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Hello! Acknowledgement of Country. Never lick doorknobs. Be excellent to each other! Bye bye.
Apr 09, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Not Just a Lawyer
Sarah Avery
Law and law-adjacent hot topics highlighted or explained for the lay person. Opinions and non-legal interests occasionally featured.
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CONSENT
Welcome. CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault. Acknowledgement of Country. What is consent at law? What can we learn from the kink and BDSM community? What is a positive consent standard? Lifeline: 131114
Apr 08, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 13
HIGH COURT’S PELL DECISION
Content warning: child sexual abuse. Please call Lifeline on 131114 if you need to. Acknowledgement of Country. Brief explanation of the decision for non-lawyers. No detail of the allegations is discussed but the type of charges are stated. Juries. Proof beyond reasonable doubt.
Apr 08, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 16
INSTRUCTIONS
Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. Instructions - what are they? A shallow dive into the world of “instructions” as the word is used by lawyers. No mere mouthpiece! Thank you and goodbye!
Mar 31, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 12
ETHICS - Continuing professional development
Check in with your Law Society as to whether this self-study podcast will fulfil your Ethics CPD requirement. This presentation will not set your world on fire, but it will give you over an hour of quality ethics content. I have created it to try to lift one burden off your shoulders during this pandemic - that is, your ethics CPD obligation.
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 16
PRONOUNS
Welcome! Acknowledgement of Country. Pronouns! Gender neutral language. Why do we want to get this right? Hint: to be a great human and respect your fellow humans on this rock we call home. Roller derby interlude. Resources to help you adapt to using pronouns respectfully! Thank you and goodbye.
Mar 25, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 11
SLEEP
Hello! Acknowledgement of Country. Sleep - a love story. Severe obstructive sleep apnoea. Hope! Farewell.
Mar 18, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Bonus: Not just a GOOD DAY
Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. Poverty. Human dignity. Empathy. Thank you and farewell.
Mar 12, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 9
GOOD DAY
Welcome. Acknowledgement of country. What is a good day in the life of a criminal defence lawyer? Individualised sentencing. The small wins. Farewell!
Mar 11, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 8
CLIENT LEGAL PRIVILEGE
Welcome. Acknowledgment of Country. What is client legal privilege. Isn’t it lawyer-client privilege? Why do we have client legal privilege? Lawyer X. Rule of law. Farewell!
Mar 04, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
PERSONAL INJURY
Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. What is personal injury law? Physical and mental injuries. Values underpinning personal injury law. Hypotheticals about me as a plumber. Muffled talking and construction noise. No win no fee - or is it? Rule of law, Access to justice. Farewell.
Feb 26, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 6
MAGNA CARTA
Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. Shoutout to community legal centres, Legal Aid and Aboriginal Legal Services. Mangling legal Latin. What is the Magna Carta? Why should I care? What is the rule of law? Impeachment of US President Trump. Rule of law as a value. Call to action to preserve and promote the rule of law. Farewell. *Please note: a practical way to promote the rule of law is to support Aboriginal Legal Services, Legal Aid and community legal centres. Google them and make a donation ...
Feb 19, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 5
THE PROBING EFFECT
Content warning: domestic violence. Welcome. Acknowledgement of Country. What is the probing effect? An example of where it might play out in Court: cross-examination in a self defence case. Barely suppressed coughing and inelegant law-talking. A call to action: how can we improve our adversarial system. Farewell.
Feb 13, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 4
TRUTH DEFAULT THEORY
Welcome. Acknowledgement of County. Community legal centres are amazing. What is truth default theory? The value of skepticism. Politics. Climate change. Genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia. Dr Timothy R. Levine as the proponent of this communications theory that is truth default theory. Farewell and bonus episode to follow. Bonus construction noise and cough suppression.
Feb 12, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 3
GUILTY
Acknowledgement of Country. Touching on the age-old question, “How can you represent someone you know is guilty?”. A brief talk about the paradigm of innocent until proven guilty. A small cat miaows in the background. Terminology: complainant and victim and why they are used. Legal Ethics. Shoutout to Legal Aid and Community Legal Centres, and farewell.
Feb 05, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to the podcast/INCLUSION
A brief welcome, an acknowledgement of Country, and a chat (with myself, monologue-style) about inclusion in the legal profession. Some cats walk in the background. I do not apologise. An acknowledgement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities whose culture remains strong despite genocide and settlership.
Jan 30, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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