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Justice Talks

Presented by the Brennan Program

Each year, the Brennan Justice and Leadership Program host Justice Talks. These talks are an opportunity for Brennanites to hear from academics, UTS Alumni and industry partners about their important contributions to justice and social equity.

These talks are part of UTS's commitment to developing student-based programs which focus on delivering content aligned with UTS's core and purpose: social justice.

Students who attend these online lectures automatically receive 5 ROJ; however, we know many students aren't always able to attend. That's why the Brennan team designed this page which provides students an opportunity to catch up on Justice Talks.

Students who would like to receive 5 ROJ for engaging with any of the recordings are welcome to submit a 350-word reflection in CareerHub via an ad-hoc form.

To keep up-to-date on the next Brennan Justice Talk check the Brennan Events webpage regularly and join the Brennan Collective on Facebook. We also communicate via the Brennan Student Canvas Noticeboard. If you have recently signed up to the Brennan Program and do not have access to the Canvas noticeboard, send us an email at BrennanProgram@uts.edu.au.

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    TREATY NOW

  • The First Peoples of Australia belong to the oldest continuing cultures and civilisation on earth. Yet Australia is the only British colony where treaties were not negotiated with First Nations peoples. This panel discusses the current treaty making processes taking place around Australia.  Our speakers include leading legal and academic experts in treaty negotiations and analysis in Australia and overseas.

  • ► Shane Hamilton, Deputy Secretary of Aboriginal Affairs, NSW Government 

    ► Dr Tony McAvoy SC 

    ► Professor Lindon Coombes, Jumbunna  

    ► Associate Professor Harry Hobbs, UTS Law

    ► Dr Marcelle Burns, UTS Law
     
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    MAKING THE LAW MORE RESPONSIVE TO DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE

  • From 1 July 2024, NSW became the first Australian jurisdiction to criminalise coercive control. This follows developments overseas, particularly in the UK. In this talk, Associate Professor Jane Wangmann outlines the approach taken in NSW, highlighting some of the potential for the offence to better fit with lived experience of victims of domestic violence, as well as the areas of debate and concern.

  • ►  Associate Professor Jane Wangmann, UTS Law 
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    WHEN TECH MEETS WOMEN'S RIGHTS

  • Can technology be harnessed for social good? Set in a context where the world is still over a century away from closing the gender gap, Associate Professor Vijeyarasa discusses her motivations for going beyond the boundaries of the law to offer new solutions to address global gender inequality.

  • ► Associate Professor Ramona Vijeyarasa
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    TENANCY RIGHTS PANEL

  • The current rental crisis has seen prices up, conditions down, and renters out of homes. Join our social justice advocates, as we talk about Tenancy Law rights! We will speak about legal information young renters need to know, how the human right to housing is being eroded in the current rental market, and how law and policy can be reformed to improve renters rights. In considering the current rental crisis, how does a justice-based perspective help address the right to housing?

  • ► Rachael Polt-Cai (Marrickville Legal Centre Tenancy Advocate and Legal Tech rep)

    ► Justin Abi Daher (Head of the Inner West Tenancy Service and Assistant Principal Solicitor)

    ►Associate Professor Linda Przhedetsky (Strategic AI, at the UTS Human Technology Institute, where she leads the Skills Lab).
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    THE IDEA OF JUSTICE

  • What do we mean by justice? What are some competing conceptions of justice that might be applied interpersonally and in society? How do different ideas of justice give us frameworks for thinking around specific problems that law and society face in finding ways for all of us to live together harmoniously despite our competing interests and diverse conceptions of the good life?

  • ► Guest speaker: Emeritus Professor Paul Redmond, UTS Law
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    THE RULE OF LAW

  • In 2021 there was considerable talk about the ‘rule of law’ in Australia after allegations were made against the Attorney General at the time. As a result, we have seen the notion of ‘rule of law’ invoked in a multitude of different ways by different commentators (some more informed than others).

  • ► Professor Fleur Johns, from the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW Sydney

    ► Associate Professor Karen O’Connell from the Faculty of Law at UTS and WLANSW's Legal Academic of the Year 2021
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.