News Release:
Law lecturer Acting Director of AgLaw Centre
| Date 29/1/04 No 016/04 A Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of New England, Mr Bryan Pape, has been appointed Acting Director of UNE's Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law (AgLaw Centre). Professor Roley Piggott, Chairman of the AgLaw Centre's Steering Committee, announced Mr Pape's appointment today. Professor Piggott said he expected that a full-time Director would be appointed within the next 12 months. The AgLaw Centre, an interdisciplinary joint venture between UNE's Faculty of The Sciences, Faculty of Economics, Business and Law, and School of Law, was established last year. It is the first centre of its kind in Australia Mr Pape's appointment follows the resignation of the AgLaw Centre's founding Director, Dr Sandra Welsman, who has moved to Canberra. “The University was extremely fortunate in having Dr Welsman play such a vital role in establishing the Centre,” Professor Piggott said.
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He said the Centre would soon be releasing a series of papers dealing with topics such as agricultural supply chains, agriculture and biotechnology, farming and environmental rules, and rural industry regulation. "The Centre is planning to hold a conference on Agricultural Law this year as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the University,” Professor Piggott said. “It will be able to draw on Mr Pape’s experience in attending the American Agricultural Law Association’s Annual Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, last October.” For further details, contact Bryan Pape on (02) 6773 2331. Media contact: Bryan Pape, Schoolof Law, UNE, Armidale (02) 6773 2331 or Jim Scanlan, Public Relations, UNE, Armidale (02) 6773 3049. A photograph of Bryan Pape is available for download. |
