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AIJA JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Since the establishment of the AIJA Secretariat in 1987 the Institute has run a number of education programs in the field of judicial administration each year. A list of these programs appears below.

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

  1987

Caseflow Management Seminar

Melbourne

12 May 

Caseflow Management Seminar

Adelaide

14 Aug 

Complex Civil Litigation Seminar for Judges

Sydney

28-29 Aug 

Sentencing for Judges

Melbourne

4-5 Sep 

Court Administrators' Conference

Perth

25 Sep 

Sixth Annual Seminar

Perth

25-26 Sep 

Seminar on Judicial Involvement in Court and Caseflow Management 

Adelaide

30 Oct

Inaugural Magistrates' Course

Melbourne

15-20 Nov 

Judges' and Court Administrators' Seminar on Caseflow Management

Melbourne

3-5 Dec

1988

Seminar for Judges on the Conduct of Complex Criminal Trials

Melbourne

1-2 June

Sentencing Seminar for Queensland Judges

Brisbane

24-25 June 

Sentencing Seminar for Judges and Magistrates

Adelaide

29 July 

Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Canberra

2 Sep 

Seventh Annual Seminar

Canberra

2-3 Sep 

Seminar for Judges on Computers

Sydney

21-22 Oct 

Second Annual Magistrates' Course

Melbourne

13-17 Nov 

Workshop for Chief Magistrates' and Senior Magistrates' Court Administrators on Court Management

Melbourne

2-3 Dec

1989

Sentencing for Queensland Magistrates on Sentencing

Brisbane

24-25 Feb

Seminar for Western Australian Judges and Magistrates on Sentencing

Perth

31 Mar- 1 Apr

Seminar for Judges on Computers

Melbourne

5-6 May 

First Biennial Conference of Magistrates' Courts' Administrators

Adelaide

25-26 May

Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution

Sydney

3 June 

Inaugural Annual Oration in Judicial Administration

Brisbane

21 July

Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Sydney

18 Aug 

Eighth Annual Seminar

Sydney

18-19 Aug 

Seminar for Judges on Criminal Trial Management

Melbourne

13-14 Oct 

Third Annual Magistrates' Course

Sydney

11-15 Nov 

Conference on Case Disposition in the Higher Courts

Melbourne

8-9 Dec

1990

Seminar for Western Australian Legal Profession

Perth

23 March

Seminar for Western Australian Judges and Magistrates on Case Management

Perth

24 March

Conference of Computer Specialist Judges on Computer Developments in the Courts

Melbourne

23-24 April

Case Management Seminar for the South Australian Bar

Adelaide

27 July

Inaugural Biennial Higher Courts' Administrators' Conference

Melbourne

24-25 May

Inaugural Court Librarians' Conference

Melbourne

17 Aug 

Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Melbourne

17 Aug 

Ninth Annual Conference

Melbourne

18-19 Aug 

New Zealand Sentencing Seminars

C'Church

5-6 Nov

(in conjunction with the New Zealand Judiciary)

Wellington

9-10 Nov

Auckland

11-12 Nov

Fourth Annual Magistrates' Course

Melbourne

25-29 Nov 

  1991

Seminar for Judges and Tribunal Members on Law and Economics

Melbourne

15-16 March

Courts' That Succeed

Melbourne

6 May

A Seminar by Dr Barry Mahoney of the United States' Center for Court Management

Second Biennial Magistrates' Courts' Administrators' and Senior Clerks' of Court Conference

Sydney

9-10 May

Complex Criminal Trials

Perth

30-31 Aug 

Annual Court Administrators Conference

Adelaide

6 Sep

Tenth Annual Conference

Adelaide

7-8 Sep 

Seminar for Judges and Magistrates on Sentencing of Federal Offenders

Melbourne

1-12 Nov

Workshop on Case Management and Delay Reduction in the Higher Courts: Stock-take and Future Directions

Melbourne

6-7 Dec

  1992

Workshop on Critical Issues in Caseflow Management (In Association with ICM and Wollongong University)

Wollongong

3-6 Feb

Workshop on Critical Issues in Caseflow Management (Criminal) (In Association with ICM and Wollongong University)

Melbourne

10-13 Feb

Inaugural Masters' Conference

Melbourne

13-14 March 

Evidence and Procedure in a Federation (A Joint National Conference with the Law Council of Australia)

Melbourne

9-10 April

Second Biennial Higher Courts' Administrators Conference

Brisbane

21-22 May

Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Brisbane

21 Aug 

Court Librarians' Biennial Conference

Brisbane

21 Aug 

Eleventh Annual Conference

Brisbane

22-23 Aug

Fifth Annual Magistrates' Course

Melbourne

8-12 Nov 

Higher Courts Meeting on Case Management and Delay Reduction

Melbourne

29-30 Nov

Cultural Awareness Seminal Meeting

Melbourne

29-30 Nov

1993

Third Biennial AIJA Magistrates' Courts' Administrators' and Senior Clerks' of Court Conference

Perth

22-23 April

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Project Pilot Seminar (Supreme Court)

