Introduction
Welcome to your LAW212 residential school thinkspace site. I look forward to welcoming you to our first online residential school on 20 and 21 April. The residential school program will focus on:
- Overview of Evidence
- Hearsay
- Assessment 3
- How to approach Problem Scenarios
- Exam Practice
Your residential school will be delivered online and will be a combination of pre- recorded sessions, live zoom sessions, and self-directed learning activities. You have two options with regards to your participation in the residential school:
- Watch the pre-recorded sessions when they are available and then set aside the allocated time on 20 and 21 April to attend the evening live sessions; or
- Follow the scheduled timetable and set aside the two days to listen to the recordings and attend the live sessions in order as per the timetable.
- We will be recording as many of the live sessions as we can and making them available to you.
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Marcus SmithSubject Coordinator |
Workshop Programme
Please refer to the attached timetable for detailed information regarding session times, topics, format etc. If applicable, the link for connecting remotely to identified sessions can be found below (‘Attending remotely’).
LAW212 Evidence Law Residential School Program 202030
Guest Speakers & Sessions
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Guest Speaker: Adjunct Professor Tony Trichter Complicity and Attempt |
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| Monday 20th April 2020 | ||
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Adjunct Professor Tony Trichter |
Tony Trichter APM is an outstanding professional with extensive leadership experience in the policing, law and criminal justice sectors. Tony became a police officer in 1994 and was admitted to legal practice in 1994. For the last decade, Tony was Head of Profession for the Criminal Law and Prosecution division of the NSW Police Force until his retirement in October 2018. In this capacity, Tony provided operational legal advice to the NSW Police Force Senior Executive, counter terrorism, investigative and other specialist commands, major event/incident commanders and general duties police throughout NSW. During this time, Tony led the development and implementation of major legislative reforms in the area of education and training, communication and change management. Tony has a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Legal Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and Graduate Diploma in Public Administration. He also has qualifications from the Australian Institute of Police Management re: Australia and New Zealand Police Leadership Strategy. Throughout this career, Tony has been widely recognised for exemplary service. He won the Australian Police Medal in 2013, the National Police Service Medal, the Law Society of NSW Excellence Award in Government Legal Service and the Commissioners Professional Achievement Award. Students at CSU will benefit further from Tony’s experience as he transitions to academic roles, training the future law, police and criminal justice professionals in how to be the best at their craft. |
| Tony will deliver sessions on the law of complicity and the law of assault. He will help us to develop our understanding of key concepts and cases, and use his experience to show how these concepts are applied in real cases. | ||
| Guest Speaker: Annette Goodwin | ||
| Tuesday 21st April 2020 | ||
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Annette Goodwin | Annette is our Law Librarian, and expert all things researching and referencing. |
| This session will have a particular focus on research and referencing for Assessment 3 | ||
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Guest Speaker: Adjunct Associate Professor Bill Walsh Overview of Evidence and Tendency and Coincidence Evidence |
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| Tuesday 21st April 2020 | ||
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Adjunct Associate Professor Bill Walsh |
William (Bill) Walsh completed his law degree by distance education at Macquarie University as a mature aged student prior to being called to the Bar in 1983. From 1967 to 1986, he was a serving member of the NSW Police Force performing a variety of police duties in the metropolitan and country areas of the State. From 1987 to 1994, Bill was a Lecturer-in-Law at Mitchell College/Charles Sturt University. For those seven years, he taught internal and distance education students. Bill has practised as a barrister since 1987 in various areas of the law and in the past 15 years has specialised in criminal defence work. He has acted as defence counsel in 400 jury trials before the District and Supreme Courts of New South Wales. He holds postgraduate qualifications of Master of Laws (University of Sydney) and Master of Social Science (Criminology) (Charles Sturt University). In 2016, Bill was appointed Barrister-in-Residence at the Centre for Law and Justice, Charles Sturt with the title of Adjunct Associate Professor. |
| In this session, Bill will set out the law of sexual assault, providing a comprehensive background to the law, as well as the current provisions. | ||
Preparation (readings, links, activities)
The following tasks are recommended prior to the indicated day:
Day 1
Day 2
Workshop Recordings
Day 1:
Day 2: