Banking & Financial Services Law Association Website

The principal activity of the Banking & Financial Services Law Association is to hold an annual conference. A conference has been held every year since 1984, frequently on the Gold Coast, but conferences have from time to time been held in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra and Auckland.

In 2012 the 29th annual conference is returning to the Millennium and Copthorne Hotels in Queenstown, New Zealand.

The confirmed dates being Saturday 4th August (arrival) with two full days of meetings on Sunday 5th and Monday 6th August, 2012.

The 2012 Program and Registration Brochure is now available CLICK HERE to view.

The BFSLA Program Committee are pleased to welcome Lord Kerr, Hon Kevin Lindgren AM, QC, Hon Roger Giles QC, Justice Sifris and Justice Clifford as presenters at the conference and also a host of experts from Legal firms, Financial Instutions and Academia. See the Program for the full details.

The Association also offers as an integral part of its activities the legal scholarship prize and the legal research prizes. Up to A$50,000 may be awarded to a successful applicant for the scholarship award, and a prize pool of up to A$15,000 is available to successful applicants for the legal research prizes.

The Association occasionally hosts seminars and workshops in various major cities in Australasia on key areas where there is felt to be a need for practitioners to meet with a view to addressing matters like new legislation and practices amongst the various law firms and their bank clients, and these are frequently well-regarded and attended.

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