Education Sector

School Law Summit 2019 Brisbane

Workplace Investigations in Schools: Getting it Right

Issues covered include: incident management, reportable conduct scheme, complaint, workplace investigation, ill and injured staff, medical certificates

School Law Summit 2019

Issues covered include: Family court proceedings, Subpoena, Separation, Divorce, Family violence, Litigation, Evidence, New Redress Scheme, Child Safety Obligations, Royal Commission, Civil Claims for Institutional Abuse, Criminal Liability and Sexual Abuse, Child Safe Standards.

School Law 2019: Educate, Enlighten, Inform

Issues covered include: Parents, legal disasters, Privacy law, mental and physical health of staff, misconduct, disability and discrimination obligations, race, sex and gender identity, children with physical and learning disabilities

School Law Summit 2019

Let’s face it: schools have staff, schools have students, so schools have legal risks. Don’t be overwhelmed by the legal risks facing schools when managing staff and their performance at work. Prepare your school to handle the civil and, and potentially criminal, liabilities that arise from maintaining a child safe school.

School Law: 8 Critical Legal Issues

Issues covered include: divorce, separation, court orders, family violence, disability, discrimination, child protection, social media, staff misconduct, employment obligations, employee management, unfair dismissal

School Law Conference 2018

Be inspired by this knowledgeable panel of experts as we delve into the employment and school governance issues affecting your school right now, taking a thorough and practical look at such timely topics such as bullying and an interactive workshop on workplace investigation. Grapple with the very tricky area of social media and the digital age with timely advice and legal knowledge from the leading practitioners in the area. This detailed and comprehensive seminar is not to be missed.

Law for School Business and Finance Managers

Make no mistake, managing a school is a financially and legally complex undertaking. If you are responsible for the business and financial management of your school then this conference is just what you need to avoid the risks that come from an incomplete understanding of the law. Ensure your school complies with employment and WHS requirements. Navigate key privacy laws, protect your school’s IP, avoid risks in managing tax issues, debt, and hiring out school facilities. All in one day, all in one place.

School Law for New and Aspiring School Leaders

Issues covered include: managing risk, problematic parents, family law, poor performance, discipline, ill and injured employees, bullying and harassment.

School Law for New and Aspiring School Leaders

Issues covered include:safety, compliance, disciplinary issues, ill and injured employees, workplace investigations

School Law for New and Aspiring School Leaders

Issues covered include: Family Law and Schools: Your Duties and Responsibilities as a School Leader, Duty of Care and Workplace Health and Safety, The New Human Rights Act and the Right to Education, Obtaining the Appropriate Insurance: Protecting Your School and Staff, Social Media, Staff and the Law, Managing Challenging Behaviour of Staff, Bullying and Harassment,

Law for School Counsellors, Psychologists and Guidance Officers

Issues covered include: family law conflicts, duty of care, bullying, supporting transgender and gender diverse students

Work Health and Safety Considerations in Schools During the Pandemic

Issues covered include: WHS, remote working, re-transitioning, employer and employee duties, risk assessment

Advice for Creating a Child Safe Remote Learning Environment

COVID 19: Legal Updates for Schools

While closing the gates for most students may have addressed the health concerns of schools, students and parents, it’s important to realise that moving to online learning and keeping your school afloat does not mean legal obligations are reduced or changed although it may require a re-imagination of some.

Advice on Contractual Rights and Financial Wellbeing in Your School

Issues covered include: commercial contracts, financial stability, financial risk, financial vulnerability

School Law: How the New Child Protection Regulations Will Work

The Office of the Children’s Guardian is an independent government agency that works to protect children by promoting and regulating quality, child safe organisations and services. Attend this webinar to hear from the Children’s Guardian on changes made that came into force on 1 March 2020 regarding child safety and its impact on schools.

School Law: Managing Risk to Students - Child Protection, Whistleblowers and Family Breakdown

Issues covered include: child protection risks, whistleblowing risks, parenting orders, family violence orders, subpoenas

School Law: Managing Your Child Protection and Whistleblowing Risks

Issues covered include: child protection risks, whistleblowing risks

School Law: Managing Child Safety Obligations

Issues covered include: child protection risks in light of the recent release of findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, child safety obligations in schools, and Child Safe Standards.

School Law: Managing Reputational Risk

Issues covered include: school social media policies, protection from defamation claims, drafting parental codes of conduct, enrolment contracts and disciplinary policies.

School Law: Managing Risks for Child Protection, Whistleblowers and Family Breakdown

Issues covered include: child protection risks, whistleblowing risks, family violence orders, Children's Court

School Law Series

It’s imperative school leaders have a comprehensive knowledge of the many legal obligations that school are required to understand and implement. In one neat package at the special price of $995, this School Law Series will provide you with 15 hours of critical legal information about a school’s legal risk for workplace health and safety, offsite risk, child protection, protecting whistleblowers, family law, workplace law in relation to employing casuals, avoiding claims for wage theft and much more.

School Law: Managing Whole of School, WHS and Offsite Risks

Gain guidance on how to design, implement, and monitor an effective school-wide risk management system in your school. Master how to identify, assess and control workplace health & safety risks at your school. Explore what you need to do to avoid and manage legal risks related to offsite activities.

