Liam Elphick
@liamelphick.bsky.social
Lecturer @ Monash University | Discrimination law, torts, legal education | 🏳️🌈 | Traumatised former Bad Place user longing for a return of community
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Liam Elphick
@liamelphick.bsky.social
· Nov 16
📢 Calling all discrimination and equality law academics, practitioners and policy-makers!
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
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A few weeks ago, I began curating a starter pack of queer scholars/activists. It’s grown so quickly and it’s been fabulous to engage with many different people doing queer work. Please join and follow our curious, joyous, reflective, and passionate community.
🌈🎓
go.bsky.app/Ke4Ctey
🌈🎓
go.bsky.app/Ke4Ctey
December 8, 2024 at 9:35 AM
A few weeks ago, I began curating a starter pack of queer scholars/activists. It’s grown so quickly and it’s been fabulous to engage with many different people doing queer work. Please join and follow our curious, joyous, reflective, and passionate community.
🌈🎓
go.bsky.app/Ke4Ctey
🌈🎓
go.bsky.app/Ke4Ctey
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Alternative Law Journal cerebrates 50 years as Australia's leading law reform journal. We publish critical scholarly articles on law, social justice, human rights, critique of the legal system, innovative & alternative practice & community legal education #Auslaw journals.sagepub.com/home/alj
Alternative Law Journal: Sage Journals
journals.sagepub.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Alternative Law Journal cerebrates 50 years as Australia's leading law reform journal. We publish critical scholarly articles on law, social justice, human rights, critique of the legal system, innovative & alternative practice & community legal education #Auslaw journals.sagepub.com/home/alj
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Another excellent post by @edzitron.com.
Having just taught a course on Legal Analytics and AI, I saw that (a) students believe that gen AI is some form of AGI - and don't know its content blindness; and (b) are using this tech extensively and shamelessly- largely because of (a).
A 🧵
Having just taught a course on Legal Analytics and AI, I saw that (a) students believe that gen AI is some form of AGI - and don't know its content blindness; and (b) are using this tech extensively and shamelessly- largely because of (a).
A 🧵
Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model.
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
Godot Isn't Making it
Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title.
What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new ...
wheresyoured.at
December 3, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Another excellent post by @edzitron.com.
Having just taught a course on Legal Analytics and AI, I saw that (a) students believe that gen AI is some form of AGI - and don't know its content blindness; and (b) are using this tech extensively and shamelessly- largely because of (a).
A 🧵
Having just taught a course on Legal Analytics and AI, I saw that (a) students believe that gen AI is some form of AGI - and don't know its content blindness; and (b) are using this tech extensively and shamelessly- largely because of (a).
A 🧵
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Calling all PhD students working on law, environment and non-human animals:
Centre Marc Bloch & the Law and Society Institute @ Humboldt Uni are partnering with the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies for a Winter School in Berlin in March 2025.
Applications are due 20 December!
Centre Marc Bloch & the Law and Society Institute @ Humboldt Uni are partnering with the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies for a Winter School in Berlin in March 2025.
Applications are due 20 December!
November 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Calling all PhD students working on law, environment and non-human animals:
Centre Marc Bloch & the Law and Society Institute @ Humboldt Uni are partnering with the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies for a Winter School in Berlin in March 2025.
Applications are due 20 December!
Centre Marc Bloch & the Law and Society Institute @ Humboldt Uni are partnering with the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies for a Winter School in Berlin in March 2025.
Applications are due 20 December!
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"For the trans youth we speak to, social media sites can be healthy and life-giving spaces – and they ought to be kept available."
theconversation.com/trans-youth-...
theconversation.com/trans-youth-...
Trans youth are already among Australia’s most marginalised people. The social media ban could make this worse
Young trans people in Australia have much higher rates of suicide, mental health struggles and anxiety disorders – but many find refuge in social media.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:56 AM
"For the trans youth we speak to, social media sites can be healthy and life-giving spaces – and they ought to be kept available."
theconversation.com/trans-youth-...
theconversation.com/trans-youth-...
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I saw a thread by in Archaeology that pulled together all Starter Packs into one handy thread for new people joining.
Not sure if it's been done for Law yet, so thought I'd get a thread going with a few that I've come across.
Please do share & add any other Starter Packs that I've missed.
Not sure if it's been done for Law yet, so thought I'd get a thread going with a few that I've come across.
Please do share & add any other Starter Packs that I've missed.
