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Asian Law Centre

Website of the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne. The Centre promotes the teaching of Asian law in Australia and seeks to increase the understanding of Australian law in Asia. The site provides information about courses, research, events, and details of work in progress at the Asian Law Centre. There is free access to the Centre's bibliographic database, Asian Law Online, and a list of research links which can be searched by country. There is access to the contents and abstracts of the Australian Journal of Asian Law, and to the Melbourne Asia Policy Papers

Practice Source

Practice Source is an Australian legal website edited by Sean Hocking and focusing on legal publishing and legal information management. Although coverage on this site is international the emphasis is on Australian legal information. There is coverage of legal news stories and general news from a range of sources. Other sections provide links to news and blog posts dealing with knowledge management, legal publishing and marketing issues.

Decisions of the Nineteenth Century Tasmanian Superior Courts

Collection of full-text decisions from the Tasmanian Superior Courts handed down between 1824 and 1842 and made freely available by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute) and Macquarie University in Australia. The project was undertaken by Bruce Kercher of Macquarie University, Australia who selected and edited cases from newspaper archives and court records. Cases can be searched and browsed by subject or date.

Courts Administration Authority for South Australia

The website of the Courts Administration Authority (CAA) for South Australia describes the role and functions of the South Australia courts including the Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrates Court, Environment, Resources and Development Court, Youth Court, Coroner's Court, Industrial Relations Court and Drug Court. Judgments, sentencing remarks, coroners' findings and case lists are also provided. The section for lawyers provides Bench Books, court rules, fees information and Practice Directions.

Federal Court of Australia

The website of the Federal Court of Australia includes a database of judgments from 1977 to the present, a glossary of legal terms, judges' speeches and papers, court listings, court forms, rules and practice directions. It also has background information about the Court and its judges, mediation services, native title proceedings, anti-discrimination law and bankruptcy. The Going to Court section provides guidance for lawyers, witnesses, litigants and those who have been subpoenaed.

Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration

The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) is a research and education institute funded by the Commonwealth states and territories and the New Zealand Ministry of Justice, as well as by membership subscriptions. It provides courses to the legal profession, focusing on court administration and judicial systems. The website provides a newsletter, research reports, bench books, judicial guidelines, judicial gender statistics, videos and podcasts, seminar and conference papers and other publications.

Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Law Society is a professional organisation based in Canberra, Australia. Its website includes a directory of members, details of training and events, annual reports and links to legislation relating to the legal profession in ACT. There is also information for the public covering specific areas of law, such as setting up a business, relationship breakdown and making a complaint against a solicitor. Parts of the site are restricted to members.

Law Society of the Northern Territory

Website of the Law Society of the Northern Territory, which regulates the legal profession there. The site outlines the history and work of the society. There is information for the general public about costs, making complaints and using the Legal Referral Service. Content for Law Society members covers Continuing Legal Education and other topics. Links to regulatory documents are provided, including the Professional Conduct Rules and Barristers' Rules along with a monthly newsletter.

Law Society of Tasmania

Website of the Law Society of Tasmania, a regulatory and representative body for the legal profession in Tasmania. Details of the Society's history, committees and organisation are available on the website. There is information about becoming a lawyer in Tasmania and a directory of Tasmanian law firms. Press releases and case studies focus on the Society's work reforming the law relating to workers' compensation. Part of the site is restricted to members.

New South Wales Bar Association

Website of the New South Wales Bar Association a professional organisation representing practising barristers in New South Wales, Australia. The site has information about the association including the constitution, annual reports back to 1998, a list of members and office holders, details of various committees and statistical profiles of the NSW bar. For it's members the association arranges continuing professional education and details of various training programmes, seminars and conferences are made available on the site.
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