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ALAA INTEREST GROUPS

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Interest Groups provide an opportunity for ALAA members to pursue common academic interests in related areas of law. Interest Group Conveners provide a link between the Association and its members and play an important role in encouraging the active participation of members in the Association’s activities and bringing to the attention of the members of the Interest Group other events of interest, and to foster a climate of communication and collaboration among like-minded members.

Group Portrait of Friends

COMMERCIAL LAW

(combining Company Law, Competition and Consumer Law, Revenue Law, Labour Law, and Intellectual Property) 

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COORDINATOR

Anil Hargovan (UNSW)

Alex Bruce (ANU)

Robin Woellner (JCU)


INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW

(combining Comparative and Asian Law, and Private and Public International Law) 

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COORDINATOR

Simon Butt (Uni of Sydney)

JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGAL HISTORY

(combining Legal History, Legal Theory, Law and Economics, and Legal Research and Communication, and adding Law and Literature) 

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COORDINATOR

Michael Head (WSU) 

LAW AND SOCIETY

(combining Law and Medicine, Law and Social Justice, Indigenous Peoples and the Law, Law and Computers, and Law in Context) 

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COORDINATOR

Melville Thomas (UWA)  

LEGAL EDUCATION

(combining Legal Education, Law for Non-Law Students, and Clinical Legal Education and Practical Legal Training) 

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COORDINATOR

Judith McNamara (QUT)

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LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

(combining Ethics and the Legal Profession, Evidence and Procedure, and Dispute Resolution) 

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COORDINATOR

Maxine Evers (UTS)

Kathy Douglas (RMIT) 

PRIVATE LAW

(combining Property Law, Torts and Contract, Equity and Trusts, and Family Law) 

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COORDINATOR

Fiona Burns (Uni of Sydney)  

Prue Vines (UNSW)

PUBLIC LAW

(combining Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, and Criminal Law, and adding Administrative Law)

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COORDINATOR

Jacquie Svenson (Uni of Newcastle)  

Kris Gledhill (Auckland Uni of Technology) 

SOUTH PACIFIC LEGAL STUDIES

ALAA has published Guidelines for Interest Group Convenors.

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