Education and Events
Upcoming Conference Presentations and Events
Presentations
- CPD panel presentation and event, The Bugmy Bar Book and Advocacy, hosted by NAAJA for the Alice Springs profession, Alice Springs, 24 October 2024
Continuing Professional Development Series
- CPD presentation, Legal Aid and all National Legal Aid members, Sydney and online, 15 October 2024
- CPD presentation, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and all National Departments of Prosecutors, Sydney and online, 7 November 2024
- CPD presentation, Aboriginal Legal Service and all NATSILS’ members, Redfern and online, 8 November 2024
(Request a link to the CPD series via email: info@bugmybarbook.org.au)
Past Conference Presentations and Events
2024
- CPD panel event, Introducing the Bugmy Bar Book, Downs and South West Queensland Law Association and Queens Arms Chambers, Toowoomba 28 August 2024
- CPD presentation, Aboriginal Legal Service and all NATSILS’ members, Parramatta and online,16 August 2024
- Public lecture, ‘An Evidence-Based Approach to Sentencing: The Bugmy Bar Book in Operation in Australia’, Te Herenga Waka – The Centre for Justice Innovation, New Zealand, 5 August 2024
- Keynote address, ‘An Evidence-Based Approach to Sentencing: The Bugmy Bar Book in Operation in Australia’, Criminal Bar Association NZ Conference, New Zealand, 3 August 2024
- Conference presentation, Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory: CLANT Conference, Bali, 28 June 2024
- CPD presentation, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and all National Departments of Prosecutors, Sydney and online, 6 June 2024
- CPD presentation, Aboriginal Legal Service and all NATSILS’ members, Redfern and online, 17 May 2024
- Conference presentation, Criminal Lawyers’ Conference, Victorian and nationwide criminal lawyers, Hobart, 22 March 2024
- Tasmanian legal profession presentation, Hobart, 21 March 2024
2023
- Conference presentation, ’10 years since the High Court decision of Bugmy v The Queen‘, National Indigenous Law Conference, Sydney, 17 October 2023
- CPD panel event, ‘Recognising and Presenting Evidence of Strengths in Legal Proceedings‘, NSW Bar Association and NSW Law Society, 13 September 2023
- Conference presentation, Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Conference, Friday 4 August 2023
- Conference presentation, Local Court of NSW, Annual Conference, 3 August 2023
- Conference presentation, Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT All Staff Conference, 3 August 2023
- Conference presentation, Council of Australasian Tribunals National Conference, Sydney, 9 June 2023
- Conference presentation, Reasonable Cause Criminal Law CPD Conference, Sydney, 25 March 2023
- Conference presentation, NSW Bar Association 2023 North Coast Regional Conference, 25 March 2023
- Conference presentation, NSW Bar Association 2023 Orange Regional Conference, 18 March 2023
- Conference presentation, Public Defenders Annual Criminal Law Conference, 11 March 2023, Sydney NSW
- Conference presentation, NSW Bar Association 2023 Newcastle Regional Conference, 25 February 2023
2022
- Conference presentation, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Western Zone Conference, 26 November 2022, Rydal NSW
- Conference presentation, Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) Indigenous Youth Justice Conference, Sydney, 30 October 2022
- Conference presentation, ‘Bugmy and Beyond: The Use of the Bugmy Bar Book in Civil Practice’, Legal Aid NSW Civil Law Conference, Sydney, 19 September 2022, Sydney NSW
- CPD Presentation, ‘Bugmy v The Queen and the Bugmy Bar Book’, seminar for prosecutors, online, 14 September 2022 (view video)
- CPD Presentation, ‘The Relevance of the Bugmy Bar Book in Coronial Inquests’, presentation to Crown Solicitors Office (NSW), online, 13 September 2022
- CPD Presentation, Criminal Law CPD: The Bugmy Bar Book, hosted by Doogue + George Criminal Defence Lawyers, Victoria, 30 August 2022
- Conference presentation, Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory: CLANT Conference, 29 June 2022, Darwin
2020–2021
- CPD Presentation, NAAJA Criminal Lawyers, online, 2021
- Seminar Presentation, Twilight Seminar: Addressing Indigenous Over-Representation in Canada: Legislation, Litigation and Mobilisation, Sydney, 11 February 2020
- Conference presentation, Bar Association 2020 Regional Conference Series, Newcastle, 22 February 2020
- Conference presentation, Bar Association 2020 Regional Conference Series Sydney, 21 March 2020
- Conference presentation, Bar Association 2020 Regional Conference Series, Parramatta, 28 March 2020
2019
- Conference presentation, Public Defenders Criminal Law Conference 2019
- Conference presentation, Legal Aid Criminal Law Conference 2019 & Aboriginal Legal Service conference 2019
- Conference presentation, National Indigenous Law Conference, 2019, Darwin
- CPD Presentation, Mid-North Coast Law Society Annual CPD, 6 December 2019
‘Recognising and Presenting Evidence of Strengths in Legal Proceedings’ (September 2023)
The NSW Bar Association First Nations Committee and the Bugmy Bar Book Project Committee presented a panel discussion on the topic of ‘Recognising and Presenting Evidence of Strengths in Legal Proceedings’. The event was generously hosted by the Law Society of NSW. The discussion centred on the report by Vanessa Edwige and Dr Paul Gray, Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation (2021), and the importance of presenting a strengths-focused case on behalf of clients.
Belinda Baker SC, NSW ODPP – Bugmy and the Bugmy Bar Book (2022)
Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor, Belinda Baker SC (as her Honour then was) presents to prosecutors from around Australia about the principles in Bugmy v The Queen and the Bugmy Bar Book.
Webinar: The Bugmy Bar Book Q&A (2020)
Featuring Judge Sophia Beckett, Peter McGrath SC, Professor Thalia Anthony, Jeremy Styles, Rebecca McMahon and Richard Wilson SC, hosted by Emma Manea.
This webinar, produced by Legal Aid NSW, is a Q&A session with Bugmy Bar Book Project Committee members exploring what the Bugmy Bar Book is, how the chapters have been developed and used in criminal court proceedings, and ways that criminal lawyers can use these resources to advocate on behalf of clients.