LAW113 – Criminal Law

Lisa Coates

Subject Coordinator

Guest Speaker: Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker

Therapeutic Justice and the Drug and Alcohol Sentencing List Court in the ACT

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Lorraine Walker holds a BA, LlB from the University of Sydney. She was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1987, working briefly as an employed solicitor until joining  the Royal Australian Air Force later that year. She served as a legal officer for 3 years in Melbourne and the Northern Territory before relocating to her birthplace, the United Kingdom. She was employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as a prosecutor from 1990 to 1996. On returning to Australia, she practised as a solicitor in the ACT for one year prior  to being made a partner in a national law firm. She commenced at the ACT Bar in 2000.

She was appointed to the ACT bench in 2010 with a dual commission as Coroner and Magistrate. She was subsequently appointed Chief Coroner and Chief Magistrate in 2011.

In August 2019, she was appointed as an Acting Justice to set up the Drug and Alcohol Sentencing List Court. The court commenced in December 2019.

She recommenced as the Chief Magistrate in April 2020 amidst the early stages of the Covid-19 Crisis.

She has particular interests in the somewhat competing concepts of court efficiency and therapeutic justice.

Outside work, she runs a rural smallholding and has an aspirational interest in a self- sustaining lifestyle.

Sunday 30 August 2020

1:30pm- 3pm Current issues in emergency law

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Michael Eburn is a Barrister and Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University and specialises in the field of emergency law in Australia.  Michael was the chief investigator on a Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC project looking at the Policies, Institutions and Governance of Natural Hazards and before that was a researcher on the Bushfire CRC funded project Mainstreaming Fire and Emergency Management across Legal and Policy Sectors; Joint Research and Policy Learning.

Michael was the foundational author of the criminal law text Hayes & Eburn Criminal Law and Procedure in New South Wales used at CSU. Michael is also the author of Emergency Law: Rights, liabilities and duties of emergency workers and volunteers (1st ed 1999, 2nd ed 2005, 3rd ed 2009, 4th ed 2013 The Federation Press, Sydney) which is the only book on the subject of emergency law in Australia.  Michael has written numerous articles and given conference papers and inservice training on legal issues affecting the emergency services.

Michael will be presenting along with the Director of the Centre of Law & Justice, Mark Nolan, for a Q & A forum discussing emergency law, a particularly topical issue as we find ourselves in the midst of global pandemic preceded by a harrowing bushfire season in Australia. This forum will focus on a range of topics from the Constitutional responsibility of the Federal government and State governments with regards to national emergencies to the intersection between emergency law and criminal law

Guest Speaker: Adjunct Professor Tony Trichter

Attempt Lecture

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.

Guest Speaker: Annette Goodwin

AGLC referencing for Assessments 2 and 3

Guest Speaker: Adjunct Professor Tony Trichter

Complicity Tutorial

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.