Not Just a Lawyer

Check in with your Law Society as to whether this self-study podcast will fulfil your Ethics CPD requirement. This presentation will not set your world on fire, but it will give you over an hour of quality ethics content. I have created it to try to lift one burden off your shoulders during this pandemic - that is, your ethics CPD obligation.

Welcome! Acknowledgement of Country. Pronouns! Gender neutral language. Why do we want to get this right? Hint: to be a great human and respect your fellow humans on this rock we call home. Roller derby interlude. Resources to help you adapt to using pronouns respectfully! Thank you and goodbye.

Hello! Acknowledgement of Country. Sleep - a love story. Severe obstructive sleep apnoea. Hope! Farewell.

Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. Poverty. Human dignity. Empathy. Thank you and farewell.

Welcome. Acknowledgement of country. What is a good day in the life of a criminal defence lawyer? Individualised sentencing. The small wins. Farewell!

Welcome. Acknowledgment of Country. What is client legal privilege. Isn’t it lawyer-client privilege? Why do we have client legal privilege? Lawyer X. Rule of law. Farewell!

Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. What is personal injury law? Physical and mental injuries. Values underpinning personal injury law. Hypotheticals about me as a plumber. Muffled talking and construction noise. No win no fee - or is it? Rule of law, Access to justice. Farewell.

Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. Shoutout to community legal centres, Legal Aid and Aboriginal Legal Services. Mangling legal Latin. What is the Magna Carta? Why should I care? What is the rule of law? Impeachment of US President Trump. Rule of law as a value. Call to action to preserve and promote the rule of law. Farewell. *Please note: a practical way to promote the rule of law is to suppor...

Content warning: domestic violence. Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. What is the probing effect? An example of where it might play out in Court: cross-examination in a self defence case. Barely suppressed coughing and inelegant law-talking. A call to action: how can we improve our adversarial system. Farewell.

Welcome. Acknowledgement of County. Community legal centres are amazing. What is truth default theory? The value of skepticism. Politics. Climate change. Genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia. Dr Timothy R. Levine as the proponent of this communications theory that is truth default theory. Farewell and bonus episode to follow. Bonus construction noise and cough supp...

Acknowledgement of Country. Touching on the age-old question, “How can you represent someone you know is guilty?”. A brief talk about the paradigm of innocent until proven guilty. A small cat miaows in the background. Terminology: complainant and victim and why they are used. Legal Ethics. Shoutout to Legal Aid and Community Legal Centres, and farewell.

A brief welcome, an acknowledgement of Country, and a chat (with myself, monologue-style) about inclusion in the legal profession. Some cats walk in the background. I do not apologise. An acknowledgement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities whose culture remains strong despite genocide and settlership.

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