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GAZETTE
MAY 1994
I BA 2 5 t h B i e n n i al C o n f e r e n ce
The International Bar Association will
hold its 25th Biennial Conference in
Melbourne, Australia, from 9-14
October 1994.
With an expected attendance of more
than 2,500 lawyers from over 100
countries, the conference is one of the
largest and most important events in
the international legal calendar. The
programme includes sessions
presented by all 56 Committees of the
Association's three Sections, covering
both highly-specialised and more
general interest subjects,with
acknowledged world experts as
speakers.
The topics which will be dealt with
include:
• Collaboration or collision course? -
Lawyers and accountants in the 90s
• Legal skills for the next century: the
lawyer as problem solver
• Stopping the presses and turning off
the television - pre-publication
restraints and injunctions: when
should they be issued?
• Legal liability arising from sexual
harassment in the workplace.
For the first time a General Interest
Programme is being presented
covering matters of current interest
relevant both to lawyers and to those
who live, work and consult with them.
Among the topics included in the
General Programme are:
• Stresses on lawyers and their
partners - living and working with
lawyers.
• Celebrity trials and the role of the
media
• Lawyers leaving the law
• Pornography - free speech v the
Women's Movement
The conference will be opened by the
former Governor-General of
Australia,
Sir Ninian Stephen.
The
former Prime Minister of Australia,
Bob Hawke,
will address the opening
plenary session.
The International Bar Association has
over 16,000 members in 163 countries
and 146 member Bar Associations and
Law Societies which together
represent more than 2.5 million
lawyers.
Irish Participation
As in the case of previous IBA
Biennial Conferences, it is expected
that a sizeable delegation of Irish
lawyers will attend the conference in
Melbourne. The Law Society will be
organising a reception at the
conference.
Two Irish travel agents are offering
flight and accommodation packages.
Details may be obtained by contacting
Alan Benson
, Sadlier Travel Limited,
46 Grafton Street, Dublin 2. tel.
677 7300, fax 677 5577 or
John
Galligan
, John Galligan Travel, 29
Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2,
tel. 661 9466, fax 661 0396.
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U C C A f f i n i t y C a r ds
University College Cork, in
conjunction with the Bank of Ireland,
has introduced a new credit card
which is available exclusively to UCC
staff, graduates and diplomates, all of
whom will shortly receive application
details.
For every new Affinity card issued,
Bank of Ireland will donate £4 to UCC
and will contribute a percentage of the
revenue from each transaction to the
UCC sports fund at no cost to the card
holder. Speaking at the launch of the
credit card, the President of UCC,
Dr.
Michael P. Mortell
, said "the launch
of this credit card is part of our
ongoing policy to improve
conmunication with our graduates. We
expect a high response rate from
graduates who wish to be associated
with the College and it offers us the
opportunity to generate on-going
income which will enhance our
sporting facilities."
One of the benefits to card holders is
that the interest rate on the card is two
percentage points below the regular
Bank of Ireland credit card APR. Card
holders will also benefit from
£100,000 personal accident travel
insurance cover and, as a special
introductory offer, no annual fee will
be charged on UCC Affinity cards
before March, 1996.
Members of the profession who are
graduates of UCC might like to avail
of the card. Further information is
available from
Ruth McDonnell,
Information Officer, University
College Cork.
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contributes to medical education and
training and important research.
Please think of us!
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The Registrar,
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123 St. Stephen's Green,
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