ALLA (WA) News Blog

The Energy Safety division of the Department of Commerce, based at Cannington, is looking for a librarian.  The role requires about 3-4 hours per week.  If interested, please contact - Laverne Castelino A/Director Business Services Energy Safety laverne.castelino@commerce.wa.gov.au Tel:  9422 5250

Dear Members, And just like that… we are almost half way through the year… Crazy times! Whilst I have been fairly silent in terms of official Presidential posts, I hope you have enjoyed the many updates to the other pages on the Blog! Our crack team of social media assassins are quietly squirreling away until the early hours of the morning to bring you the latest and greatest news for the Association on both a State and National level. Have anything to add? Then please contact one of the Committee members post-haste! (Our details can all be found on the National website… speaking of which... have you checked out the National website lately? http://www.alla.asn.au/sd-wa-main/sd-wa-wa/wacontact ) So – what’s the goss? · We have seen a number of exciting positions posted to the list and blog in the last few weeks – keep an eye on our Movers and Shakers page to stay up-to-date with the shuffle this will no doubt bring. Have you moved recently (or are you about to?) – once again let...

Corrs Chambers Westgarth have a vacancy for an experienced Knowledge Professional to join its Knowledge Centre Team based in Perth. Please refer to Corrs website for information regarding the position - http://corrs.clients.pageup.com.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=820675&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=7497&lBrandID=1677&lCategoryID=&stp=AW&sLanguage=en . Alternatively, contact Jennifer Jacobs, HR Coordinator, on 9460 1621 for a confidential discussion. Applications close at 5pm (WST) on Friday, 8 June.

The topic for this year's lecture is Hunted by land and sea : a legal exploration of commercial hunting in Australia and Canada .  Canadian lawyer, Lesli Bisgould - who has practiced in the area of animal law for ten years - is keynote speaker.  She will be joined by Anthony Karstaedt, a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers, for a local perspective. Date:  Thursday, 7 June Time:  5.45pm - 7.15pm Venue:  Allens, Level 37, QV.1, 250 St Georges Terrace Registration:  www.voiceless.org.au/lecture Please note that this lecture has been approved for CPD points by the WA Legal Practice Board.

ALLA (WA) extends its congratulations to the new Editor of the Australian Law Librarian , Marion Randall.  Marion takes the helm on 1 July 2012. We send our warmest thanks to Dorothy Shea for her commitment to the journal, which has entailed many hours of toil over the past four years.