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On Saturday 1 December 2012, Mike Emerson and Brisbane Mediations panelist and psychologist Megan Morris did a joint presentation for the one-day Family Law seminar convened by the Association of Private Practicing Psychologists (QLD). The seminar was most successful and included presentations by family lawyer Michael Lynch and David Hugall, the manager of the Family...

The Qld Government has announced that for contracts formed on or after 12 September 2012 the new First Home Owner Construction Grant will be $15,000 for the construction or purchase of new home valued up to $750,000.

The Annual General Meeting of the Queensland Law Society will be held at 5.30pm on 15 November 2012 at Law Society House.

The QLS has announced a new initiative to recognise an outstanding member of the Society who is working to improve law and justice in the community. Nominations open this month for the Inaugural QLS President’s Medal, which will promote leadership in law and be awarded at the Legal Profession Dinner in February 2013. Details from...

The National Family Law Conference has just ended in Hobart. The conference is held on a bi-annual basis and mainly rotates between Australian capital cities. Delegates report that papers delivered were excellent and will keep practitioners abreast of developments in an ever-changing field.

An On-line Legal Research Skills training course convened by QLS will be held from 8.30am -1pm on Thursday, 30 October 2012. Details at QLS.

Queensland Law Society (QLS) operates a referral list to refer members of the public to specialist practitioners and nationally approved mediators. For more details contact QLS.

Did you know that the first intake of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) School of Law completed their degrees at the end of 2011? The number of graduates in 2011 was 35 and the number of current students in the Law School is 870. Further, programs are offered at both Toowoomba and Springfield compuses...