Perth

28-29 May

AIJA Meeting of Chief Magistrates and their Chief/Senior Registrars/Clerks of Court on Case Management and Disposition

Sydney

31 May

Mediation Seminar for Judges, Master and Registrars

Melbourne

23-24 July

Seminar for Judges on Criminal Trial Management

Melbourne

20-21 Aug

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Project Pilot Seminar (District Court)

Perth

17-18 Sep

AIJA Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Hobart

1 Oct

Twelfth Annual Conference

Hobart

1-2 Oct

AIJA Annual Oration

Melbourne

5 Nov

Sixth Annual Magistrates Course

Brisbane

7-11 Nov

Third Higher Courts Workshop on Case Management and Delay Reduction

Melbourne

3-4 Dec

1994

Third Biennial Higher Courts' Administrators Conference

Sydney

5-6 May

Second Masters' Conference

Melbourne

3-4 June

Third Biennial Court Librarians' Conference

Perth

12 Aug

Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Perth

12 Aug

Thirteenth Annual Conference

Fremantle

13-14 Aug

Judicial Orientation Course

Sydney

2-7 Oct

Courts in a Representative Democracy Conference 

Canberra

11-13 Nov

Sixth Annual Oration 

Sydney

25 Nov

Seventh Annual Magistrates' Course

Adelaide

27 Nov - 1 Dec

Fourth Annual Higher Courts' Conference on Case Management and Delay Reduction

Melbourne

2-3 Dec

    1995

Seminar for Judges and Magistrates on Forensic Science (In association with the National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS))

Melbourne

24-25 March

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar for the Supreme Court of Queensland and Federal Court of Australia

Brisbane

12-13 April

National Forensic Summit (In association with the National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS))

Canberra

15-16 May

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar for Magistrates' Courts of Northern Queensland

Townsville

13-14 July

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminars for Magistrates' Courts of Southern Queensland

Brisbane

7-8 & 9-10 Aug

Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Canberra

18 Aug

Fourteenth Annual Conference

Canberra

19-20 Aug

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar for Queensland District Court Judges

Brisbane

28-29 Aug

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar for Queensland Judges of the Family Court

Brisbane

29-30 Aug

Gender Awareness "Train the Trainer"

Melbourne

8-10 Sep

Fourth Biennial Magistrates' Courts' Administrators' Conference

Melbourne

12-13 Oct

Eureka 1995 Equality & Justice Conference

Ballarat

18-20 Oct

Annual Magistrates' Course

Melbourne

19-23 Nov

    1996

AIJA Oration

Melbourne

23 Feb

Fifth Higher Courts' Conference on Case Management

Brisbane

9 Mar

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar

Adelaide

31 May

Third Biennial Masters' Conference

Adelaide

7-8 June

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar for Northern Territory Magistrates

Katherine

2-4 Sept

Fourth Biennial Court Librarians' Conference

Wellington

18-19 Sept

Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Wellington

20 Sept

Fifteenth Annual Conference

Wellington

21-22 Sept

Second Judicial Orientation Course

Wollongong

13-18 Oct

Seminar on The Courts and Corporate Law

Melbourne

31 Oct

Seminar for Judges on Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Melbourne

15-16 Nov

Ninth Annual Magistrates' Course

Hobart

24-28 Nov

    1997

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar 

Adelaide

27 Feb

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar for Victorian Courts

Melbourne

20-22 June

AIJA Oration

Melbourne

17 July

Annual AIJA Court Administrator's Conference

Sydney

21 Aug

AIJA Asia-Pacific Courts Conference

Sydney

22-24 Aug

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Seminar - SA

Adelaide

30 Oct

Third Judicial Orientation Course

Wollongong

9-14 Nov

Tenth Annual Magistrates' Course

Melbourne

16-19 Nov

  1998

Criminal Case Management Conference

Sydney

7 March

Technology for Justice Conference

Melbourne

23-25 March

Fourth Biennial Masters' Conference

 Sydney

5-6 June 

Conference on Reform of Court Rules and Procedures in Criminal Cases

 Brisbane

3-4 July 

Judicial Orientation Program, 16-21 August 1998, Novotel Brighton Beach

 Sydney

16-21 August

Fifth Biennial AIJA Court Librarians Conference

Melbourne

3-4 September 

Sixteenth AIJA Annual Conference

Melbourne

4-6 September

AIJA Annual Court Administrators' Conference

Melbourne

4 September

Inaugural AIJA Tribunals Seminar

Melbourne

4 September

9th AIJA Oration

Melbourne

23 October

Eleventh Annual Magistrates' Course

Canberra

22-25 November


1999

Annual AIJA Court Administrators' Conference

Adelaide

6 August

Seventeenth AIJA Annual Conference

Adelaide

6-8 August

Second AIJA Tribunals' Conference

Sydney

10 September

National Judicial Orientation Program (Joint program with the Judicial Commission of NSW)

