Wednesday, 19 September 2007

Workplace relations law, native title legislation, enactments dealing with the confiscation of proceeds of crime and the debate surrounding the Bills of Rights: these are just some of the issues to be discussed at the Australian Law Teachers Association Conference at The University of Western Australia next week.

Western Australia’s Attorney General Jim McGinty, will open the conference, which runs from September 23 – 26, 2007.

The conference’s theme, ‘Law and Public Policy: Taming the Unruly Horse?’ has drawn influential experts including:

• Professor Carol Harlow, Professor of Law at the London School of Economics
• Justice Robert French of the Federal Court
• Professor David Weisbrot, President of the Australian Law Commission and
• Professor Julian Disney, Director of the Social Justice Project at the University of NSW.

Media references

Katherine Edhouse (UWA Law School) 61 8 6488 3792

Simone Hewett / Sally-Ann Jones 61 8 6488 7977
(UWA Public Affairs) 0420 790 097 / 0420 790 098

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