The Society of Construction Law Australia

Welcome

The Society of Construction Law (Australia) is a single national organisation of members, at all stages of their professional career, who share an interest in construction law.  The 16 founding members were drawn from all mainland states as are the current directors.

The Society encourages the active involvement of all of its members and discourse across the broad spectrum of issues relating to construction law, including matters of policy and legislation, "front end" issues, dispute avoidance, and all forms of dispute resolution.

To view the Society's Objects and Vision please click here. 

 

 

Forthcoming events

Thursday 26 Apr 2018
SoCLA x Lighthouse Club Australia Speed Networking

SoCLA and Lighthouse Club Australia invite you to their inaugural speed networking event, kindly sponsored by Law in Order.

The event is free for members of the Lighthouse Club and SoCLA.
Guests will be charged a $10 fee towards refreshments.
 

Location:
Clifford Chance, Level 7, 190 St Georges Terrace, Perth
Tuesday 1 May 2018
You can't enforce that mate - it's a penalty!

This presentation by Nicholas Gallina, Barrister, will provide a refresher on the law of penalties in construction law in Australia. Nick will also discuss recent case law and tips and traps for practitioners.

Location:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 25, 567 Collins Street, Melbourne
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Professional Development Seminar: The Neuroscience of Leadership

Join us for a seminar with a professional development focus - an evening with Anna Waters from NeuroPower to explore the Neuroscience of Leadership and gain valuable skills that you can apply to your everyday working environment.

More information is available here.

Please register for catering purposes.

Location:
Mills Oakley, Level 14, 145 Ann Street, Brisbane

Latest News

Wednesday 18 Apr 2018
SoCLA National Conference - Call For Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts for the SoCLA National Conference 2018, to be held in the Hunter Valley from 17-18 August 2018 has been extended to 20 April 2018.

The Organising committee are also pleased to be able to announce that every speaker who is selected to present at the conference will be eligible to receive presentation skills coaching from Ben Richards from Aticus: http://www.aticus.com/ 

Ben is one of the foremost presentation skills coaches in Australia and the Society is excited to be able to make him available to the presenters.

See the Call for Abstracts.

 

Monday 16 Apr 2018
Mentoring Program Applications close this Friday 20 April 2018

Members are reminded that applications for the SoCLA 2018 Mentoring Program close at 5pm this Friday 20th April.

Apply here 

More information about the mentoring program is available here

Monday 16 Apr 2018
2018 National Conference registrations are now open

The Society of Construction Law Australia is pleased to announce that we are now accepting registrations for the National Conference 2018!

The Conference will be held from 16 to 18 August 2018 in the beautiful Hunter Valley.   

More information about the conference is available here.

 

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Mentoring Program

Apply for our Mentoring Program, as a mentor or mentee. You will need to have a website account to make the application, and can create one easily if you do not have one.

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