Events and Conferences

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All events that are recorded live or via webinar, are available to watch now on our CLARS Video Portal. If you have recently attended an event that was recorded, the video footage will be uploaded to the portal shortly.

Event start and finish times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

2023

CONFERENCE	Sustainable Capitalism and the Corporation
DATE	21-22 July 2023
TIME	Various
LOCATION	Monash Prato Centre, Prato, Italy
WEB PAGE	For more information see: Conference on Sustainable Capitalism and the Corporation

SEMINAR	International Law and the Challenge of Populism: Workshop Series 2023
DATE	17 May, 24 May, 9 June, 21 July 2023
TIME	Various
LOCATION	Cardozo Law School, State University of San Francisco, Monash Law, SOAS School of Law
WEB PAGE	For more information see: International Law and the Challenge of Populism

SEMINAR	Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking Stock (Literally) CLARS Law and Business Seminar Series
DATE	29 May 2023
TIME	5:30pm - 6:45pm
LOCATION	A Hybrid Event: Online & In Person at: Monash University Law Chambers 555 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, VIC 3000
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Student Discussion Forum: Everything You Need to Know About Islamic Finance and Banking
DATE	4 May 2023
TIME	9 AM - 10 AM AEST
LOCATION	Online Only
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Strategies for Women on Boards CLARS Law and Business Seminar Series
DATE	23 February 2023
TIME	5:30pm - 6:45pm
LOCATION	A Hybrid Event: Online & In Person at: Monash University Law Chambers 555 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, VIC 3000
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Generative AI: Exploring Potential Research Agendas In association with Monash Data Futures Institute, CLARS, and the Wharton Zicklin Center for Governance & Business Ethics.
DATE	15 March 2023
TIME	9:00am - 10:30am
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

2022

A full listing of all events in the Law and Business Seminar series can also be viewed on the 2022 CLARS Law and Business Seminars webpage.

EVENT	Bob Baxt AO Annual Address: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
DATE	19 October 2022
TIME	6:00pm - 7:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Competition law in a changing economy and the rise of the digital era: A roundtable with four Chairs of the ACCC, past and present
DATE	28 September 2022
TIME	1:00pm - 3:00pm
LOCATION	The Pavilion - Level 8, Building H, Monash University Caulfield campus
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Cookie Intermediaries: Does Competition Lead to More Privacy? Evidence from the Dark Web
DATE	3 August 2022
TIME	2:30pm - 3:45pm
LOCATION	Room 121 Learning and Teaching building at Clayton
WEB PAGE

WORKSHOP	Researching Tort Law in Australia: Emerging Voices, Fresh Perspectives
DATE	11 July 2022
TIME	9:45am - 3:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	Having your cake and eating it too – managing conflicts and related party issues in the creation of SEEK Investments
DATE	9 May 2022
TIME	1:00pm - 2:00pm
LOCATION	The Moot Court, Law Building, Clayton
WEB PAGE	Full details here

2021

SEMINAR	How Private International Law Can Make the UN Sustainable Goals a Reality
DATE	23 November 2021
TIME	6:00pm - 7:30pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

CONFERENCE	Competition policy challenges in the digital era
DATE	19 November 2021
TIME	10:30am - 4:30pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Business Judgment and Directors' Accountability
DATE	16 November 2021
TIME	6:00pm - 7:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	The Bob Baxt AO Annual Lecture in Corporate & Commercial Law with Professor John C. Coffee of Columbia Law School
DATE	26 October 2021
TIME	10:00am - 11:15am
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	The Lives of the Law
DATE	5 October 2021
TIME	1:00pm - 2:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	How Much do Investors Care About Social Responsibility?
DATE	Tuesday 17 August 2021
TIME	10:00am - 11:15am
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW SEMINAR SERIES: REFLECTIONS ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT
DATE	Wednesday 21 July 2021
TIME	5:15pm - 6:15pm
LOCATION	Online Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SYMPOSIUM	Critical Junctures/Critical perspectives – a call for new voices in tax reform
DATES	Thursday 15 and Friday 16 July 2021
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	The 21st Century Berle & Means Corporation? A Revolution in Retail Investing
DATE	Friday 9 July 2021
TIME	9:30am - 11:00am
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	So why would you want to be a banking lawyer?
DATE	Monday 17 May 2021
TIME	1:00pm - 2:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Should Australia Permit Dual Class Listings?
DATE	Wednesday 12 May 2021
TIME	5:00pm - 6:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	CLARS & Economics Session - The Google/Fitbit Merger: Where Do We Stand?
DATE	Tuesday 30 March 2021
TIME	3:00pm - 4:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW SEMINAR SERIES: REFLECTIONS ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2020
DATE	Wednesday 3 MARCH 2021
TIME	5:15pm - 6:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Startup Failure
DATE	Thursday 18 February 2021
TIME	1:00pm - 2:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	Resisting the Return to Managerialism: Institutionalising the Shareholder Voice in the Monitoring Model
DATE	Tuesday 2 February 2021
TIME	10:00am - 11:15am
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

