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• Appointment of Senior Counsel Announcement at 1pm 4 October 2024 | New South Wales Bar Association
   

• Australasian Legal Education and GenAI Showcase - YouTube

  The Australasian Legal Education and Generative AI Showcase was hosted by Monash University on 25 September 2024.

  Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived and law teachers are beginning to incorporate it into their teaching, assessment and academic leadership. This online event showcased a variety of examples of how generative AI has been and is being used in law schools across Australia and New Zealand in 2024. It was an opportunity for law teachers at all stages of their careers to learn from colleagues' successes, mistakes, and how-to advice in a friendly and collegial environment, as a “show and tell”.

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•  The Impact of Generative AI in Legal Practice Roundtables 2024 Report
   

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  • a copy of Allens’ submission can be downloaded using this link. 
     

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