Along with the ACT Law Society, the ACT Women Lawyers' Association is delighted to present our annual Law Week Dinner for 2024 at the Boathouse by the Lake, with keynote speaker Professor Megan Davis.
Our Law Week Dinner will be held on Thursday 23 May 2024, starting at 6:00pm.
SCIENTIA PROFESSOR MEGAN DAVIS FAHA FASSA FAAL
Pro Vice-Chancellor Society UNSW, the Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law, United Nations expert, Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court.
Scientia Professor Dr Megan Davis grew up in Eagleby and Hervey Bay, Qld and is a Cobble Cobble woman of the Barunggam Nation. Prof. Davis is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Society (PVCS) at UNSW Sydney. Professor Davis is also a UNSW Scientia Professor, the Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law, a Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law Centre UNSW Law.
She is a renowned constitutional lawyer and public law expert, focusing on the human rights of First Nations peoples. She has been the leading Australian lawyer on constitutional recognition of First Nations peoples for two decades and designed the Referendum Council’s deliberative process that led to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Prof Davis was a Commissioner on the QLD Commission of Inquiry into Youth Detention Centres in 2016 and was the Chair and author of ‘Family is Culture’, an inquiry into NSW Aboriginal Out of Home care (2017-2019).
She is a globally recognised expert in Indigenous peoples rights and was elected by the UN Human Rights Council to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples based in Geneva in 2017 and again in 2019 (2017-2022) and was previously elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to the role of expert member and Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UN Headquarters in New York (2011-2016).
Prof Davis is an Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court. She is a Commissioner on the Australian Rugby League Commission, a director on the North Qld Cowboys Community Foundation Board, a Commissioner for Western Australia Rugby League Commission.
She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
In 2023 Prof Davis was named on TIME Magazine’s TIME NEXT100 list of the Next Generation of Global leadership under the category of “Leaders”. She was also named “Powerhouse of the Year” at the Annual Marie Claire Women of the Year Awards.
Event Details:
When: Thursday 23 May 2024 at 6pm
Where: The Boat House by the Lake, Menindee Drive, Barton
Dress: Business attire
Cost: $165 per person, $140 for WLA ACT members, or $1,120 for a table of 8.
Tickets can be purchased online via our Get Tickets page, and ticket sales are live, get yours now!
RSVP: by 9 May 2024
We also note that photos will be taken at the event for our social media and website. If you do not want your photo taken please just let the photographer know. If you have any questions, please email communications@wlaact.org.au
These events are only possible due to the generosity of our sponsors. Thank you to the College of Law for sponsoring this event.
