regular appearances in the Magistrates Court, District Court and Supreme Court are part and parcel of Anne’s work and she has extensive experience with preparing for and instructing counsel with respect to appeals to the District Court, the Queensland Court of Appeal and the High Court of Australia. Anne considers excellent advocacy skills and sound preparation as integral to being a good and competent criminal defence solicitor.
Anne has been a Committee Member of the Queensland Young Lawyers association (QYL) since 2004 and appears on the program as a representative of QYL.
PRESENTERS
His Honour Judge Marshall Irwin, Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court of Queensland, was appointed as a District Court Judge and Chief Magistrate in September 2003. He was admitted as a barrister in 1976. After commencing his career as a Crown Prosecutor he was appointed Deputy Director of Prosecutions from 1985 – 1987. He was subsequently a legal advisor to the National Crime Authority (NCA), General Counsel to the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission, a member of the NCA, and was in private practice as a barrister until his judicial appointment. He has also been a co-author of Carter’s Criminal Law of Queensland, published by LexisNexis.
Adrian Braithwaite, Senior Associate, Gilshenan & Luton Lawyers practices in the firm’s crime and Professional Conduct Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm in 2001, Adrian held the position of Barrister in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. His experience in this prosecutorial environment has given Adrian a wide, balanced knowledge of the criminal justice system. He has appeared as an advocate in the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts, at coronial inquests, and in the Mental Health Court. In addition to this, he frequently appears in hearings before the Crime and Misconduct Commission and the Australian Crime Commission. Adrian has a particular interest in advocacy across a variety of jurisdictions and is also a Director of the Board of Drug and Alcohol Foundation of Queensland.
Anand Shah, Barrister, Queensland Bar has been at the private Bar in Brisbane for seven years and, prior to that, was in private practice as a solicitor for approximately ten years. Anand practises principally in commercial litigation, including in areas such as contract, tort, equity, property, trade practices, insurance and insolvency; he also practises in succession and discrimination law. Anand is a current member of the Queensland Bar Council and Past President of Queensland Young Lawyers. He holds a Master of Laws degree from QUT and is currently retained by LexisNexis to annotate certain chapters of the LexisNexis Uniform Civil Procedure Rules service. Over the years Anand has delivered many papers to the legal profession including papers on property law, trade practices, insurance, civil procedure and insolvency. He frequently assists as a moot judge at the QUT Law School and Bar Practice Course. He is also a past tutor in Evidence and in Civil Procedure at the QUT Law School.
Bernadette Carter Nicoll, Barrister, Queensland Bar has been practising as a barrister since 2002. She practices in criminal, family and administrative law. She was admitted as a barrister on 13 September 1999, and was at that time working as in-house counsel for the Australian Sugar Milling Council (ASMC). She worked at the ASMC for 14 years advising on legislation with respect to sugar millers. Bernadette holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Queensland.
Carla Klease, Barrister, Queensland Bar has been at the private Bar in Brisbane since 2004, previously working as an insolvency solicitor at Blake Dawson Waldron. Carla has a broad civil practice which includes insolvency, general commercial, employment and discrimination, native title, planning, property and building and construction law matters.
Craig Smith, Barrister, Queensland Bar has been at the private Bar in Brisbane since 2003, having previously worked within a private law practice in the areas of criminal, family and commercial law and, prior to that, as a management consultant and corporate project director with responsibility for large international and domestic projects. Craig completed the Bar Practice Course at QUT in 2003, and was awarded the James Archibald Douglas prize for excellence in this course. Craig currently maintains a broad practice at the Bar and appears in State and Federal Courts and Tribunals on veterans’ affairs, civil, industrial/employment, commercial, crime and family law matters. Craig takes an active role in education, mentoring and community service, including providing pro bono assistance for community organisations. He regularly presents at universities and schools on legal issues, including lecturing and coordinating units in the QUT Bar Practice course and Professional Legal Training course. In particular, Craig has extensive experience training junior practitioners in the art of advocacy.
Craig Wilkins, Barrister, Queensland Bar was first called to the Bar in Queensland in 2000. He has a wide commercial practice in the areas of banking, bankruptcy/insolvency, property and general contract law. Prior to joining the Bar he practised as a Senior Associate in one of the top tier national law firms.
Craig Chowdhury, Barrister, Queensland Bar was admitted as a barrister in Queensland in 1988. After commencing his career as a Legal Officer with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in 1988, he was promoted to Crown Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in 1990 and served in that role until 2000. From 2000-2002, Craig served as the Deputy Public Defender with Legal Aid Queensland. He has been in private practice at the Queensland Bar since 2002, where he specialises in criminal law, civil and human rights/discrimination law, administrative law and appellate work.
