Registration; light lunch.

2.00 pm

Welcome: The Hon Justice Murray kellam, President AIJA.

2.15 pm

SESSION ONE

Reflections on Judicial Method and Appellate Courts

Convenor: The Hon Justice Murray Kellam
Speaker: Professor Cheryl Saunders AO, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies.

3.15 pm

Afternoon tea.

3.45 pm

SESSION TWO

The Regulation of Birth Technologies

Convenor: Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, AIJA
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Louis Waller AO, Faculty of Law, Monash University.

5.00 pm

Close

7.30 pm

9.00 am

SESSION THREE

Appellate Courts and the Management of Appeals in Australia

Convenor: Ms Anne Wallace, Deputy Executive Director, AIJA
Mr Brian Opeskin, Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission.

10.45 am

Morning tea.

11.15 am

SESSION FOUR

Electronic Appeal Books

Convenor: The Hon Justice Chris Steytler, Supreme Court of Western Australia
Ms Allison Stanfield, Director, <e.Law> Australia Pty Ltd.

In recent years a number of Australian courts have begun to use technology to assist with the process of managing appeal books. This session will provide a demonstration of the type of software available and will include a judicial perspective on its use.

12.30 pm

Lunch

2.00 pm

SESSION FIVE

The Role of Appellate Courts in Sentencing

Convenor: The Hon Justice Frank Vincent, Court of Appeal, Victoria
Professor Arie Freiberg, Department of Criminology, The University of Melbourne.

Professor Freiberg will speak generally about matters of relevance to appellate courts in sentencing and will address the question of guideline judgments raised by the appeal to the High Court in Wong v The Queen (argued before the High Court on 1 and 2 May 2001).

3.15 pm

Afternoon tea.

3.45 pm

SESSION SIX

Matters of Current Concern to Courts of Appeal and Appellate Judges

5.00 pm

Close.