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First Nations/
First Nations cultural awareness for judicial officers.
Build a nuanced cultural awareness about First Nations people to foster respect and understanding in Victoria’s court system.
Skills/
Delivering oral decisions effectively – VCAT.
Proficiency in giving an oral decision is an essential skill of efficient tribunal members. Oral decisions assist in managing case load, counter over-reliance on the written word, and prevent the pile of reserve decisions from building up.
Law/
Prima Facie: Film screening with playwright Suzie Miller.
An unexpected event forces a criminal barrister to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Judicial Life/
VCAT orientation: Ethical and behavioural dimensions of the role.
An opportunity for new VCAT members to come together and learn about their role.
First Nations/
Aboriginality and bail.
Develop knowledge and confidence in hearing bail applications involving Aboriginal people in this expert-led discussion of imminent legislative changes to the Bail Act 1977 s 3A.
First Nations/
Ablaze: Film screening with Director Tiriki Onus.
When Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung artist and academic, Tiriki Onus, discovered an old photograph in a basement suitcase, his subsequent cultural and emotional journey would help assemble vital pieces of 20th century Aboriginal history.