| ALSA Conference Wins Voiceless Grant |
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On Monday night, 7 December 2009, the Australian Law Students' Association (ALSA) Conference 2010 was awarded a grant atthe 2009 Voiceless awards ceremony. The $5,000 grant will allow ALSA to raise awareness of the animal protection movement amongst law students at its annual national conference through an Australian Legal Education Forum (ALEF). These forums are the educational highlight of the conference with prominent guest speakers and all conference delegates, as well as the general public, being eligible to attend. The animal rights forum, tentatively named 'Building Better Protections for Animal Rights' will feature prominent speakers in the movement including a presentation from Voiceless and representatives from the academic and practical side of the movement. The 2009 Voiceless Awards Ceremony was held at The Mint in Sydney with the ABC's Jennifer Bryne as master of ceremonies with special guests such as Justice Ruth McColl AO, Emeritus Professor David Weisbrot AM, Voiceless Ambassador Hugo Weaving, seven members of parliament and actor Nick Giannopoulos. The development of animal law was a strong theme of the evening's celebrations with Justice McColl launching theAnimal Law Toolkit. The award was accepted by ALSA’s Vice-President (Education) Fiona Cunningham and Vice-President (Finance and Marketing) Jakeob Brown, on behalf of the 2010 Conference Convenor, Heath McCallum. ALSA has a continuing focus on social justice issues with the topic of the 2009 Kirby Cup Competition beingAnimal Rights, and the 2009 Conference creating the inaugural Women in Law breakfast. Furthermore, the 2010 Conference has a carbon neutral scheme and will focus on issues such as access to justice and promoting women in law.
The 2010 ALSA Conference held July 12-18 will be held in Adelaide and is expected to attract up to 600 law students from universities across Australia and overseas. In addition to the ALEFs, the Conference also includes an energetic competitions schedule involving mooting, client interviewing, client negotiation, witness examination and the Kirby Cup, social activities, activities for general delegates with opportunities for knowledge sharing and discussion among representatives of each university law student organisation. The 2009 mooting competition final was judged by the honourable Justice Susan Kiefel of the High Court of Australia. ALSA Conference would like to thank Voiceless for their generous support.
For more information or for sponsorship opportunities please contact: Heath McCallum2010 ALSA Conference Convenor This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 0418 700 954 |