Get your tickets now! The 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference will focus on 'Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world'. Now more than ever, we need to pause, reflect and forge new paths forward - together conference.unsw.edu.au/en/2025-kald...
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Really excited to see this one out in print:
"Pseudolaw and the illusion of legal meaning" in the wonderful Alternative Law Journal
@altlj.bsky.social
An accessible overview of the phenomenon of pseudolaw, with an exploration of some of the overlap with GenAI
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Registrations for The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference open this Wednesday 23 April. join us at one of Australia’s leading human rights events, 25 July, in Melbourne Details @ our conference website: bit.ly/HumanRights25.
Ping @djag2.bsky.social ICYMI 🐧
Thanks for sharing this Joe, it’s a fascinating and frustrating area of (un)law!
Do corporations have beliefs? A look back at the Hobby Lobby case with Dr Steve Kourabas at Monash Law. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c... #Law #CorporationsLaw
Is it a crime to attempt to murder a corpse? Today’s episode of Case in Point discusses a bizarre murder case in recent Australian legal history, mirroring one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels.
Dr Natalia Antolak-Saper, criminal law scholar unpacks the story of R v Darrington [2016] link 👇🏽
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Maybe you just need a distraction from the Cyclone, the (nearly) Election, the geo-political crises or the climate catastrophe? Try Case In Point, a lively, chatty podcast about legal curiosities and culture. Wherever you listen to your pods.
Is drug testing in sport fair and effective at detecting cheats? Doping in Sport - the Shayna Jack case podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
Season 2 of Case in Point is coming your way! Follow here (or wherever you get your pods) Tomorrow’s episode will test your sports knowledge podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
Hurrah! The annual Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA) Conference is on Wed 2 July to Friday 4 July 2025 at UQ Brisbane!
Welcome legal academics, practitioners & policymakers to discussions on the evolving landscape of legal education & research
Submit abstracts here; bit.ly/ALAA2025
Ever wondered what’s up in the Chagos Archipelago? We were curious, so we asked @djag2.bsky.social to explain it all - on Case in Point podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
New On The Reg podcast with @drjd.bsky.social is up for all your Christmas listening needs! onthereg.buzzsprout.com/1187141/epis...
Now get the dog, and yo are set for summer!
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As we sink slowly into mid December… a reminder that we welcome your submissions on Australian legal issues. See our guidelines- shorter pieces and less footnotes are preferred. Got some summer writing planned? Give us a look 👇🏽👇🏻 #Auslaw #AccessToJustice #Law journals.sagepub.com/home/alj
“I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design”
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social on toxic productivity & the myths of meritocracy.
[hint: this is not a bug, it’s a feature]
In our latest Case in Point @lynetterussell.bsky.social takes us to 1839 Melbourne, a fledgling frontier town, rife with conflict.
The arrival of two Palawa men, Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheener, sparks a chain of events leading to a brutal execution. #AusLaw
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
Delighted to see the @altlj.bsky.social here! No offence to the other August law journals, but this is my personal favourite. If you don’t know it, it’s worth a look - and a follow.
Call for papers - the Routledge Handbook of Doctor Who
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
"2. You will then be urged to personalize your instruction, even though the AI-in-education course you are taking involves nothing remotely resembling personalization
Relish the irony."