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)