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17.01.2022 Tune in tonight at 6:30 for ALPSA's second virtual seminar with Dr Justine Bell-James!

17.01.2022 Tune in tomorrow night at 6pm AEST to hear Prof Nick Aroney discuss the problems and prospects of an Australian republic. Prof Aroney's talk will be followed by a Q & A for all your questions about the Crown, the constitution, and Australian republicanism. https://facebook.com/events/s/republican-models-for-australi/2677388749187472/?ti=cl

16.01.2022 The ALPSA blog provides an opportunity for students to publish essays, case notes, and opinion pieces relevant to legal philosophy. If you're passionate about a jurisprudential issue, consider submitting a piece to us for the first edition! Visit alpsa.online for more information.

15.01.2022 ALPSA is proud to announce the judges for this year's essay competition: Justice Patrick Keane AC, the Honourable Ian Callinan AC QC, and Dr Tina Popa (RMIT). Visit our website to read the question and start your research! Further, we are excited to have created a YouTube channel to share our seminars. Our latest seminar - regarding human rights and climate change - is available on the channel. Our earlier seminar with Prof Graeme Orr will also be available shortly.

14.01.2022 The prizes for ALSPA's 2020 Essay Competition have been finalised! First place will receive $500 and have their essay published in the Australian Disputes Centre Bulletin. Second and third place will receive $300 and $200, respectively. To view the essay question, competition rules, judges, and preliminary research material, visit our website. Submissions of up to 2500 words are due on 1 December 2020, so now is a great time to start researching.... We would like to thank our sponsors for the competition: the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society, the Australian Disputes Centre, the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, and the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy.

07.01.2022 ALPSA recently held a virtual seminar with Dr Justine Bell-James about whether the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) can be used as a vehicle for climate change litigation. Just this week, the ABC has reported that a human rights argument is being run against Clive Palmer's proposed Waratah mega-mine: https://www.abc.net.au//youth-activists-claim-cli/12245602. This demonstrates the importance of human rights for climate change litigation in Queensland. This litigation will be c...rucial in determining the scope of the Act. For those who are interested, we will be posting a recording of Dr Bell-James's seminar on our website soon.

06.01.2022 Our first-ever virtual seminar with Professor Graeme Orr about the US Impeachment Process and whether Australia has any equivalent processes is (finally) up on YouTube! View it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIcwGbbR3Y

05.01.2022 ALPSA is excited to announce the topic for this year's essay competition: "Does Alternative Dispute Resolution (‘ADR’) undermine the development of the law?" The deadline for entries of up to 2500 words is 5pm AEST on 1 December 2020. The competition rules will be posted on ALPSA's website. Co-authorship is allowed. ... We recommend the following sources as a starting point for your research. We encourage you to engage in thorough research and critically analyse the arguments you find. Michael Windeyer ‘Settlement in Court-Connected ADR and the Constitutional Function of the Judiciary: An Imbalance between Two Competing Public Interests’ (2017) 28 Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal 135. Tina Popa ‘All the way with ADR: Further endorsement of ADR in litigation’ (2015) 26 Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal 218. Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175.

03.01.2022 Want to win $500 and have an academic article published? Submissions for this year's ALPSA essay competition are due on 1 December. Visit alpsa.online to read the question and competition rules. Co-authorship is allowed, so consider writing something with a friend!

02.01.2022 ALPSA has a brand new website! Visit www.alpsa.online to see information about our competitions and seminars. Part of the new website is the ALPSA blog. We encourage students to submit essays (including past assignments), opinion pieces and case notes to [email protected] for the first edition. The blog will be updated quarterly and is a great opportunity to contribute to jurisprudential debates you're passionate about. We would like to thank our Marketing, Design & Social Media Officer, Raul Iute, for his work in designing the website.

02.01.2022 Should Australia maintain its constitutional ties with the UK or ditch the Crown for a President? Professor Nick Aroney will be discussing the possibility of an Australian republic at our next seminar on 10 September. We will be publishing a Facebook event for Prof Aroney's seminar (with further details) shortly.