Launch: Issues Paper CALD Parties in Australian Courts - Insights from New Zealand

The Asian Australian Lawyers Association is proud to support the launch of the

Issues Paper: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parties in Australian Courts – Insights from New Zealand. Authored by MAi Chen and Andrew Godwin

The Issues Paper is proudly supported by The University of Melbourne, Asian Law Centre and the Superdiversity Institute. 

Date: Monday 12 September

Time: 5:30pm for a 6:00pm start (AEST)

In-person: Room 920, 9th floor of the Law School Building, The University of Melbourne

Online: via Zoom. The link will be provided to all registrants 24 hours before the event, and again 1 hour before the event.

Registrations have now closed. However, if you did not get the chance to register, visit The University of Melbourne events site here. 

1. to outline for readers in Australia the key findings and recommendations of the Report of the Superdiversity Institute in New Zealand entitled ‘Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parties in the Courts: A Chinese Case Study’ (CALD Report, published in November 2019);
2. to outline the changes to the legal landscape elicited by the CALD Report;
3. to reflect on the insights that the recommendations of the CALD Report offers to Australia;
4. to propose an action plan for related initiatives to meet the challenges arising out of increasing superdiversity in Australian courts; and
5. to contribute to public discourse.