National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference 2013
The Law Council of Australia, Law Institute of Victoria and the National Pro Bono Resource Centre presented the fourth National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference in Melbourne on 21 and 22 March 2013, supported by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department. The theme for the conference was Communicating Justice, and the program can be found here.
Below can be found a selection of the papers presented at the conference. Copyright is retained by individual authors.
- Cleber ALVES
Public Defender, Office of Public Defenders, Rio de Janeiro & Professor, Universidade Católica de Petrópolis
Legal Aid Delivery in Brazil: New roles for the Office of Public Defenders (PDF)
- Alex CUTHBERTSON
Partner, Allens Linklaters
Pro Bono: Beyond the Usual Suspects (PDF)
- Tomoki IKENAGA
Attorney-at-Law and Researcher, Japan Legal Support Center
Asian Access to Justice: Reform and Innovation in Japan (PDF)
- Tim MULVANY OAM
Founder, T J Mulvany & Co and former President, Children’s Protection Society
How to Present a Child’s Case on a Legal Aid Budget (PDF)
- Denis NELTHORPE
Manager, Footscray and Wyndham Community Legal Centres and Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
Personal Properties Securities Law (PDF)
- Mark PLUNKETT
Council Member, Bar Association of Queensland
Federal Criminal Sentencing (PDF)
- Anita SMITH
President, Tasmanian Guardianship and Administration Board
Elder Law (PDF)
- Catherine UHR
Senior Solicitor/Consumer Advocate, Legal Aid Queensland
Personal Properties Securities Law (PDF)
- Bevan WARNER
Managing Director, Victoria Legal Aid
National Partnership Agreement (PDF)
- Peter WHITEHEAD
Director of Traditional Trustee Company Services, Myer Family Company Ltd
Elder Law (PDF)