About The Christian Legal Society
General
Information | Patron |
Committee | History of the CLS
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Core Purpose of the Christian Legal Society
To Challenge and Encourage Christians
Lawyers in their Professional Life.
 The CLS is comprised of lawyers
and others working in the legal field from Victoria, Australia, practising in multiple
different fields and in different arms of the profession. Among our
membership we have solicitors, barristers, Judges, corporate counsel, academics
and lawyers, paralegals and support staff working in related fields.
The CLS also welcomes the input of law students and endeavours
to work with the Christian law student groups on campus in Melbourne's law
schools.
You may notice that we have
changed our name from the Christian Lawyers Society to the
Christian Legal Society. Although this is not a large change, the
Committee felt that the term Legal was a more inclusive term and would
encompass all those working in the legal field, whether it be private
practice, corporate, educational, recruitment, the court system or any
related field, whether in the role of lawyer or paralegal or legal support
staff. All Christians working in all legal fields are welcome to
join the Society and attend our functions.
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Patron of the Christian Legal Society
 The
Christian Legal Society is delighted that the Hon Justice Susan Kenny of
the Federal Court of Australia has agreed to be patron of the Society.
Justice
Kenny was appointed a part time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission in May 2003. She
has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 1998 and prior to
that was a Judge of the Victorian Court of Appeal.
She previously practised as a barrister and was
appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1996.
During her career, Justice Kenny has held positions as a
part time Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission and as the part time President of the Commonwealth
Administrative Review Council.
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The President of the CLS for 2008
is Alex Smith, Consultant, Legal & Executive Division, Jones & Koller
Recruitment & Consulting.
The immediate past president,
Ross Gordon, Barristers Clerk, Con Nottas, lawyer, Hutchinson
Legal, is secretary and other committee members for 2008 include Rohina
Curtis, Lydia Kinda, a member of the Victorian Bar,
and Paul Holdway, a Partner with Lewis Holdway and Treasurer of the
Society.
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The members of the Committee are
available for contact by email. Please
contact the Committee members with
your suggestions and ideas.
New
Committee Members are always welcome.
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 We
are currently gathering material to put together a history of the CLS in
Victoria.
If you have any information, anecdotes or stories to tell
about the CLS please email the
Webmaster (Joanna Betteridge) |
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