2020

SEMINAR	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW SEMINAR SERIES: MODEL DEFAMATION PROVISION AMENDMENTS 2020 - MUCH NEEDED REFORM OR MISSED OPPORTUNITY?
DATE	Wednesday 11 November 2020
TIME	5:15pm - 6:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	Is Protecting Sunk Investments the Primary Economic Rationale for Competition Law? Presented by Dr Darryl Biggar, ACCC
DATE	Wednesday 28 October 2020
TIME	3:00pm - 4:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom. NB: This is a Monash internal event for Monash students and staff
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	GLOBAL STEWARDSHIP IN PRACTICE
DATE	Wednesday 21 October 2020
TIME	5:30pm - 6:45pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	So you’ve (almost) finished law school… what next?
DATE	Wednesday 7 October 2020
TIME	5:30pm - 6:30pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	MANAGING MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS
DATE	Wednesday 23 September 2020
TIME	10:00am - 11:15am
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	To what extent courts can look behind legal structures to commercial realities in determining the disputes before them?
DATE	Friday 4 September 2020
TIME	1:00pm - 2:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	ROLE & EFFECTIVENESS OF ASIC V THE SEC
DATE	Monday 31 August 2020
TIME	4:30pm - 5:45pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	CORPORATIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
DATE	Thursday 16 July 2020
TIME	4:30pm - 5:45pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here
FLYER	Event Flyer

SEMINAR	WORKPLACE LAW HIGHLIGHTS SEMINAR
DATE	Tuesday 16 June 2020
TIME	4:00pm - 5:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	A TRUMPWORK ORANGE - FAIR USE AND INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT CLAIMS
DATE	Tuesday 9 June 2020
TIME	1:00pm - 2:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

STUDENT SEMINAR	FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING, NAVIGATING THE JOURNEY FROM LAW SCHOOL TO LEGAL PRACTICE
DATE	Monday 18 May 2020
TIME	1:00pm - 2:00pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here

SEMINAR	THE EMERGENCE OF 'COMPLY OR EXPLAIN' AS A GLOBAL MODEL FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODES
DATE	Monday 30 March 2020
TIME	5:00pm - 6:15pm
LOCATION	Online via Zoom
WEB PAGE	Full details here
FLYER	Event Flyer

SEMINAR	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW SEMINAR SERIES: CORPORATE CULTURE AND DIRECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY
DATE	Wednesday 4 March 2020
TIME	5:15pm - 6:15pm
VENUE	Court 8A, Federal Court of Australia, Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street, Melbourne
RSVP	http://bit.ly/36N1WCA
FLYER	Event Flyer

SEMINAR	THE POTENTIAL VIRTUES OF THE SELF-MAXIMISING CORPORATE ENTITY
DATE	Thursday 30 January 2020
TIME	1:00pm - 2:00pm
VENUE	Theatrette, RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne
FLYER	Event Flyer

SEMINAR	NATIONALISM IN M&A MARKETS
DATE	Wednesday 29 January 2020
TIME	5:00pm - 6:15pm
VENUE	The Club Room, RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne
FLYER	Event Flyer

SEMINAR	EMBRACING INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS IN EAST ASIA
DATE	Wednesday 22 January 2020
TIME	5:00pm - 6:15pm
VENUE	Monash Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000
FLYER	Event Flyer

2019 Events

National Commercial Law Seminar Series
Commercial CPD Seminar Series
Symposium: Young People’s Privacy in an Online World

Past events

Visit the past events page

Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies