Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law

The University of Sydney Law School, the oldest in Australia, has long taught almost exclusively the laws brought by settlers to this continent. The Law School is committed to transforming legal education as part of the University’s ‘One Sydney, Many People’ Indigenous Strategy.

Earlier this year the Law School declared its support for the Uluru Statement of the Heart, where they are also committed to further embedding Indigenous perspectives and legal traditions into their curriculum.

As a key part of those commitments, the university is holding this inaugural Sydney Law School public lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law, which will be delivered by Associate Professor Nicole Watson, on the topic of ‘Indigenous Women, Outlaw Culture and the Law’, on 3 November at 6.30 PM AEDT. It seeks to create a public platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars to reflect on the nature of Indigenous laws and legal traditions for a wider audience in Australia and abroad.

The inaugural lecture is sponsored by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, presented by the University of Sydney Law School in collaboration with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) at the University of Sydney, and it will feature several guest speakers, including:

• Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver AM, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services), University of Sydney
• Professor Simon Bronitt, Dean, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
• Nathan Allen, First Nations Officer, Sydney University Law Society
• Marlikka Perdrisat, First Nations law student, Sydney University Law School

Register here.