Further information
Meeting Agenda
- Minutes of the Second Ordinary Meeting held on Friday 16th September 2016
- Amendments and motion of acceptance of minutes
- Business arising from the minutes
- Correspondence
- Results of Convocation Elections for Warden, Deputy Warden, Members of the Council of Convocation
- Vice-Chancellor's Report
- Guild President's Report
- Warden's Report
- Convocation Officer's Report
- Other Business
- Q & A session
Media
- Notice and Agenda First Ordinary Meeting 2017 [PDF File, 2.3 MB] Updated: 30 Jan 2017
- Booklet Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2017 [PDF File, 6.8 MB] Updated: 09 Mar 2017
- Talk given by the Hon Robert French AC CitWA [PDF File, 259.6 KB] Updated: 27 Apr 2017
The Autumn Ordinary Meeting of Convocation for 2017 was held on Friday 17 March in The University Club of Western Australia Banquet Hall.
For those who were unable to attend the meeting, Convocation is delighted to provide the following record of the proceedings, including The Hon Robert French AC address, "Convocation and the University as a Community of Scholars".
Guest Speaker - The Hon Robert French AC
Robert French was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia on 1 September 2008 and retired from that office on 29 January 2017.
He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia in science and law. He was admitted in 1972 and practised as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia until 1983 when he went to the Independent Bar. He was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia in November 1986, an office he held until his appointment as Chief Justice on 1 September 2008.
From 1994 to 1998 he was the President of the National Native Title Tribunal.
In 2010, he was made a Companion in the Order of Australia and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
He is a Founding Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a member of the American Law Institute, and an Honorary Life Member of the Australasian Law Teachers Association and the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration.
Since August 2016 he has been an Adjunct Professor at the Law School at the University of Western Australia.
Videos of 2017 Autumn Ordinary Meeting
Autumn Ordinary Formal Meeting
Guest Speaker The Hon Robert French’s talk on 'Convocation and the University as a Community of Scholars'
Questions and Answers Session
Image Gallery: Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2017 - FOM 2017
Autumn Ordinary Meeting Papers
- Booklet Autumn Ordinary Meeting 2017 [PDF File, 6.8 MB] Updated: 09 Mar 2017
- Notice and Agenda First Ordinary Meeting 2017 [PDF File, 2.3 MB] Updated: 30 Jan 2017
- Talk given by the Hon Robert French AC CitWA [PDF File, 259.6 KB] Updated: 27 Apr 2017
University information
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