November 27, 2024 at 11:43 AM
I saw a thread by in Archaeology that pulled together all Starter Packs into one handy thread for new people joining.
Not sure if it's been done for Law yet, so thought I'd get a thread going with a few that I've come across.
Please do share & add any other Starter Packs that I've missed.
Not sure if it's been done for Law yet, so thought I'd get a thread going with a few that I've come across.
Please do share & add any other Starter Packs that I've missed.
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1/4 Last week, the team at the Responders Lab came to deliver a guest session to my undergraduate family law students.
In the session, the facilitators provided a supportive, encouraging and open space for students to reflect on their own understandings and awareness of family violence.
In the session, the facilitators provided a supportive, encouraging and open space for students to reflect on their own understandings and awareness of family violence.
November 26, 2024 at 3:38 AM
1/4 Last week, the team at the Responders Lab came to deliver a guest session to my undergraduate family law students.
In the session, the facilitators provided a supportive, encouraging and open space for students to reflect on their own understandings and awareness of family violence.
In the session, the facilitators provided a supportive, encouraging and open space for students to reflect on their own understandings and awareness of family violence.
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A new starter pack for all things and people in the sport for development sector - please let me or @kyliebates.bsky.social know if you’d like to be added to the list or if we are missing connections who should be added too go.bsky.app/5pmzqzk
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 AM
A new starter pack for all things and people in the sport for development sector - please let me or @kyliebates.bsky.social know if you’d like to be added to the list or if we are missing connections who should be added too go.bsky.app/5pmzqzk
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The Queer Judgments Project has just joined Bluesky. We are a group of scholars, lawyers, activists, and creatives interested in re-imagining and re-creating judgments from queer and other critical perspectives. Consider joining us! And please share with your networks! www.queerjudgments.org
Home Page
Welcome to the Queer Judgments Project: An Emerging Global Collaboration
www.queerjudgments.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The Queer Judgments Project has just joined Bluesky. We are a group of scholars, lawyers, activists, and creatives interested in re-imagining and re-creating judgments from queer and other critical perspectives. Consider joining us! And please share with your networks! www.queerjudgments.org
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📢 Calling all discrimination and equality law academics, practitioners and policy-makers!
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
November 16, 2024 at 9:03 PM
📢 Calling all discrimination and equality law academics, practitioners and policy-makers!
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
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Monash Law is having an impact in enhancing Australian democracy.
The Explanatory Memorandum for the federal government's new Truth in Political Advertising legislation cites both me and Yee-Fui Ng
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
The Explanatory Memorandum for the federal government's new Truth in Political Advertising legislation cites both me and Yee-Fui Ng
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
November 20, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Monash Law is having an impact in enhancing Australian democracy.
The Explanatory Memorandum for the federal government's new Truth in Political Advertising legislation cites both me and Yee-Fui Ng
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
The Explanatory Memorandum for the federal government's new Truth in Political Advertising legislation cites both me and Yee-Fui Ng
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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Looking for #LawSky friends from Australia? Here is the Starter Pack for #AusLaw Academics. More added daily 😁
Please do share! go.bsky.app/A9tXyKu
Please do share! go.bsky.app/A9tXyKu
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Looking for #LawSky friends from Australia? Here is the Starter Pack for #AusLaw Academics. More added daily 😁
Please do share! go.bsky.app/A9tXyKu
Please do share! go.bsky.app/A9tXyKu
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Here is a brief background to @austlii.edu.au. AustLII provides a comprehensive integrated collection of Australian legal information, enabling effective free and anonymous access to law for the community. It contains over 1,000 databases of full-text primary and secondary legal materials. AustLII:
November 19, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Here is a brief background to @austlii.edu.au. AustLII provides a comprehensive integrated collection of Australian legal information, enabling effective free and anonymous access to law for the community. It contains over 1,000 databases of full-text primary and secondary legal materials. AustLII:
Important advice on making any law reform submission 👇
Submissions have opened on the Treaty Principles Bill. You'll almost certainly see a lot of individuals and groups with big followings telling you to submit using a template that they provide. I am pleading with you to not do this. It's the least effective way to participate.
Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill - New Zealand Parliament
Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill
www.parliament.nz
November 19, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Important advice on making any law reform submission 👇
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Again, totally not sure if I'm doing this right! Here's a starter pack of Australian and Kiwi sport researchers - shout out below if you would like me to add you or others to the list as they start to pop up here go.bsky.app/5sv3gYP
November 18, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Again, totally not sure if I'm doing this right! Here's a starter pack of Australian and Kiwi sport researchers - shout out below if you would like me to add you or others to the list as they start to pop up here go.bsky.app/5sv3gYP
Pretty special week to be in Aotearoa and witnessing this historic hīkoi to protect Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The most peaceful, uplifting and beautiful protest I’ve ever been a part of - and more than 30,000 strong!
