ALLA (WA) News Blog

Please join ALLA (WA) President, David McDowell in congratulating Sky Atkins and Alice Hewitt on being the successful applicants to receive the ALLA (WA) Bursaries for the ALLA Conference 2022 in Hobart (24-26 August 2022).  Sky and Alice will both provide a presentation of their conference experiences to ALLA(WA) members later in the year, as part of the Bursary requirements.  David  would like to thanks ALLA (WA) committee members Jane Beer and Gilien Bevan for being part of the selection committee with me. Congratulations again Sky and Alice!  Early Bird Registrations for the ALLA Conference 2022 close Friday 8 July 2022

Dear ALLA(WA) members, Happy New Year! I hope you all managed to have a relaxing break over the Christmas and New Year holidays.  Before we welcomed 2022, ALLA (WA) held its AGM on the 25th November 2021 at Grand Bar & Bistro. Thank you to everyone that attended and to Jane Beer and Alice Hewitt for organising the venue and food. The lamb shanks were massive!     The Special Resolution brought forward to remove the requirement of having a Vice President position and reducing the minimum general committee member positions to two members was passed unanimously. These changes to our ALLA (WA) Rules have been submitted to and processed by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Western Australia.  Our ALLA Rules received an audit during this process and it was picked up that we do not currently have a section in our Rules that addresses disputes between members and the association. We also need to amend the Rules to include the day in each year ...

Hi ALLA (WA) Members, Just a reminder that the ALLA Conference 2021 takes place this week – Kicking off on Thursday 23 September with a Welcoming Address from Her Honour Chief Justice Helen Murrell from the ACT Supreme Court, followed by a Keynote Address by the Honourable Justice Stephen Gageler AC from the High Court of Australia. Due to Covid restrictions, the conference is being held virtually. This allows us all to access the program of speakers and events this year from the safety of our home or workplace. If you want to know more about the presentations to help plan your schedule, including abstracts, click on the title of the session in the Conference Program . Be sure to register , if you haven’t done so already. Registrants will be able to access the conference recordings for 6 months following the conference. If you aren’t registering – all ALLA Members are encouraged to attend the ALLA Ltd. Annual General Meeting at 12:38pm on Thursday, where we can hear from Nat...

ALLA (WA) members are invited to the ALLA (WA) Annual General Meeting on 4th July 2018 at The George commencing at 12.30pm . I would like to take this opportunity to thank Greta Dye and Thomson Reuters for sponsoring our AGM. Unfortunately, we did not receive enough nominations to fill the office bearers positions of Vice President and Secretary.  If additional nominations are not received, in order to ensure that ALLA (WA) can form a committee of management several nominated committee members may volunteer to take on dual positions.  This will be confirmed at the AGM. The AGM will be followed by lunch and a presentation by Lucas Frederick, Senior Product Developer from Thomson Reuters.  Lucas has worked for Thomson Reuters for almost 15 years and has been involved in various aspects of legal publishing.  Lucas will present on Thomson Reuters international Sweet and Maxwell, Carswell and Brookers titles. I look forward to seeing as many as possib...

Natalie McDonald, ALLA (WA) President, 2017-2018 ALLA(WA) AGM We held our AGM on 9th August 2017 where the new 2017/2018 Committee were confirmed. This term we had a few new members join the Committee, David McDowell from Jackson McDonald and Judy Allan from Legal Aid. I would like to welcome David and Judy to the Committee. I would also like to welcome back the following Committee members : Vice President: Stephen Griffiths Secretary : Alice Hewitt Treasurer: Anne Young Committee members: Gil Bevan and Catherine Kafentzis. Details of the new Committee will be updated on the ALLA website soon and can be already found on the About The Committee page of this blog. I mentioned at the AGM that the attendance at past AGM’s and CPD events had been poor and one of our focus’ for last term was to look at ways of improving the attendance. The Committee has worked hard in organising events, seeking feedback from members who attended the events but the support unfortunately...

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald, ALLA (WA) President Please see below for an update on the services and events of the ALLA(WA). Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The End of Year Celebration was held on Wednesday, 30 November 2016.  LexisNexis kindly offered their venue for the night where members enjoyed a selection of canapés and wine whilst they toasted the end of year with colleagues. A brown bag CPD session was held on 14th February 2017 where the membership gathered to discuss negotiations with publishers on subscription renewals.  The session stipulated no publishers.  The session was well attended and discussions very informative.  Members who attended received notes from the session. An Employment Law Fundamentals is planned for March. MOU Update On Wednesday 30th November 2016, the same date as the End of Year Celebration, the ALLA(WA) membership held a vote to sign the proposed new MOU with ALLA Ltd.  The vote was carried i...

Last night the ALLA(WA) Members held a vote whether to sign the proposed new MOU with ALLA Ltd. I am pleased to announce that the vote was carried in the affirmative. The President of the ALLA Ltd has been notified of this decision and sends her congratulations to the WA membership. Thank you to the members who attended and sent in their proxy forms. Natalie McDonald ALLA(WA) President 2016/2017

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald,  ALLA (WA) President Please see below for an update on the services and events of the ALLA(WA). Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The ALLA(WA) CPD Sub Committee have created a calendar of proposed upcoming events for the 2016/2017 period which have been available on the Calendar of Events page.  One event per month will be arranged (sometimes even two), with nothing scheduled over the December-January holiday period. A brown bag CPD session was held on 13th October where Mawghan Elverd, the recipient of the Wolters Kluwer CCH Conference Bursary, shared some of her highlights of the August 2016 ALLA Conference in Melbourne, Victoria.  All who attended came away with some valuable insights. We thank those who took time to provide feedback after this event. The End of Year Celebration will be held on Wednesday 30th November 2016.   A Save the Date has already been emailed to members and shared on our social medi...

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald, ALLA (WA) President Each month I’ll be writing a President's Corner post, letting you know about the services and events of the ALLA(WA). ALLA(WA) AGM We held our AGM on 27th July 2016 where the new 2016/2017 Committee were confirmed.  This term we had a few new members join the Committee Catherine Kafentzis from University of WA Law Library and Stephen Griffiths from the Dept of Attorney General’s Library. The details of the new Committee have been updated on the ALLA website , and our blog. The attendance at the AGM and past AGM’s have been poor and one of our focus’ for this year is to look at ways of improving the attendance either by combining the AGM with another event or holding it at different times (i.e. Breakfast).   If you have any ideas or feedback please let me know. Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The ALLA(WA) CPD Sub Committee have been busy creating a schedule of professional development and social e...