The BFSLA held its AGM on Sunday, 2 September, during the annual conference. The board was pleased to report at the AGM that the Company made a modest profit for the financial year to 30 June 2018, and is in a sound financial position. Two of our senior directors and both past Presidents, Simon Jensen…

Adam Fovent reflects on his LL.M. Program at Harvard Law School – read Adam’s update here. Kathryn Smith reflects on her final semester at Columbia University in the City of New York – read Kathryn’s update here.

The BFSLA’s A$50,000 scholarship is now open for 2018. Apply today! You can find more information about the scholarship prize here.

The BFSLA is now accepting entries for its 2018 research essay prize. The competition is open to citizens and permanent residents of Australia and New Zealand and invites them to submit research essays on important matters in banking and financial services law and practice (including insolvency) that are of current relevance in Australia or New…

Halfway into their degrees, the 2017 BFSLA Scholarship recipients Adam Fovent and Kathryn Smith reflect on their studies in the United States. Adam Fovent, LLM candidate at Harvard – read Adam’s update here. Kathryn Smith, LLM candidate at Columbia – read Kathryn’s update here.

At this year’s annual general meeting held on Friday 31 August, director Diccon Loxton from Allens retired from the board, after many years of distinguished service. The AGM appointed Dr Ann Wardrop from La Trobe University to replace him. You can find a full list of the BFSLA’s directors here.

Johanan Ottensooser, the 2016 BFSLA Scholarship recipient, reflects on the spring semester 2017 of his LLM in Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship at Cornell Tech in New York City. These past 6 months were exceptionally busy ones. But mainly, they were exciting. In this reflection, I’ll discuss what I studied, in law and computer science and…