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J Reuben Clark Law Society Asia Pacific Conference
Auckland, New Zealand
May 30 – June 1, 2008
Theme: Unto What Were Ye Ordained? (D&C 50:13)
Conference dress: Business casual
Fireside/Sunday Church Serivces: Sunday dress
Programme:
| Friday 30 May | Location: Church Offices, 11 Huron St Takapuna |
| 4pm | Registration and Networking |
| 6pm | Dinner |
| 7pm-8.30pm | Fireside with speaker: Elder Dallin H Oaks. |
| Saturday 31 May | Location: Church Offices, 11 Huron St Takapuna |
| 8.00 | Registration |
| 8.30 – 9.00 | Welcome and introduction |
| 9.00 -10.00 | Keynote Speaker: Sue Purdon-Sully, Federal Magistrate, Brisbane, Australia: “My life and experience in the law” |
| 10.00 – 10.45 | Discussion to be led by Neville Rochow; "Ethics and the LDS lawyer" |
| 10.45 – 11.15 | Break |
| 11.15 – 12.00 | Women in the Law - “Our Experiences”, Panel chaired by Dineen Grantham: Gaynor McLean, Viv Cammock, Monique Robb |
| 12.00 –12.45 | Topic: Being an LDS member of the Judiciary: Professionalism and Challenges Panel: Mark Rice, James Rota, Sue Purdon-Sully Chair: Tom Sutcliffe, former Chapter Chair, Hamilton, New Zealand |
| 12.45 - 1.00 | Looking Ahead - Tasmania 2009 Conference overview |
| 1.00 - 2.00 | Lunch Lunchtime speaker Tom Sutcliffe “Juggling the Defence and Prosecutor’s hats – Which one am I again?” |
| 2.00 – 3.00 | Speaker: Mark Bender (Australia South Eastern Chapter Chair) Copyright issues for LDS members Chair: Mark Rice |
| 3.00 – 4.00 | Keith Thompson, (New South Wales Chapter Chair and Area Legal Counsel, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) "The Sanctity of the Confession" Chair: Steven Spencer (Thailand) |
| 4.00 – 4.30pm | Break |
| 4.30 – 5.30 | Panel Discussion: Being an LDS Lawyer – does that make me different? Panel: Scott McKenna (Hamilton, NZ), Brandon Watts (Auckland, NZ), Sam Hood (Hamilton, NZ), Kitione Vuataki (Fiji), Matthew Pawson (Hobart, Australia) Taft Bennet, Joshua Shaw Chair: Robert Menzie, Hobart, Australia |
| 5.30 – 6.00 | Closing Remarks Jonathan Down (Chair, Auckland New Zealand Chapter) |
| 7.00pm | Dinner at Duders on the Devonport waterfront, followed by a short stroll up to Mt Victoria to have a 360 degree view of Auckland city. After dinner speaker: Elder Spencer J Condie, of the Quorum of the Seventy, NZ/Pacific Area President. |
| Sunday 1 June | |
| 1pm – 4pm | Church Service at Takapuna Chapel |
Programme subject to change. The Programme will be updated on this site.