Mayo Lecture

The Mayo Lecture is an annual event run by the College of Business, Law and Governance in conjunction with the James Cook University Law Students Society (JCULSS) in honour of Mrs Marylyn Mayo, JCU's foundation law staff member. The JCULSS instituted the Mayo Lecture in 1991 as a tribute to Marylyn's work in maintaining a law presence at JCU and, ultimately, in establishing the full law degree here.

Recent Mayo Lectures have been delivered by:

Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen, on the topic 'From Slavery to Sovereignty? Mabo, Native Title and the Uluru Statement from the Heart';
Justice Lincoln Crowley - Queensland's inaugural First Nations Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby, on the topic 'Nuclear Proliferation and the Singapore Summit: A Challenge to International Law';
Mr Anthony Morris QC, on the topic 'Human rights under siege on all sides: The combined onslaught of Terrorism, Political Correctness and the Dictatorship of Bureaucracy';
Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, on the topic 'The Common Law and the Protection of Rights, Freedoms and Privileges: Insights from the ALRC Freedoms Inquiry'.

2023 Mayo Lecture

With Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen

'From Slavery to Sovereignty? Mabo, Native Title and the Uluru Statement from the Heart'.

Wednesday 4 October, 6:00pm

2022 Mayo Lecture

With The Honourable Justice Lincoln Crowley, KC

‘There and Back Again: A Personal Reflection’

Friday 14 October, 6:30pm

Year	Presenter	Topic	JCU Law Review
1991	Mr Dean Wells (Attorney General QLD)		No JCULR Edition
1992	Mr David Solomon		No JCULR Edition
1993	Dr Jocelynne Scutt		No JCULR Edition
1994	Justice Fitzgerald	International Human Rights and the High Court of Australia	LINK
1995	Justice Barry		Not published
1996	Sir Anthony Mason	The Judge as Law Maker	LINK
1997	Father Frank Brennan		Not published
1998	Hon P De Jersey (Qld)		Not published
1999	Hon Justice S Jones		Not published
2000	Hon Justice Micheal Kirby	Law, Like the Olympics, is now International - But will Australia Win Gold?	LINK
2001	Mr Tom Sherman AO	Terrorism - A Disease in Search of a Cure	LINK
2002	Hon Justice K Cullinane QC	Years On	LINK
2003	Judge P Shanahan AO		Not published
2004	Hon Justice JA Dowsett QC	Law and the Profession - Expectations and Reality	LINK
2005	No lecture held	No lecture held
2006	Hon John Von Doussa QC	Reconciling Human Rights and Counterterrorism: A Crucial Challenge	LINK
2007	Justice Marcia Neave AO	Making Law Reform Work - The Promise and Limits of Law Reform	LINK
2008	Prof Caroline de Costa	Abortion Law, Abortion Realities	LINK
2009	Senator Bob Brown		Not published
2010	Hon Justice Margaret McMurdo AC	R v KU; Ex parte A-G(Qld) and Warwick Thornton's award winning, internationally acclaimed film, 'Samson and Delilah: life imitating art? Why we must and how we might do better.	LINK
2011	Hon Robert McClelland MP	Climate Change	LINK
2012	Glenn Ferguson - Managing Director - Feguson Cannon Lawyers	Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: Are we Ready as a Nation?	LINK
2013	Hon Justice Susan Kiefel (now CJ HCA)	Social Justice and the Constitution - Freedoms and Protections	LINK
2014	Rob Hulls - Director, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT	Are We Tough Enough to be Smart on Crime?	LINK
2015	Mr Dan Mori		No JCULR Edition
2016	Professor Rosalind Croucher AM	The Common Law and Protection of Rights, Freedom and Privileges	No JCULR Edition
2017	Mr Anthony Morris QC	The Combined Onslaught of Terrorism, Political Correctness, and the Dictatorship of Bureaucracy	Not published
2018	Hon Justice Micheal Kirby	Remembrance of Times Past: Times Missed and Times Not Missed	LINK
2019	No lecture held	No lecture held
2020	No lecture held	No lecture held
2021	Major General the Honourable Justice Paul Brereton, AM, RFD	International Law of Armed Conflict: The Australian Application	LINK

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