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November 2019
32nd LAWASIA Conference
The Annual Conference is LAWASIA’s flagship event and the highlight of its professional events program. The Conference is a platform for the convergence of bar leaders, jurists, professional organisations and individual lawyers from across the Asia Pacific, and is designed to facilitate the discussion of regional developments in law, including such issues as judicial practice, legal education, cross border business and investment law and cross-border dispute resolution. As a generalist legal event, the Annual Conference also serves as an important…
Find out more »December 2019
Maintaining the Rule of Law: The Commonwealth at 70
STOP PRESS: If you are registered for this event you will have had an email with notice of the venue change. Please re-confirm your attendance, if you have not already done so. Our thanks to the Law Society of England & Wales for accommodating us at short notice. Increased capacity will allow for a few extra attendees so please get in touch if you wish to come. Spaces will be first come, first served. Hosted by The Commonwealth Legal Forum,…
Find out more »April 2020
LAWASIA Environmental Law Conference in the Pacific
(presented by LAWASIA in association with South Pacific Lawyers’ Association and Fiji Law Society)
Find out more »June 2020
Rule of Law Conference
(presented by LAWASIA Rule of Law Committee, South Pacific Lawyers’ Association and Commonwealth Lawyers Association)
Find out more »Post COVID Mediation – Charting the Path of the Future
Post COVID Mediation - Charting the Path of the Future" Online mediation protocols, ethical values, regulation of cross border mediation & legislative mechanism 27th June at 12:30pm IST – 8am BST Hosted by: Supreme Court of India Mediators the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and the Youth Bar Association of India Chief Guest Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India Speakers Brian Speers President, Commonwealth Lawyers Association. Sriram Panchu Sr. Advocate &…
Find out more »August 2020
YCLA in Conversation with Mark Stephens CBE, CLA Council member
Siddharth Sijoria, YCLA Committee Member, discusses with Mark the impact of the Covid-19 lock down on Freedom of Expression in the Commonwealth. Mark is a partner at UK firm Howard Kennedy, a former CLA President (2013 – 2015) and current Council member. New Webinar event date to be confirmed.
Find out more »September 2020
What Does Black Lives Matter Mean for Canada, the Caribbean and the Rest of the World?
Speakers: Zilla Jones, Criminal Defence Attorney, Winnipeg Manitoba Jewel Amoah, PhD, Human Rights Commissioner and Human Rights & Equity Advisor, Halton District School Board, Canada Charlene Theodore, In-House Legal Counsel, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), and President, Ontario Bar Association The Hon. Dr. Lloyd Barnett, OJ, Founding Member of the Jamaican Bar Association Moderator: Peter Maynard, PhD, FCIArb, Commonwealth Lawyers Association VP for the Americas and HOD, Law Department, University of the Bahamas To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P9gPbwMXQ2ildPkLGbj_FQ
Find out more »International Webinar “Post -Covid Mediation- Charting the Path of the Future.” (Resolving instead of Adjudicating)
Chief Guest: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Indira Banerjee Judge, Supreme Court of India Hosted By: Supreme Court of India Commonwealth Lawyers Association Youth Bar Association of India Panelists: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Hima Kohli 1st Puisne Judge & Head of Mediation Committee Delhi High Court. Nadja Alexander (Singapore) Director, Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy at S.M.U; Member, International Advisory…
Find out more »October 2020
Regulating Lawyers During a Crisis: the Challenges and Opportunities of the Pandemic
Hear an international panel of legal regulators from across the Commonwealth share their current experience as regulators for a profession grappling with the effect of Covid-19. Panelists from Northern Ireland, Canada, South Africa and Malaysia will discuss issues including: What changes has Covid brought to the practice of law? What challenges or opportunities exist for regulators in responding to these changes? Has the pandemic accelerated necessary regulatory change or hindered the ability of legal regulators to do their work? Moderator: Brian…
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