Law School Common Law Week
August 2024
Common Law Week is a time set aside each Trimester to learn, engage and participate in all things Law at the University of new England.
All members of the Law School (permanent and casual staff), HDR students, adjunct & honorary staff, as well as community and guests are welcomed to attend in person or via zoom.
Thursday 22 August
| Session | Time | Programme | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 All members of Law, HDR students, UNE & Armidale community are invited | 10:00am to 11:00am | Welcome Professor Mark Perry Keynote Speaker: Adjunct Professor, Bernadette Boss CSC ‘Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention - the Little Tribunal That Would Have’ | EBL Building, W38, room 30 - Lewis Seminar Room (LSR) |
| 11:00am to 11:30am | Morning tea | ||
| 2 All members of Law, HDR students, UNE & Armidale community are invited | 11:30am to 12:30pm | 11.45am Professor Adams, Mrs René Cornish, Professor Cameron Moore and | EBL Building, W38, room 30 - Lewis Seminar Room (LSR) |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Lunch | ||
| 3 All members of Law, HDR students, UNE & Armidale community are invited | 1:30pm to 3:00pm | Panel discussion: Carlie Drew (Chair), Julia Day, René Cornish, Karen Conte, Wellett Potter ‘Should Minors be Banned from the Internet?’ | EBL Building, W38, room 30 - Lewis Seminar Room (LSR) |
Friday 23 August
| Session | Time | Programme | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Law staff only | 9:00am to 11:00am | School Meeting & Research round up Professor Mark Perry | EBL Building, W38, room 30 - Lewis Seminar Room (LSR) |
| 11:00am to 11:30am | Morning tea | ||
| 5 All members of Law, HDR students, UNE & Armidale community are invited | 11:30am to 12:30pm | Guest Speaker: Dr Stafford Lumsden (online) University of Sydney Law School ‘Cogniti (AI bots) for academics and teaching teams’ | EBL Building, W38, room 30 |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Lunch | ||
| 6 All members of Law, HDR students, UNE & Armidale community are invited | 1:30pm to 3:00pm | HDR Sessions
HDR student presentations (10 minute presentations)
| EBL Building, W38, room 30 - Lewis Seminar Room (LSR) |
| Law Ball Attendees | 5:30pm | UNE Law Students' Society Law Ball | Tattersalls Hotel |
Saturday 23 August
LAW (SABL) Graduation
Location
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Wet weather
Ceremonies will take place in Lazenby Hall if the weather is inclement. The decision to move into Lazenby Hall is made on the morning of the ceremony. Robing will still take place in Booloominbah and members of the Chancellor’s Procession and the Academic & Professional Staff Procession will be transported to Lazenby Hall by bus.
Guest speakers
Dr Bernadette Boss CSC
Adjunct Professor UNE Law School
Adjunct Professor Bernadette Boss holds a BSc from University College London, Master of Public Policy from UNE, Master of International Law and PhD from Sydney University. After many years experience as a barrister she was appointed as a Magistrate in the ACT. In 2020 she became the first Interim National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention.
With 35 years mix of regular and reserve Army service she retired from the Australian Army at the rank of Brigadier in 2020.
Abstract:
"In 2020 the government put forward legislation based on the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to create a standing Commission to examine and recommend solutions to government addressing the epidemic of deaths by suicide in the Defence and veteran community. The legislation would have created the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention with all the powers of a Royal Commissioner, including to examine witnesses and subpoena documentation and records.”
In this talk, Adjunct Professor Bernadette Boss, CSC, will discuss the tragedy that this legislation was designed to address and the history of the ill-fated Commission."
Dr Stafford Lumsden
Award-winning online teaching and learning specialist and educational designer, The University of Sydney Law School
BA (Auckland), MA TESOL (Wellington), MRES, PhD (Macquarie),
Stafford is the in-house educational designer at The University of Sydney Law School. He works closely with legal educators and practitioners to develop units in the professional, postgraduate, and HDR law programs. His research focuses on the application of applied linguistics and social semiotics frameworks across disciplines in higher education. His latest publication in "Designing Learning with Digital Technologies" (2024) considers a social semiotic multimodal analysis of learning management systems.
AI, while unable to replicate the nuanced critical reasoning required in higher education (and particularly law school), serves as an immensely useful tool for both students and educators by facilitating increasingly accurate manipulation and analysis of linguistic data and enhancing learning and teaching. This presentation looks at two Cogniti agents that have the potential to streamline legal educators’ workflows:
- The "Law Feedback Expander," designed to enhance written feedback by incorporating process-level insights for students, and
- "The AI Super Agent for Law," which aids in creation of rubrics aligned with learning outcomes.
These agents promise to elevate the quality of feedback and assessment while significantly reducing the workload for legal educators. No prior experience with AI or Cogniti is required for attendees, as comprehensive resources and step-by-step guides will be provided to ensure all participants can effectively integrate these tools into their teaching practices.
Common Law Week Zoom/webinar links
Meeting Link: https://une-au.zoom.us/j/85791202789?pwd=bzM0TUhVVTcva09NMG5VUXNrRWlzQT09
Meeting ID: 857 9120 2789
Passcode: 781371