School Law: Child Protection, Whistleblowers & Family Breakdown

Examine your school’s child protection obligations, the legal risks involved, and how to design and implement child safe risk management, controls and reporting. Identify your school’s employment law requirements related to whistleblowers and the policies you need to implement to meet your legal obligations. Gain a practical guide to the many legal risks arising from a family breakdown and what your school must do to navigate these difficult and fraught situations.

School Law: Spotlight on Workplace Law

Examine the many legal risks, rights and obligations related to mental health in the workplace at your school, including what you must do to remain legally compliant while supporting your staff. Identify and consider how to navigate new legal risks related to casual employees in schools. Work through the key steps you need to follow in any situation involving a workplace investigation at your school.

School Law: Student Violence, Informed Consent & the School Counsellor’s Role

Identify your school’s legal rights and obligations when students are violent either at home or at school, and what you can and should do to support families, students and staff. Delve into the school counsellor’s perspective and what they can do to manage student violence. Gain a step by step guide into when you should involve the police, what will happen, and what you need to know and do throughout the process. Finally, consider informed consent, what it means for your school, & your school’s legal duties

School Law: Legal Issues in Business Management

If you are responsible for the business management of your school then this webinar is just what you need to avoid the risks that come from an incomplete understanding of the law. Ensure your school complies with key privacy laws; protects its intellectual property and avoid legal risk in managing the hiring out of school facilities.

School Law for New and Aspiring School Leaders

WEB213N02: As a newly appointed or aspiring school leader or a leader who wants to succeed, mentor & support fellow leaders and colleagues, it’s crucial that you can engage with & understand the fundamental, emerging & evolving legal framework in which schools operate. Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in a leadership role by bolstering your ability and confidence to make legally sustainable and compliant decisions that enhance the safety & wellbeing of all in your school.

School Law Series

WEB212N03: It is vital that you, as a school leader have a comprehensive knowledge of the many legal obligations that school leaders are required to understand and implement. In one neat package, this School Law Series will provide you with 10 hours of indispensable legal information about dangerous recreational activities, cyber security copyright, enrolment contracts, conflict resolution strategies to ward off litigation, plus a masterclass in contemporary workplace law.

School Law: Current Legal Issues

WEB212N03A: Gain guidance from our legal experts on some key legal issues your school needs to grapple with on a regular basis including current concerns regarding enrolments contracts, cyber security, dangerous recreational activities and protecting copyright in educational materials.

Conflict Resolution to Reduce Legal Risk: Pathways to Peace in Schools

WEB213N03B: When conflict occurs at your school you don’t want it to lead to litigation. In this interactive panel Q & A you will be immersed in peace building strategies that help ward off staff, parents and students heading to the courts.

School Law: Workplace Law Masterclass

WEB213N03C: Explore the many workplace legal risks, rights and obligations of schools in this comprehensive examination of employment laws all school need to know and understand.

School Law: The New Workplace Health and Safety Laws in WA

New legislation passed by Parliament on 3 November 2020 means that there are significantly increased obligations on employers and “officers” to ensure the health and safety of the people in their care. Throughout the program you will work through the analysis of a scenario, demonstrating how a series of unrelated and unfortunate events could lead to your school and individual staff members of your school to need to defend their actions in court and what evidence would be required. WEB215W01

School Law: Sexual Assault, Consent and Crime

Hear from a senior judge, the police, school leaders and experienced lawyers to understand what you need to know to stop police from having to attend your school and what to do if police do get involved. This is the only conference you need to learn how to respond if staff or students at your school have been involved in criminal conduct and especially if allegations have been made of sexual assault. WEB215N02

Schools, Industrial Relations Law and Unions

As a school leader it is essential that you have knowledge of conditions of employment, salary, and the rights and obligations of your staff. Understanding these issues allows you to ensure everyone knows what is expected of them and what can be asked or given. Gain a deeper understanding of industrial relations law relating to performance management as an industrial issue, adverse action, paid and unpaid leave and working with unions. WEB216N12

School Law Series 2021

Gain 10 hours of critical legal information across 3 half days so you can minimise & navigate legal risks at your school . Develop effective strategies to deal with staff mental health, family law & managing aggressive parents. Get on top of privacy issues, child safety, supporting students online & the role of the school psychologist. Gain information on the new workplace sexual harassment laws & what they mean for your school. Attend live online or watch on-demand recordings at your convenience. WEB218N02

School Law: 3 Key Legal Issues for School Leaders

With so much happening, what school leaders need is timely information delivered with minimum fuss. Walk away with practical guidance on key legal issues you are navigating right now – student mental health, aggressive parents and the problems that take up so much of your time, family law issues. WEB218N02A

Law for School Counsellors, Psychologists and Guidance Officers: Privacy and Information Sharing, Online Risks and Child Protection

Put to sleep your concerns regarding issues that keep you awake at night. Join solicitors and school wellbeing staff and take an in-depth look at the law in relation to privacy and information sharing that in you need to correctly navigate. Plus examine the legal issues of young people navigating life online and your involvement in building a child safe school. WEB218N02B

Dealing with New Workplace Sexual Harassment Laws in Your School

The Government is changing the law to ensure that workplaces are safer and to reduce the incidence of sexual harassment. What are the proposed changes? What should schools do to comply with the new laws? What must you do to ensure your school is safe? How should you manage sexual harassment complaints and conduct an investigation? Can you summarily dismiss employees who engaged in sexual harassment? The answers will be canvassed in this comprehensive analysis from leading lawyers in the area. WEB219N02C