Community Engagement Grants
Posted by luke at May 5th, 2009
Welcome to Elder Law Australia
The Elder Law Review is an independent refereed e-journal produced by Elder Law at UWS. It is the only Australian journal concerned with Elder Law. The Review publishes articles about legal issues relating to seniors in all areas of law, including wills, powers of attorney, substitute decision-making, guardianship, discrimination, accommodation, contracts, financial management, retirement income, taxation and property.
The Review is multi-disciplinary, bringing together professionals working, researching and writing in the aged care area. It is designed to be of interest to academics, practitioners and those involved in the provision of aged care.
The Review aims to:
- raise the profile of Elder Law within the Australian community;
- provide a forum for discussion and debate about legal issues relating to Australian seniors;
- keep readers abreast of recent developments in Elder Law;
- emphasize the importance of providing adequate legal protection to the most vulnerable members of the community;
- examine the aged care sector in the broader context of human rights; and
- subject the actions of government and industry to scrutiny and analysis.
Can be found here.
News
Community Engagement Grants
Posted by luke at September 24th, 2007
Call for Submissions for Elder Law Review Volume 5
Posted by Carolyn at August 22nd, 2007
Submissions are now called for Volume 5 of the Elder Law Review. The theme for this volume will be undue influence. The guest editor is Professor Margaret Hall, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law. The closing date for submissions is 1 December 2007.
Original, unpublished contributions are invited for any of the following sections of the Review:
- The Comments section, which consists of contributions from government, lawyers and aged care representatives, commenting on issues which the contributor perceives to be of contemporary significance.
- News and Current Issues.
- Elder Law in Practice which profiles legal practices, community projects, social justice initiatives and pro-bono schemes from all over the world that specifically target the legal needs of older people.
- The Articles section, containing international refereed scholarly articles about topical issues in elder law. We will consider articles of any length, but prefer them to be between 2000 and 8000 words.
Contributors are reminded that papers should be written in clear language accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike.
Papers must conform to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation which can be accessed at http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/mulr/.
In particular, contributors should note the conventions regarding footnotes and bibliographies.
For further information please contact Professor Margaret Hall at hall@law.ubc.ca
The Elder Law Review is a refereed journal. Submissions to the Article section are subject to peer review. Publication cannot be guaranteed.
Editorial Board
Director, Australasian Centre on Ageing, University of Queensland
Director of Research, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Honorary Research Associate, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
Boston Asset Management Faculty Chair in Elder Law
Director, Center for Excellence in Elder Law, Stetson University College of Law
Director of the Research Centre on Ageing and Retirement, University of New South Wales
former President of the Guardianship Tribunal New South Wales
Upcoming seminars/ conferences
Posted by Carolyn at August 20th, 2007
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Sue Field will be presenting a paper on security of tenure for care recipients at Aged and Community Services of NSW & ACT on Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Sue Field has been invited to present at the Annual United Protestants Association conference at Port Stephens on 25th October 2007. The title of her presentation will be "Legal Issues affecting aged care providers"
Sue Field has been invited to present a paper at the 3rd Canadian Centre for Elder Law Conference to be held in Vancouver in November 9th and 10th 2007. Details of the conference can be found at www.ccels.ca/
Sue Field is also presenting a paper on Legal Issues and Elder Abuse at the Financial Review's 3rd Annual Australia's Ageing Population Summit on Tuesday 28th August 2007.
Previous Seminars
Posted by Sue at June 8th, 2007
Sue Field presented a paper on financial abuse of older people at the Hornsby Shire Council on Wednesday 26th September, 2007.
Sue Field presented a paper on the role of lawyers in advising on reverse mortgages at the 2nd annual SEQUAL conference which was held in Sydney on 24th and 25th September 2007.
Sue Field presented at the Garvan Institute on 17th September 2007. The topic of her presentation was "The importance of substitute decision making"
Sue Field presented a paper on Legal Issues and Elder Abuse at the Financial Review's 3rd Annual Australia's Ageing Population Summit on Tuesday 28th August 2007.
Sue Field, Public Trustee NSW Fellow in Elder Law and Professor Carolyn Sappideen made presentations on Legal Issues and Ageing in Brisbane on 29th August 2007. These can be found on
http://www.uq.edu.au/cfha/index.html?page=9185
On the 13th June 2007 Sue Field presented at Rooty Hill RSL "Elder Law and the Aged Care System". For more details contact: s.field@uws.edu.au
Welcome to Elder Law @ UWS
Posted by Michael at April 10th, 2007
Elder Law is an important and growing area of legal academic scholarship, as well as community engagement. The University of Western Sydney School of Law specialises in this area and will be developing resources to aid the community with support of the NSW Public Trustee. Two leading experts in the field, with international recognition, are Professor Carolyn Sappideen and Sue Field.