The most peaceful, uplifting and beautiful protest I’ve ever been a part of - and more than 30,000 strong!
November 19, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Pretty special week to be in Aotearoa and witnessing this historic hīkoi to protect Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The most peaceful, uplifting and beautiful protest I’ve ever been a part of - and more than 30,000 strong!
The most peaceful, uplifting and beautiful protest I’ve ever been a part of - and more than 30,000 strong!
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📢 Calling all private lawyers!
I’ve had a go at creating a private law starter pack, since public law and international law already got a head start on us (and we are nothing if not competitive).
Please spread the word, and comment below if you’d like to be added! 👇
go.bsky.app/7uEm2J4
I’ve had a go at creating a private law starter pack, since public law and international law already got a head start on us (and we are nothing if not competitive).
Please spread the word, and comment below if you’d like to be added! 👇
go.bsky.app/7uEm2J4
November 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
📢 Calling all private lawyers!
I’ve had a go at creating a private law starter pack, since public law and international law already got a head start on us (and we are nothing if not competitive).
Please spread the word, and comment below if you’d like to be added! 👇
go.bsky.app/7uEm2J4
I’ve had a go at creating a private law starter pack, since public law and international law already got a head start on us (and we are nothing if not competitive).
Please spread the word, and comment below if you’d like to be added! 👇
go.bsky.app/7uEm2J4
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Do you teach law in Australia? Looking for a free resource incorporating climate consciousness in your curriculum? Look no further! www.latrobe.edu.au/library/open...
Becoming a climate conscious lawyer: Climate change and the Australian legal system
'Burning Issues in Classics' eBook
www.latrobe.edu.au
November 18, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Do you teach law in Australia? Looking for a free resource incorporating climate consciousness in your curriculum? Look no further! www.latrobe.edu.au/library/open...
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I started another Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/Ni4YGqv
November 18, 2024 at 10:14 AM
I started another Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/Ni4YGqv
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Having worked on these reforms in 2019-2020, I agree w @fionapatten.bsky.social that many of the arguments against reform are "bullshit".
Crucial we support these laws &:
- The legal test is lowered
- The protection extends to intersex, sex work, & homeless folks.
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Crucial we support these laws &:
- The legal test is lowered
- The protection extends to intersex, sex work, & homeless folks.
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Allan government faces showdown with faith groups over hate laws
It is also facing opposition from women’s sex-based rights groups concerned that the proposed new laws will be weaponised by trans activists.
www.theage.com.au
November 18, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Having worked on these reforms in 2019-2020, I agree w @fionapatten.bsky.social that many of the arguments against reform are "bullshit".
Crucial we support these laws &:
- The legal test is lowered
- The protection extends to intersex, sex work, & homeless folks.
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Crucial we support these laws &:
- The legal test is lowered
- The protection extends to intersex, sex work, & homeless folks.
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
The ALRC have made it to the good place! Give them some love - @auslawreform.bsky.social 🤳
Today, the ALRC hosted the first meeting of the Advisory Committee for the Review of the Future Acts Regime, and Commissioner Tony McAvoy SC highlighted the importance of the Committee "thinking broadly and creatively".
November 18, 2024 at 9:12 AM
The ALRC have made it to the good place! Give them some love - @auslawreform.bsky.social 🤳
You know Bluesky has officially made it when @austlii.edu.au walks in the building 😎
November 18, 2024 at 8:27 AM
You know Bluesky has officially made it when @austlii.edu.au walks in the building 😎
V lucky to be spending a whole week visiting my happy place - Wellington 😍
November 17, 2024 at 11:14 PM
V lucky to be spending a whole week visiting my happy place - Wellington 😍
Sorry but how ridiculously good is it to be able to see posts chronologically again? 🥲
November 17, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Sorry but how ridiculously good is it to be able to see posts chronologically again? 🥲
📢 Calling all discrimination and equality law academics, practitioners and policy-makers!
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
November 16, 2024 at 9:03 PM
📢 Calling all discrimination and equality law academics, practitioners and policy-makers!
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV
Felt like we should get in on the starter pack action too, so I had a first crack at our list. Please share widely, and comment below if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions 😊
go.bsky.app/8Gw18QV