Council of Australian Law Deans Meeting 2011# 1 Hosted by The Law School at the University of New England, Armidale 4 March 2011 AGENDA

Date, time and venue of meeting: The Council of Australian Law Deans’ first meeting for 2011 will commence at 8.30am on Friday 4 March, in room 224 – Education Building, the Professions at the Law School at the University of New England, Armidale. Tea, Coffee and light refreshments will be served on arrival. The University is shown on the following links UNE ‐ About ‐ Campus Information and Maps

Dinner: Friday evening’s dinner will be held at Archie’s on the Park, Moore Park Inn commencing at 6.30pm for 7.00pm.

Contact details: CALD Secretariat Fiona Lyne (02) 9514 3490 at UTS; Jill McKeough 0408 644 626.

Timetable: 8.30am Guest arrival; tea /coffee and refreshments served 9.00 ‐ 10.30am Welcome & Session 1 Item 1: Council Matters Item 2: International Matters Item 6: Legal Education and Student Matters 10.30 – 10.45am Morning Tea –served in room 224 – Education Building, The Professions Session 2 10.45 ‐ 12.30pm ERA Item 3: Law School matters Item 4: Legal Research and Scholarship 12.30 ‐ 1.15pm Lunch ‐ served in Booloominbah homestead, UNE campus Session 3 1.30 ‐ 3.00pm Item 4 (cont.) Item 5: Legal Practice and Profession matters 3.00 ‐ 3.15pm Afternoon Tea – served in room 224 – Education Building, The Professions Final Session 3.15 ‐ 5.00pm Item 5 (cont.) Item 1 (cont.) 6.30 for 7.00pm DINNER ‘Archie’s on the Park’

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PRELIMINARY MATTERS 0.1 *Welcome and attendance (Deans or deputy) Deans (26) ADAMS Michael Professor University of Western Sydney BAMFORD David Professor Flinders University BROHMER Jurgen Professor University of New England CLARKE Andrew Professor Victoria University COONEY Sean University of Melbourne COPER Michael Professor Australian National University DAVIS Gary Professor Charles Darwin University DIXON David Professor University of New South Wales EVANS Philip Professor Murdoch University FAIRALL Paul Professor University of South Australia FREIBERG Arie Professor Monash University GRAW Steve Professor James Cook University GRAY Anthony Professor University of Southern Queensland GULLET Warwick Professor University of Wollongong KLEIN Natalie Professor Macquarie University LAVARCH Michael Professor The Hon. Queensland University of Technology McKEOUGH Jill Professor, Chair ‐ CALD University of Technology Sydney NIELSEN Jennifer Dr. Southern Cross University OTLOWSKI Margaret Professor University of Tasmania REES Anne Professor, Treasurer, CALD Deakin University ROBERTSON Mike Professor University of Southern Queensland RYAN Gerard Professor University of Notre Dame ‐ Sydney SAINSBURY Maree Professor University of Canberra STONEY Mark Professor Edith Cowan University WRIGHT Ted Professor University of Newcastle Deputy (3) BABACAN Alperhan DR Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology WILLIAMS John Professor University of Adelaide TOLHURST Greg Professor University of Sydney Apologies (10) * Deputy BARON Paula Professor La Trobe University EVANS* Carolyn Professor University of Melbourne GRANTHAM Ross Professor University of Queensland JACKSON* Margaret Professor Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology MACKENZIE Geraldine Professor Bond University McNAMARA* Luke Professor University of Wollongong MACNEIL William Professor Griffith University OWENS* Rosemary Professor University of Adelaide STOCKLEY Andrew DR University of Auckland TRIGGS* Gillian Professor University of Sydney By Invitation (1) LYNE Fiona Secretariat, CALD University of Technology Sydney

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0.2 *Starring of items Items with one (1) star are suggested for discussion; un‐starred items are taken as read and noted. Members are invited to star any further items not already starred if discussion is required.

0.3 *Confirmation of minutes of meeting 2010#3 Draft minutes of the third meeting held on 22 November 2010 at the University of Technology Sydney, as available for download from the CALD website. For approval.

0.4 *Matters arising from the minutes Members are invited to raise any matters not otherwise arising under this agenda.

0.5 *Meeting papers Papers are usually posted on the password‐protected area of the CALD website as they became available. Due to technical issues the papers will be distributed via email.

1. COUNCIL MATTERS

1.1. Membership/Constitution:

1.2. *Election of Office Bearers • Deputy Chair

1.3. Review of Membership of Standing Committees • International Matters • Standards and Accreditation • Legal Research and Scholarship • Legal Education and Student Matters • Legal Practice and Legal Profession Matters 1.4. *Treasurer’s report 1.5. *Next meetings ‐ The schedule is as follows:

2011 Meeting 1 March 4 University of New England, Armidale

2011 Meeting 2 July Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (same time as ALTA, 3‐6 July) 2011 Meeting 3 November (TBC) University of South Australia, Adelaide

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1.6. *Correspondence Date Rec’d Sender Details Action INWARDS 15 Sept 2010 Sandy Clark LACC Item 5.2 15 Oct 2010 Claire Macken ADT&L network Item 6.3 28 Jan 2011 Gopal Subramanium Bar Council of India Item 2.2 21 Feb 2011 Patrick Parkinson ERA and student run journals Item 4 26 Feb 2011 Sally Kift TLO’s further work Item 6.4 2 March 2011 Sunila Srivastava International matters Item 2 OUTWARDS 22 Dec 2010 Bill Ford Bar Council of India Item 2 24 Jan 2011 Bill Ford LACC Item 5.2 7 Feb 2011 Councils of Deans ALTC Item 6.1

1.7. Other matters (including CALD public statements)

2. INTERNATIONAL MATTERS: SC Chair Gillian Triggs 2.1. *CALD Standing Committee on International Matters

2.2. Correspondence with Bar Council of India and developments in accreditation issues in India.

3. LAW SCHOOL MATTERS: SC Chair Michael Coper 3.1 *Report of Standing Committee on Standards and Accreditation • The Australian Law Schools Standards Committee: Report on proposed membership (accepted invitations etc)

3.2. *External/internal funding: Higher Education base funding review

3.3. TEQSA Legislation: Submissions sought

3.4. Governance and management: Standing item

3.4 Other matters

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4. LEGAL RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP: SC Chair Luke McNamara

4.1. *Report of Standing Committee on Legal Research

4.2. *Results and future of ERA: discussion of outcomes

4.3. *ERA 2012 Ranked Outlets Consultation

4.4. *ARC tender process

4.5. *ERA and student run journals

5. LEGAL PRACTICE AND LEGAL PROFESSION MATTERS: SC Chair Michael Lavarch

5.1. *Report of Standing Committee on Legal Practice and the Legal Profession 5.2. *Law Admissions Consultative Committee 5.2.1 Report on last meeting held 24 February 2011

5.3. Other matters

6. LEGAL EDUCATION AND STUDENT MATTERS: SC Chair Geraldine Mackenzie 6.1 *Report of Standing Committee on Legal Education 6.2 *AQF Council: The Australian Qualifications Framework 6.3 *ADTL Network: Funding request 6.4 *TLOs: further work 6.5 *ALTA report – Ros Mason

7. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR DEANS

7.1. Exchange of information ‐ Standing item

7.2. Activities ‐ Standing item

8. ANY OTHER BUSINESS [End of agenda]

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