Sydney Marriott Hotel, 36 College Street, Sydney
– 20-21 October, 2003
The National Pro Bono Resource Centre, as the Australian Pro Bono Centre was then known, in collaboration with the NSW, QLD and Victorian pro bono clearing houses hosted the Second National Pro Bono Conference: Transforming access to justice in Sydney in October 2003.
Conference Papers
Select conference papers listed below are available for download as PDF files. Copyright in articles is retained by individual authors.
Opening Remarks
- The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, Attorney-General of Australia. View PDF (3 pages)
- Bob Gotterson QC, President, Law Council of Australia. View PDF (3 pages)
Communities, Needs and Pro Bono Legal Services
- Signposts in the pro bono landscape: Aspects of pro bono legal services in Australia
Gordon Renouf, Jenny Lovric and Jill Anderson. View PDF (22 pages)
Lawyers’ Social Responsibility in Practice: Voices from Australia and Abroad
- Pro bono – A challenge for the courts
The Hon Justice Ron Merkel. View PDF (10 pages)
Human Rights and Pro Bono Legal Services
- Human rights and pro bono legal services – Context and issues
Bruce Moore, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques. View PDF (7 pages) - A survey of the sources of human rights in Australian Law and a consideration of how effectively human rights are promoted and protected under Australian Law
Cathy Scalzo, Senior Associate, Allens Arthur Robinson. View PDF (35 pages)
Building Pro Bono Partnerships
- Examples from practice – Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Jane Farnsworth, Senior Associate & National Pro Bono Coordinator, Mallesons Stephen Jaques. View PDF (13 pages) - Opposites attract, but can they last?
Bill Mitchell. View PDF (13 pages)
Aiming High: Goals, Targets, Definitions
- Defining and quantifying pro bono: Pros and cons
Esther Lardent, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Pro Bono Institute at Georgetown University Law Center. View PDF (10 pages) - Are compulsory targets in the public interest?
Michael Cole, Manager, Law Access Public Interest Clearing House Western Australia. View PDF (8 pages) - Establishing a voluntary minimum pro bono target for Australian lawyers
David Hillard, National Pro Bono Director, Clayton Utz. View PDF (15 pages) - Recognising the conditional nature of pro bono motivation: Avoiding ‘aspirational’ compulsion and developing an appropriate pro bono ethic in new lawyers
Adrian Evans, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University. View PDF (9 pages)
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship – More than Pro Bono
- Why should law firms consider corporate citizenship?
Fiona McLeay, Senior Associate, Pro Bono Coordinator, Corporate Citizenship Director, Clayton Utz, Melbourne. View PDF (7 pages)
Beyond Casework: Pro Bono Strengthening Communities
- Holistic advocacy for the homeless: Building stronger communities
Phil Lynch, Co-ordinator, Homeless Persons Legal Clinic. View PDF (21 pages) - Pro bono strengthening communities: Example from practice – Arnold Bloch Leibler
Peter Seidel, Arnold Bloch Leibler. View PDF (8 pages) - A case study of local community partnerships developed by Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Melbourne
Amanda Milledge, Pro Bono Co-ordinator, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne. View PDF (9 pages)
Global Partnerships for Access to Justice
- Law schools and the promotion of Access to Justice: The GAJE experience
Les McCrimmon, Associate Professor Les McCrimmon, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. View PDF (11 pages)
Closing Remarks
- Final session, conference wrap-up
David Weisbrot, President of the ALRC & Chair of the NPBRC Advisory Council. View PDF (9 pages)
Post-Conference Observations
- Trends: Pro Bono Down Under
Ester Lardent, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Pro Bono Institute at Georgetown University Law Center. View PDF (10 pages)