Events
1. Mock parole hearing at the County Court tomorrow
As part of Law Week 2018, the Adult Parole Board will run Parole, you decide – a mock parole hearing at the County Court of Victoria on Saturday 19 May at 12 noon. The scenario will focus on a prisoner who has been convicted and sentenced for aggravated burglary following a home invasion.
His Honour Peter Couzens, Chairperson of the Board, will present the one-hour session. The three-member panel will include Her Honour Judge Sue Pullen, judicial member and County Court Judge, Kieran Walshe, community member and former Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police, and Stephen Farrow, full-time member and former CEO of Sentencing Advisory Council.
At the conclusion of the event, students will have the opportunity to speak with His Honour Peter Couzens, the panel members, and other Board members who will be present.
Find more information here.
2. Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference 2018
We welcome Burmese human rights activist Habiburahman to our exciting list of conference speakers. Habiburahman, widely known as Habib, spent 10 years in Malaysia, including in various Malaysian detention centres, and worked with Burmese political exile groups there, including the Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization.
Date: Friday 20 July 2018
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: The Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne
Tickets: Full Time Student/Concession – $90
Visit our conference web page for speaker line up and tickets.