Gareth Beacham, Barrister, Queensland Bar was first called to the Bar in 1998 and has since developed a wide ranging commercial practice focussing on general commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency, professional negligence, property and competition law. Gareth holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Queensland. During his time at university, he won awards in mooting and witness examination. Prior to being called to the Bar, Gareth worked as a research assistant and served as an Associate to The Honourable Justice Fryberg. In his professional career at the Bar, he has acted as Counsel assisting the Auctioneers and Agents Committee under the Auctioneers and Agents Act 1971 (2000 - 2001) and Counsel assisting the Queensland Thoroughbred Racing Inquiry (2004 - 2005).
Jacoba Brasch, Barrister, Queensland Bar was first called to the Bar in 2000, upon her return from legal studies and work in New York asa Fulbright Scholar. Prior to that, she spent most of the 1990s as Press Secretary to an Attorney-General. Jacoba practises in the areas of family law, mental health law and customs and excise. Jacoba holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Queensland,a Bachelor of Laws (Hons I) from the Queensland University of Technology and a Master of Laws from New York University. She is mid-way through a PhD at the University of NSW Law School and says she now wonders why she ever thought embarking on PhD studies was a good idea. Jacoba is a member of the Family Law Practitioners Association; she is also a member of the Law Council of Australia's Family Law Section and an Executive Member of its Business Section, Customs and Excise sub-committee. She is Secretary to the Queensland Bar Association's Family Law Panel and Company Secretary to the company that owns the Inns of Court.When asked if she has published any papers, Jacoba replied, "Oh yes, but don't bore them with the details".
Jessica McClymont, Barrister, Queensland Bar specialises in personal injuries law for both plaintiff and defendant clients. Prior to coming to the Bar, she practised as a solicitor with Jensen McConaghy and was a QLS Accredited Personal Injuries Specialist. Jessica had particular expertise in claims for compensation arising from catastrophic and fatal injury and product liability pursuant to the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
Patrick Hay, Barrister, Queensland Bar has a wide commercial practice focusing on property, construction and insolvency law. Prior to commencing at the Bar, Patrick was articled at a top tier national law firm and was Associate to The Honourable Mr Justice Chesterman RFD.
Ralph Devlin SC, Barrister, Queensland Bar has been in private practice at the Bar since 1977 and was appointed Silk in 2005. He specialises in administrative law, criminal law and appearances before commissions of enquiry, statutory tribunals and inquests.
Endorsed by
and SEQ YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK
LexisNexis Professional Development appreciates the endorsement of this fine association. Queensland Young Lawyers is dedicated to encouraging and supporting the personal and professional development of young lawyers. More information, including listings of upcoming professional development events is at their website.
Litigation practitioners of all levels of experience may also be interested in a new LexisNexis Professional Development initiative for 2007:
Practice & Procedure Seminar Series: Select Perspectives on Practice and Procedure in Queensland’s Courts and Tribunals
Structured as a series of six separately-bookable 3 hour seminars, this timely series is designed to provide practitioners with an overview and update on current topical issues in practice and procedure in the various courts and tribunals in Queensland.
Practitioners will have the opportunity to hear from the decision makers who preside over the relevant courts and tribunals and senior staff working within the registries which administer the courts and tribunals as to what is working well and where there is room for improvement. Each seminar will also feature a practitioner’s perspective of practice and procedure in the relevant court/tribunal.
The seminars are aimed at practitioners of all levels of experience who wish to receive an insider’s account of the workings of the courts and tribunals and advice about how to optimise their handling of a matter through a particular court or tribunal.
Note the following dates & topics and check our events calendar again for further information:
Seminar 1: Magistrates Court (Friday, 9 February 2007)
Seminar 2: District & Supreme Courts (Thursday, 22 March 2007)
Seminar 3: Federal Court (Thursday, 5 April 2007)
Seminar 4: Federal Magistrates Court (Thursday, 10 May 2007)
Seminar 5: Family Court (Thursday, 21 June 2007)
Seminar 6: Admin Appeals Tribunals (Thursday, 19 July 2007)
Also available from LexisNexis
LexisNexis publications relevant to advocacy include the following titles:
- Advocacy in Practice by Glissan QC, J. (4th ed.) (hardcover)
Now in its 20th year of publication, the 4th edition of this book has once again been written by the authoritative and well-respected author James L Glissan QC. It provides practical checklists for examination, cross-examination and opening and closing addresses. It also details when and what objections may be taken, and provides constructive tips and techniques for dealing with opponents, judges and difficult witnesses.
- Advocacy: An Introduction by Curthoys, J. & Kendall, C.N. (softcover)
This brand new title provides a modern guide to advocacy, concentrating on the practical ‘how to’ as opposed to the ‘why’ aspects of advocacy. It covers both criminal and civil advocacy styles and details specific aspects of advocacy including opening addresses, examination, cross-examination, expert evidence, closing addresses and appeals.
Call 1800 772 772 to enquire about purchasing your copy today.
Full Program
For full details including detailed breakdown of sessions and special offers CLICK HERE.
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Price
| FEE | One day conference – early bird rate$650+GST = $715 Please note that discounts cannot be taken concurrently |
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