Abstract
This file contains the program and abstracts of presentations made at the Second National Rural and Regional Law and Justice Conference held on 18-20 May 2012, Aanuka Beach Resort, Coffs Harbour. Many of the abstracts contain details of where further information can be found about the presentation topic.
Highlights
Centre-Periphery Tensions in Legal Theory and Practice: Can Law and Lawyers Resist Urban Imperialism? - Chair: Richard Coverdale
Tahlia Gordon & Steve Mark (Legal Services Commission, NSW) Ethics & Moral Philosophy: challenges from within What would you do if your professional duties require you to take or condone an action that you would otherwise consider immoral? Would you act? Would you refrain from acting? If so, on what basis? What are the ethical implications of conflicts of interest, duty and loyalty? These and other questions are explored in this facilitated hypothetical which will take you through some of the most common yet complex ethical challenges facing rural lawyers today
The key issue examined in the presentation concerned how centre-periphery tension should best be managed in the future regulation of law and lawyers
Summary
Tahlia Gordon & Steve Mark Technology, The Legal Profession and Rural Practitioners: Practising Law in a Digital World. Peter Long & Andy Munro (Slater & Gordon) Practicing Law In, and Providing Legal Services To, Rural and Regional Communities. Suzie Forell (Law and Justice Foundation of NSW) Video technology and legal practice in rural communities. LAGOON ROOM KEYNOTE: JACK BEETSON - An Aboriginal Perspective on Rural Law and Justice - Chair: Paul Martin LUNCH - Lower Casay Decks/Finz Restuarant LAGOON ROOM KEYNOTE: PAUL CLEARY - Is the mining boom a case of too much luck? LAGOON ROOM KEYNOTE: JACK BEETSON - An Aboriginal Perspective on Rural Law and Justice - Chair: Paul Martin LUNCH - Lower Casay Decks/Finz Restuarant LAGOON ROOM KEYNOTE: PAUL CLEARY - Is the mining boom a case of too much luck? - Chair: Russell Hogg
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