Specialist associations

Industry association for litigation funders operating in Australia, with a published code of conduct for members.

Type of body

Industry association

Annual conference with open call for paper and panel proposals on all aspects of private international law.

Type of body

Learned society or research centre

ALPMA is an association for legal practice managers, lawyers and business professionals in Australia and New Zealand. It provides practice-management education, industry research, networking and resources on the business of running a legal practice.

Type of body

Specialist association

Non-profit interdisciplinary association for taxation-law, accounting and economics academics, writers and administrators in Australia and New Zealand. It holds an annual conference, publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association and circulates ATTA News.

Type of body

Specialist association

National association for constitutional law.

Type of body

Specialist association

The national body for conveyancers, operating through state divisions.

Type of body

National body — conveyancers

The TAS division of the Australian Institute of Conveyancers.

Type of body

Specialist association

The WA division of the Australian Institute of Conveyancers.

Type of body

Specialist association

National association providing insurance-law education and professional networking. It runs seminars, webinars and a national conference and maintains a resource library with speaker papers, webinar recordings and the Resolve publication.

Type of body

Specialist association

ALTA supports the Australasian legal technology community through information sharing, collaboration, member connections and educational events. Its programs include webinars for legal technology and legal operations professionals.

Type of body

Industry association — legal technology

Professional association for Victorian barristers practising criminal law. It provides CPD and event information, a member directory, practice resources and First Nations resources, alongside criminal-case updates and advocacy on matters affecting criminal justice.

Type of body

Specialist bar association

Association of independent New Zealand legal practices. LANZ connects member firms through a professional network and shared knowledge, with a public directory helping users locate member practices.

Type of body

Specialist association

CLI is one of the most active legal innovation communities in Australia and regularly convenes legal technologists, innovators and lawyers. While not publicly confirmed as Slack/Discord, it operates a significant innovation network. (cli.collaw.com).

Type of body

Professional network

Professional association for migration practitioners providing CPD training, conferences and webinars, member support from migration agents and lawyers, and advocacy on migration policy. It publishes notices about policy and legislative developments.

Type of body

Specialist association

National association for environmental and planning law.

Type of body

Specialist association

Run by Australian Pro Bono Centre; lists volunteer, board, and employment opportunities in the social justice/legal sector for students and early-career lawyers.

Type of body

Opportunity aggregator

National membership organisation for professionals interested in construction law. It supports discussion of project delivery, dispute avoidance and resolution through events, a podcast, mentoring and its Young Construction Committee.

Type of body

Specialist association