Modern Advocate Lecture Series 2023

The QLS Ethics and Practice Centre’s Modern Advocate Lecture Series aims to foster collegiality in the junior ranks of the profession and to imbue young practitioners with the knowledge and skills to sharpen their advocacy.

Lecture 1: Monday 5 June 2023

Advocacy - Multi-tasking in the Round by Her Honour Judge Patricia Cope, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).

Lecture 2: Tuesday 12 September 2023

Finessing the Written Words by Her Honour Judge Deborah Richards, President of the Children's Court of Queensland, District Court.


Lecture 3: Tuesday 24 October 2023

Preparing for, and appearing at, a trial in the Federal Court by Her Honour Judge Kylie Downes, Federal Court of Australia.