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Family Law Section 02 Dec 2020

The Law Institute of Victoria has released the annual report for the Family Law Section...

Child Support Child Welfare Family Court

Adminstrative Law and Human Rights Section Annual Report

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section 02 Dec 2020

The Law Institute of Victoria has released the annual report for the Administrative Law and Human Rights (ALHR) Section...

Human Rights

Public drunkenness laws should be abolished

LIV Media 02 Dec 2020

Abolishing public drunkenness laws will help protect vulnerable members of our community, according to the Law Institute of Victoria.

Report advocates for cultural diversity in the Victorian legal profession

LIV Media 02 Dec 2020

A comprehensive report by Law Institute of Victoria president Sam Pandya has called on the Victorian legal profession to take a series of measures to promote ethnic diversity in the legal profession.

LIV provides feedback to the Attorney-General's Department — Review of the Privacy Act 1988

Technology and Innovation Section 01 Dec 2020

The LIV have raised issues with the current exemptions for employee records; consent requirements and default privacy settings; the appropriateness of a direct statutory right of action to enforce privacy obligations; and recommends specific wording should a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy be introduced....

Innovation

Criminal Law Section Annual Report 2020

Criminal Law Section 01 Dec 2020

The Criminal Law Section was established by the Council of the Law Institute of Victoria in 1979. The Section represents lawyers working in all areas of criminal law including defence, state and Commonwealth prosecutions, government, courts and academia. The objectives of the Section are to...

Access to Justice

LIV Not for Profit and Charities Law Committee – A Year in Review

Derek Mortimer 01 Dec 2020

The LIV Not for Profit and Charities Law Committee is active in contributing to not for profit and charities law reform and contributing to professional development seminars on not for profit and charities law developments – and 2020 has been no different.

Technology and Innovation Section Annual Report 2020

Technology and Innovation Section 01 Dec 2020

The Technology and Innovation Section (’TIS’) brings legal professionals together to discuss and advocate on issues surrounding the intersection of technology, innovation and the law. The TIS have promoted awareness, knowledge and the up-take of technology in the legal profession such as advocating for the importance of technological competencies...

Positive Action, Lasting Change: Advancing cultural diversity in the Victorian legal profession

Sam Pandya, President, Law Institute of Victoria 01 Dec 2020

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Diversity

December LIJ online edition

Law Institute Journal 01 Dec 2020

Welcome to the December LIJ online edition. You can click through to editorial content, LIV goods and services and upcoming events and advertising...

Contents – December LIJ

Law Institute Journal 01 Dec 2020

Quick links to December LIJ 2020 content

From the president: 2020 challenges bring rewards

Sam Pandya 01 Dec 2020

This year of uncertainty meant we had to be flexible, open-minded, resilient and compassionate.

COVID-19 Opinions

Unsolicited

Law Institute Journal 01 Dec 2020

Attempting to conflate the sale of wildlife in Wuhan with livestock farming in Australia is absurd…

Opinions

Diversity paper: Call to firms to push for inclusion in the profession

Sam Pandya 01 Dec 2020

LIV president Sam Pandya’s new paper ‘Positive Action, Lasting Change: Advancing cultural diversity in the Victorian legal profession’, extracted here, recommends firms drive ethnic and cultural diversity at all levels.

Diversity Opinions