Sydney

26 September-1 October

Twelvth Annual Magistrates' Course

Melbourne

21-24 November

2000

Fifth Biennial Masters' Conference

Auckland, NZ

26-28 April 2000

Criminal Trial Reform Conference

Melbourne

24-25 March

Aboriginal People and the Judicial System

Marysville, Victoria

31 March - 2 April

3rd AIJA Tribunals Conference

Melbourne

9 June 2000

AIJA Oration (Speaker: The Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand)

Sydney

16 June 2000

18th AIJA Annual Conference

Darwin

14-16 July 2000

AIJA Biennial Court Librarians' Conference

Sydney

18 July 2000

National Judicial Orientation Program

Sydney

6-11 August 2000

Technology for Justice Conference 2000 Melbourne 8-10 October 2000

2001

'The Rise and Rise of Diversionary Courts: "Therapeutic Jurisprudence" or "Feelgood Law?"',

Adelaide, SA Local Chapter

3 May 2001

4th AIJA Tribunals' Conference Sydney 8 June
11th AIJA Oration, 'The Judiciary in Federation Centenary Year - Bad News, Good News, No News', The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC Sydney 22 June
AIJA Magistrates' Conference Melbourne 20-21 July

AIJA Sheriffs' Conference

Hobart 21 September
19th AIJA Annual Conference Hobart 21-23 September

National Judicial Orientation Programme

Sydney 21-25 October
Joint AIJA/VSCL Legal XML & E-Filing Seminar Melbourne 25-26 October
Appellate Court Judges' Programme Melbourne 30 Nov -1 Dec

 

2002

5th AIJA Tribunals' Conference

Melbourne

6-7 June

Future Directions: Courts and Indigenous Cultural Awareness Conference Alice Springs 12-14 June
2nd AIJA Sheriff's Seminar Brisbane 12 July
'Access to Justice - The Way Forward' 20th AIJA Annual Conference, 2002
Brisbane 12-14 July
Judicial Forum (hosted by the Beijing People's High Court)
Beijing 28 July-2 August
Brisbane 13-14 September
12th AIJA Oration, 'The People's Court - Into the Future', Mr Ian Gray, Chief Magistrate of Victoria
Brisbane 13 September

National Judicial Orientation Programme

Sydney 21-25 October
AIJA Technology for Justice 2002 Conference Sydney 20-22 September

2003

Lecture by The Hon Claire L'Heureux-Dubé 'The Supreme Court of Canada in the Era of Globalisation'
Melbourne 21 February 2003
Adelaide 8 May 2003
6th AIJA Tribunals Conference, 'Ensuring effective justice before tribunals'
Sydney 5-6 June
Perth 18-19 September
'New Challenges, Fresh Solutions' 21st AIJA Annual Conference, 19-21 September 2003, Fremantle, WA
Fremantle, WA 19-21 September

13th AIJA Oration in Judicial Administration "The Centenary of the High Court: Lessons from History" delivered by the Hon Murray Gleeson, AC, Chief Justice of Australia,

Melbourne 3 October

National Judicial Orientation Programme (with the NSW Judicial Commission and the National Judicial College of Australia)

Sydney 13-17 October
Adelaide 9 December 2003

 

2004

Sydney 29-30 April 2004
'The Growth in Tribunal Power' A Discourse by Chief Justice Marilyn Warren, Melbourne, (The Victorian Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT), in collaboration with AIJA and Monash University Law School)
Melbourne 7 June 2004
Brisbane 10-11 June 2004
Self-Represented Litigants Forum Sydney 17 September 2004
22nd AIJA Annual Conference - "Proportionality: 'Cost-Effective Justice" Sydney 17-19 September 2004
Court Technology Update Conference - (AIJA & Sir Zelman Cowen Centre) Melbourne 20-21 October 2004
Jury Research Conference - (with Canberra University Court of the Future Project & Melbourne University) Melbourne 19 November 2004

2005

Case Management Seminar Sydney 25 February 2005
AIJA Workshop on Domestic Violence Melbourne 8 April 2005

South Australian Chapter Seminar "Bail or Remand in custody?" Further Issues and Developments

Adelaide 19 May 2005

8th AIJA Tribunals' Conference

Sydney 9-10 June 2005
7th AIJA Masters' Conference Wellington, New Zealand 6-7 October 2005
23rd AIJA Annual Conference Wellington, New Zealand 7-9 October 2005
South Australian Chapter Seminar "Face to Face: Results in Adult Conferencing" Adelaide 23 November 2005

 

2006

AIJA Family Violence Conference Adelaide 23-4 February 2006
AIJA Youth Justice and Child Protection Conference (in association with the South Pacific Council of Youth and Children’s Courts) Hobart 3 April 2006
9th AIJA Tribunals' Conference Canberra 6-7 April 2006
24th AIJA Annual Conference Adelaide 15-17 September 2006

 

2007

Courts Governance in an Evolving World
Twilight Seminar
Court Governance in an Evolving World
CJC Alternative Models of Court Administration

Melbourne 16 January 2007
10th AIJA Tribunals' Conference Melbourne 7-8 June 2007