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The Law Society of New South Wales has released its report into the future of law and innovation in the legal profession. Join Melissa Castan in conversation with Kate Galloway about the implications of the report for legal education - and how we educate 'digital lawyers'.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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In their first podcast after the Christmas break, Melissa Castan and Kate Galloway are in conversation about what caught their attention over the Christmas period - mainly the question of government power exercised through the Centrelink data matching controversy.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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S02Ep10 Who's afraid of digital disruption in Law?
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Melissa Castan interviews Katie Miller, who has championed the cause of change within the legal profession and encouraged lawyers to adapt to change and digital disruption through innovation and greater use of technology. They discuss the key findings of the 2015 report on 'Disruption, Innovation and Change: The Future of the Legal Profession'…
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S02Ep09-What's happening with LGBTI Human Rights in the Asia Pacific?
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We hear from Dr Paula Gerber on recent developments in the protection of the human rights of LGBTI people. She discusses the work of Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, changes in international approaches to LGBTI rights, the appointment of a new UN expert, and prospects for future changes.…
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Community legal centres Australia-wide are facing a 'funding cliff' in 2017 as Commonwealth government funding looks to be drying up. The likely drop in funding flies in the face of a Productivity Commission Report that sings the praises of community legal centres as important contributors to access to justice.In this episode, Kate Galloway talks t…
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How well do we understand the law? An important component of access to justice is promoting community understanding of the law and legal process. This episode features two different modes of community legal eduction, James Farrell talks to us about Community Legal Centres, and Lloyd England introduces 'Law for Non-Lawyers' an online free course.…
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We talk to Dr Joanna Kyriakakis about animal rights and the recent changes in NSW, which now ban greyhound racing and related breeding and training activities.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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Discipline, Torture...What's the difference?
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We talk to Associate Professor Bronwyn Naylor about the meaning of the Convention against Torture, and how it might be implemented in Australia. We also discuss the treatment of children and young people in 'closed environments' such as detention centres.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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With the Australian census coming up on 9 August, Melissa Castan and Kate Galloway run through the importance of the census and some of the concerns about it. Melissa interviews Dr Caroline Henckels of Monash University about the legal requirements to complete the form.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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S02Ep03 The problem of Youth Detention - Jodie O'Leary
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In this podcast, Kat Galloway interviews Assistant Professor Jodie O'Leary from Bond University Faculty of Law - a specialist in juvenile justice. They discuss the legal framework of youth detention, what is so wrong with the treatment of the young people that we have seen featured recently in the media, and some of the steps needed to improve thin…
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This is a recording of a presentation at the 2016 Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference in Wellington, New Zealand. Professor Melissa de Zwart takes us through the process of making a MOOC for EdX, and what she and her colleagues learned along the way.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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Melissa Castan interviews Associate Professor Douglas Guilfoyle from Monash University, about the recent UN ruling on the South China Sea. What exactly is going down? Listen and find out.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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Melissa Castan interviews Professor Paula Gerber of Monash University, about marriage equality in Australia and the issue of the proposed plebiscite.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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This is a recording of a presentation by Mary Heath (Flinders Uni) and Kate Galloway (Bond Uni) at the Australasian Law Teachers' Association conference in Wellington, New Zealand, in July 2016. Mary and Kate present on their OLT funded project, Smart Casual, and in particular how three of the professional development modules their team has develop…
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This is a recording of a presentation by Estair Van Wagner, of Victoria University of Wellington at the Australasian Law Teachers' Association Conference in Wellington New Zealand, in July 2016. Estair takes us through the rationale for place based learning, and a project to engage students of natural resource law in the environment around them usi…
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This podcast is about...podcasting. Melissa Castan and Kate Galloway prepare for the forthcoming Australasian Law Teachers' Association conference in Wellington, New Zealand. They canvass the what and how of podcasting for legal education.By Melissa Castan & Kate Galloway
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