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To celebrate the Society's 50th Anniversary, we invite our members and the public to hear from panels on law reform featuring respected Victorian reformers.

This event commences at 10.30am at the Electrical Trades Union, 200 Arden Street, North Melbourne.

Opening remarks and Welcome to Country 

Time: 10.30am.

Panel 1 How to reform the law
Panellists: Justice Mordecai Bromberg, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), The Hon. Jill Hennessy and Ben Phi, Managing Director of Phi Finney McDonald.
Time: 11.00am - 12.00pm

Panel 2 Constitutional change after the Voice
Panellists: Professor Cheryl Saunders AO, Professor Melissa Castan, Yoorook Justice Commissioner, Sue-Anne Hunter, and the Hon. Gabrielle Williams MP.
Time: 11.00am - 12.00pm

Break 12.00pm

Panel 3 From We to Me: the Changing Landscape of Industrial Law 
Panellists: Rachel Doyle SC, Josh Bornstein and Kieran Pender.
Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm

Panel 4 Ai, Misinformation and Truth in Elections
Panellists: Fiona McLeod AO KC, Professor Jeannie Patterson, Professor Luke Beck and Elizabeth O’Shea, Principal at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and Chair of Digital Rights Watch.
Time: 12.30 - 1.30pm

Lunch provided 1:30pm

Panel 5 Values and Judicial Reasoning
Panellists: The Hon. Justice Murphy, Federal Court of Australia and the Hon. Justice Richards, Supreme Court of Victoria and Chaired by Professor Cheryl Saunders AO.
Time: 2.00 - 3.30pm