Australian Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Course

The ABA Appellate Advocacy Course will be held in Sydney between 12 and 14 September 2014. The course is designed to promote excellence in appellate advocacy through the development of relevant skills and the art of persuasion.

Judges and coaches working closely with participants will be:

The Hon Virginia Bell AC — opening address

The Hon Chief Justice Kourakis
The Hon Justice Griffiths
The Hon Justice, Chief Justice in Equity Bergin
The Hon Justice Katzmann
The Hon Justice Fraser
The Hon Justice Martin AM
The Hon Justice Estcourt
The Hon Justice Meagher
The Hon Juststice Weinberg
The Hon Justice Flick
The Hon Justice Jacobson
The Hon Justice Yates
The Hon Justice Gleeson
The Hon Justice McColl AO
The Hon Justice Ward
The Hon Justice Ainslie-Wallace
Brian Rayment QC
John West QC
Todd Alexis SC
David Higgs SC
Greg Curtin SC
Larry King SC
Richard Burbidge QC
Steven Finch SC
Stuart Donaldson SC
John Sheahan SC
Alec Leopald SC
John Maconachie QC
Allan Sullivan QC

The course focuses on a series of in-court performances followed by a review of the video recording of each performance.

Readers will recall the article by Sue Brown QC published in Issue 66 of Hearsay. It may be accessed at the following link:

http://old.hearsay.lancedev.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1702&Itemid=4