Lawyers as Activists | The 25th Anniversary of Legal Ethics
The theme of ANZLEC 7 is Lawyers as Activists. The colloquium will address lawyers who direct their practice by reference to a political, environmental or some other moral cause. There are many expressions of the activist lawyer – those whose work is dedicated to providing legal assistance to marginalised or in-need people or who work within legal practices that are politically-partisan, union-focused, business-oriented or faith-based. All, in some respects, challenge the traditional pillar of moral non-accountability as an understanding of the fundamental ethical position of the legal profession and consider, to different extents, the importance of law to advancing their particular understandings of justice.
ANZLEC 7 will also celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Legal Ethics, the international journal that has been a favoured quality publishing outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars in the field.
Presentations of 20-30 minutes are invited from academics, judges and practising lawyers on the activist lawyer, but contributions on any aspect of legal ethics will be considered. Those that address lawyers as activists may be supportive or critical of the practice. Contributions will be welcomed from individuals or panels. Contributors are encouraged after ANZLEC7 to submit completed papers for publication in Legal Ethics, subject to the usual refereeing requirements.
| Registration Type | Cost $AUD |
| Two Day | $160 |
| Conference Dinner* | $80 |
Dress code
Smart casual. Toowoomba is over 600 metres above sea-level, and winter temperatures can be significantly cooler than they are in coastal parts of Queensland.
*Colloquium DinnerThe Colloquium Dinner will be held on the evening of Thursday 20 July 2023 at the George Banks Bistro, in the very centre of the Toowoomba CBD. It is an easy walk from all recommended CBD accommodation.
Abstracts are to be submitted by 9 June 2023.
Professor Julian Webb
University of Melbourne
Professor Julian Webb joined Melbourne Law School in 2014 from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Professor Webb holds a concurrent appointment as an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, and has previously held visiting appointments at University College London, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in the USA. He is a member of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Legal Industry Framework for Training and Education (LIFTED) global faculty, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an academic Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four ancient Inns of Court that govern the English Bar.
Professor Webb was, with Professor Kim Economides, a founding General Editor of Legal Ethics.
Professor Webb’s research focuses on the ethics and professional regulation of lawyers; developments in the market for legal services; law and technology, and legal education policy and practice.
Professor Lisa Webley
University of Birmingham
Professor Lisa Webley’s research concerns the regulation, education and ethicality and professionalism of the legal profession, and broader access to justice and rule of law concerns. She has been the Principal Investigator on several large research projects and has undertaken funded empirical research for public bodies and organisations including the European Commission; the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Trade and Industry. She is head of research in the Centre for Employability, Professional Legal Education and Research at the University of Birmingham.
Professor Webley is the current General Editor of Legal Ethics and Co-Director of the Legal Education Research Network in the United Kingdom. She holds visiting professorships at the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University Australia and at the University of Portsmouth, and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne and the University of Hong Kong. She holds a Senior Research Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. Professor Webley is co-author (with Harriet Samuels) of the Complete Public Law: Text, Cases and Materials (OUP) and Legal Writing (Routledge). She was awarded the Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year prize 2016.
Local accommodation options
Toowoomba has many accommodation options available, from hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts or caravan parks with onsite cabins you’re sure to find somewhere suitable. You are also welcome to stay on-campus at the UniSQ residential colleges. Try browsing accommodation options online but please reserve your booking early as places do go quicky at this time of year.
We have listed some suggestions below, but there are many others available:
Hotels in the CBD area
Burke and Wills Hotel: https://burkeandwillshotel.com.au/Oaks Toowoomba: https://www.oakshotels.com/en/oaks-toowoomba-hotel
Potters Hotel: https://pottershoteltoowoomba.com.au/
Quest serviced apartments: https://www.questapartments.com.au/properties/qld/toowoomba/quest-toowoomba
Short walk to CBD:
Grammar View https://www.grammarview.com.au/Others:
City Golf Club Motel: https://citygolfmotel.com.au/Picnic Point is located at the top of the Toowoomba Range at 164 Tourist Road Toowoomba.
The main airport is the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB), formerly known as Brisbane West Wellcamp, which is approximately 25 minutes by car from the Toowoomba CBD.
You may also choose to fly into Brisbane, which is approximately 1 hour 40 minutes drive to Toowoomba. You can travel from Brisbane to Toowoomba by car, bus, or services such as The Airport Flyer.
Maxi-taxi services from hotels in the CBD to Picnic Point will be arranged on each day of ANZLEC 7.
For further information please contact the School of Law & Justice.