Fifth Annual Schools Law and Regulation Conference

The legal and regulatory challenges facing private school administrators and their advisers have never been greater. Religious freedoms are well and truly under the spotlight and this year’s conference unpacks what these significant reforms will mean for schools. It also examines other issues which are front of mind for school administrators, including conducting child safety investigations, staff wellbeing issues, and strategies for effective complaint handling within schools.

Governance and Regulation Challenges

• All on Board: Best Practice School Boards

• How Watertight is your School Enrolment Contract?

• He Said, She Said: Strategies for Effective Complaint Handling in Schools

• Need to Know? Allowable Disclosures and Exemptions under the Privacy Act

Student Management, Welfare and Rights

• Reasonable Adjustments for Students with a Disability

• Student Gender and Diversity: Care and Compliance in a Shifting Landscape

• Families and How to Survive Them:A Family Law Guide for Schools

People and Performance

• Staff Employment and Religious Freedoms: A New Era?

• Staff Wellbeing in the Coronavirus Pandemic Environment

• Sorry to See You Go: Terminating Long Standing Staff

Child Safety

• Conducting Child Safety Investigations in Schools

• Sexting: Approaches for Schools