Foundational Government Lawyers’ Training
Issues covered include: public service and government sector challenges for lawyers
Description
Practical, real-world training is critical for success in any career. Working as a lawyer in the public sector involves additional obligations and challenges that you will never learn about in a textbook. Hear from experienced government lawyers on what they see as the absolute must-know issues for anyone starting a legal career in the public service.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
1 unit in Substantive Law
Chair: Giovanna Tivisini, General Counsel, Commission for Children and Young People
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Legislative Process and Interpreting Legislation
- Executive Government and Parliamentary processes
- The making of legislation, regulations and statutory instruments
- Understanding legislative frameworks
- The role of regulations, statutory instruments and policies
- Introduction to interpreting legislation and statutory instruments
- Key issues under the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984
Presented by Luisa Alampi, Barrister, Foley’s List
9.50am to 10.35am: Delegations and Authorisations
- The legal basis for the devolution of power
- The difference between delegations and authorisations
- When a delegation or authorisation can be made
- Financial delegation vs Public Administration Act delegation vs procurement delegation
Presented by Kate Oliver, Partner, Maddocks
10.35am to 11.20am: Legal Professional Privilege Issues for Government Lawyers
- Understanding the extra layer of responsibilities and duties tied to the legal professional privilege in government practice
- Waiver in a government context
- Important exceptions for government lawyers
- Public interest immunity
- Executive privilege
Presented by Pip Mitchell, Partner, Clayton Utz
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am to 12.20pm: The Obligation to Act as a Model Litigant: What Does it Mean for You?
- The source of the obligation and the ‘duty of fairness’
- Examples of its application and lessons learnt
- Practical insights and tips
Presented by Andrea Mapp, Senior Advocate, Consumer Affairs Victoria
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Juggling Government Lawyer Hats: More than a Circus Trick
- A hundred and one policy officers: lawyering beyond the firm
- Decision makers and their lawyers
- Legal vs ‘commercial’: policy context and political nous
- Good Fight, Yes Minister or just in the thick of it? Conflicting duties and the voice of conscience
- My kingdom for a rain hat?
Presented by Martin Pike, General Counsel, Regulatory Transaction Services; Registrar, Business Licensing Authority; Secretary, Motor Car Traders Claims Committee
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Venue
RACV City Club
Level 2, 501 Bourke St
Melbourne 3000
VIC
Australia
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