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Breakfast with Peter Irving, Co-founder of Gloria Jeans

This is not a CLS event but you may be interested in attending this event on 9 February 2012

Contact Wayne Back for details at wayneb@mtaustralia.com

Meet the Profession Dinner

Law students and professionals mingled at our Meet the Profession Dinner on 7 September 2011.

Keep posted for details of this year's event.

Daniel 5: Faithfulness and Integrity under Pressure

Facing up to Tyrants

Please join the CLS for an afterwork event with Speaker Mark Sneddon, Partner, Clayton Utz.

Monday 27 June 2011

5.30pm for 5.45pm

Clayton Utz, Level 18 Room 15

333 Collins St Melbourne

RSVP by 22 June to rsvp@cls.org.au

Please click on this link to download a Flyer on the Event

Colloquium - Religion in the Public Square

The last few years have seen a number of legislative reforms and policy developments on both a State and Federal level that have caused concern amongst some Christian and religious circles.

The issues include Victoria’s Religious and Racial Vilification Act, Medical Treatment (Physician Assisted Dying) Bill, same sex access to reproductive treatment, Marriage Act amendments, Equal Opportunity Act review, Human Rights Consultation, to name a few.

These reforms and developments, whilst being issues in their own right, in turn raise a number of secondary issues that warrant consideration.

One such issue is the emerging trend that is becoming increasingly pronounced as Christians seek to engage with these reforms and developments. This trend indicates a concerted and relentless attempt to stifle, marginalise and trivialise (and even vilify) not only the Christian voice but Christian expression, participation, wisdom etc in public discourse, policy and life.

Experiences of Christians in other parts of the world, particularly Great Britain, suggest that the trend has only just begun and has much of its life left to live and impact to leave.

Hence the Colloquium- Religion in the Public Square.

Please see the attached flyer for more details.

Breakfast Meeting

Keep posted for details of our next event

Business Network Breakfast

The Prison Fellowship of Victoria Business Network Breakfast was held on Wednesday, 8 April at the offices of Khor & Burr (level 13, 50 Market St, Melbourne) from 7:15–8:30am. The Guest Speaker was Lindsay White, who is the head of the Prison Fellowship Council and a former Director of Costa Group.

Review of the Equal Opportunity Act 1995

The Department of Justice is reviewing the exceptions and exemptions to the Equal Opportunity Act 1995, which provide a number of freedoms for church and faith-based organisations. The government has referred this issue to the Scrutiny of Acts & Regulations Committee of the Parliament which is to report back by 30 April.

The CLS is concerned that the freedoms that are currently enjoyed may be limited or removed, and so we are writing to you to encourage you to make a submission to the Equal Opportunity Review Team. Details of how to do so, along with further information and a submission made by the Australian Christian Lobby, are contained in the links below:

http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/DOJ+Internet/Home/Your+Rights/Equal+Opportunity/JUSTICE+-+The+Exceptions+Review+-+A+review+of+the+exceptions+and+exemptions+in+the+Equal+Opportunity+Act+1995

http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/sarc/EOA_exempt_except/default.htm

http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=1090&from=national

Seminar - "Christian Lawyer in a Secular World"

 "Christian Lawyer in a Secular World" was a seminar held in September 2008 and proudly brought to you by Victoria Christian Legal Society

Speaker: Mark Mullins, Lawyers' Christian Fellowship of London, UK

Medical Treatment (Physician Assisted Dying) Bill 2008

Dear CLS members,

You may be aware that the Medical Treatment (Physician Assisted Dying) Bill 2008 is scheduled for debate in the Upper House of the Victorian legislature on 30 July 2008.

The issue of assisted dying is important, and the CLS is uniquely positioned in the legal community to provide a Christian response to the legal and ethical issues that it raises. The CLS committee encourages you to participate and to have your voice heard regarding this proposed legislation.

You are invited to:

1) Let the committee know of your interest in joining a working party / steering group set up to explore the issues and provide a cohesive response. (Please email Alex Smith at as@joneskoller.com.au)

2) Draft a discussion paper for the CLS that responds to the Bill, which the CLS may then use and collate and submit to the legislature for further consideration. Papers are invited to be received by 15 July 2008, in order that we can collate responses and tender them to the appropriate channels.

We hope that you will consider getting involved.

CLS Committee

Film on Justice from the UK LCF

Greetings,  I thought you might like to watch our new 8 minute MiniFilm on Seeking Justice, filmed on location in legal London with Dr David McIlroy, barrister and author of ‘A Biblical View of Law and Justice’.   We hope it will be a really valuable resource.

To watch the MiniFilm, please use this link: http://www.lawcf.org/index.asp?page=SYL+MiniFilms. Enjoy!

Every Blessing, Howard

Howard Satterthwaite LL.B LL.M (Human Rights) (Barrister) LCF Student & Young Lawyers' Director

6-8 Marshalsea Road London SE1 1HL 07751 588080

www.lawcf.org

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CLS Faith @ Work Consultant

The CLS Executive Committee are very pleased to announce the appointment of Benny Tabalujan as the CLS Faith @ Work Consultant as part of a new pilot project.

Funding for this project has been sourced from surplus funds from the Australasian Christian Legal Convention.

Benny's new role aims to support the CLS in our work in various ways and will include meeting with members on a one to one or small group basis, attending events and supporting CLS students at university. As the role involves meeting with and contacting CLS members in order to support you, pray for you and others and encourage you, please advise us if you do not wish to be contacted by Benny. One new thing you will see is some emails to members on the CLS email list from Benny as a regular encouragement.

Please provide any comments you have to us as we embark on this new idea.

Profile:  Benny has degrees in economics and law from Monash University and an LLM and PhD from University of Melbourne. His previous roles include practising as a lawyer in Australia and Hong Kong before becoming a tenured associate professor in business law at the Nanyang Business School in Singapore. He is the author or co-author of several law books and also a book called "God on Monday - Reflections on Christians @ Work". Benny has remained active in academic teaching and corporate consulting in Australia and overseas. Benny is married with four children, a deacon at the Belmore Road Church of Christ and a member of the Wesley College Consultative Committee.

If you have any questions please contact Paul Holdway or any member of the Executive Committee.