Events.

The College's events are designed to meet the needs of judicial officers at every career stage. They reflect six key areas of judicial education: Law, Skills, Judicial Life, Social Context, First Nations and Non-Legal Knowledge.
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Skills/
Mastering the art of judgment writing.

22 August 2024 | Multi Day

Do you feel burdened by the number of judgments you have to write? Are your judgments and rulings getting longer and more complex?

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Judicial Life/
Strategies for managing vicarious trauma.

16 August 2024 | Half Day

Understand more about the nature of vicarious trauma, including strategies for prevention and management.

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Social Context/
Understanding cognitive impairment and forensic disability services.

14 August 2024 | Seminar

Cognitive impairment is common in people appearing in the criminal justice system, yet they often don’t get the support they need.

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Social Context/
Understanding family violence.

09 August 2024 | Full Day

Family violence is a problem often hidden in plain sight. Making the justice system safer for victim-survivors remains a priority for all courts and tribunals.

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Judicial Life/
The privilege and pressure of judicial work.

31 July 2024 | Seminar

Judges and magistrates experience both high satisfaction and high stress in their work. This event showcases recently published Australian research from interviews with judicial officers about the experience of stress and satisfaction in their work. It will explore how they can be further supported to thrive in their judicial role.

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Skills/
Courtroom communication.

30 July 2024 | Full Day

Courtroom management is learned, not innate. Developing courtcraft skills will assist in establishing your own judicial practice and authority.

 

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