Family Law Conference 2021

Conference recordings and presentations

Presentation: Family Law and Care & Protection resources (PPT 3 MB)

Family Law and Care & Protection Conference: Friday 13 August
9.00am	Recording: Welcome to Country and Opening of Conference Brendan Thomas, CEO Legal Aid NSW
9.15am	Recording: Coercive control: identifying predictors of severe and fatal violence and keeping families safe Presentation: Seeing Coercive Control presentation - Associate Professor Susan Heward-Belle (PPT 9MB) Chair: Kirsty Irving, Senior Solicitor, Domestic Violence Unit, Legal Aid NSW Speaker: Dr Susan Heward-Belle, University of Sydney Panel: Judge Elizabeth Boyle, Federal Circuit Court Mariam Mourad, CEO, Bankstown Women’s Health Centre
10.15am	Recording: Yenmalalibyila: keeping Mudjin together Chair: Bianca Dufty, Senior Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW Speakers: Michelle Hayward, Managing Solicitor, Aboriginal Legal Service Darlene Olsen, Senior Facilitator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
11.30am	Session A Recording: Working with international families experiencing family violence Presentation: International families experiencing violence - Red Cross (PPT 6MB) Presentation: International families experiencing family violence - spotting issues ( PPT 980 KB) Chair: Ruth Pilkinton, Solicitor in Charge, Early Intervention Unit, Legal Aid NSW Speakers: Katie Wrigley, Senior Solicitor, Civil Law Division, Legal Aid NSW Amelia Weidner, Solicitor, Domestic Violence Unit, Legal Aid NSW Seema Verma, Operations Manager – Migrations Support Programs, Red Cross
11.30am	Session B Recording: Emerging issues in care & protection in 2021: What we have learnt so far Chair: Katie Kelso, Solicitor in Charge, Care and Protection, Legal Aid NSW Speakers: Greg Moore, Barrister Kate Vassie, Senior Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW Jennifer Brown, Manager, Client Assessment and Referral Service, Legal Aid NSW
12.15pm	Session C Recording: A Brave New World - Family Law Courts update Presentation: The Courts Merger - Deputy Chief Justice McClelland (PPT 745 KB) Presentation: The Lighthouse Project - Anna Boldiston (PPT 1 MB) Chair: Prem Aleema, Solicitor in Charge, Child Support Service Speaker: Deputy Chief Justice Robert McClelland, Family Court and Federal Circuit Court Panel: Registrar Lynda Maitland Anna Boldiston, Family Law Courts
12.15pm	Session D Recording: Section 90 applications: same, same but different? Resource: Tips for Completing the Clinic Assessment Application (PDF 131 KB) Chair: Nicola Callander, Managing Advocate, Legal Aid NSW Speakers: Robert McLachlan, Solicitor Magistrate Nicole Ford, Children’s Court of NSW Bronwen Elliot, Children’s Court of NSW Clinician
2.00pm	Session E Curly ethical questions – a hypothetical Chair: Gabrielle Cantrall, Solicitor in Charge, Family Law Panel: Karen Shea, Barrister Linden Barnes, Senior Ethics Solicitor, Law Society of NSW Daniel Kennard, Senior Solicitor, Early Intervention Unit, Legal Aid NSW
2.00pm	Session F Recording: Lessons from the trenches – safety planning for lawyers Presentation: Lessons from the trenches - safety planning for lawyers (PPT 144 KB) Presentation: Safety planning for lawyers - Dr Brent Waters (PPT 52 KB) Chair: Megan Norris, Solicitor Advocate, Legal Aid NSW Speaker: Dr Brent Waters, Psychiatrist Panel: Frances Neilson, Solicitor in Charge, Central Sydney Family Law Unit, Legal Aid NSW Anna Baltins, Solicitor in Charge, Domestic Violence Unit, Legal Aid NSW Lisa Dawson, Senior Solicitor, Grants Division, Legal Aid NSW
3.30pm	Recording: Latest and greatest cases in care & protection and family law Resource: Latest and greatest cases (PDF 261 KB) Chair: Alex Colquhoun, Director, Family Law, Legal Aid NSW Speakers: Judge Kylie Beckhouse, Federal Circuit Court of Australia President Johnstone, Children’s Court of NSW