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Livingston
Armytage, the Director of the Centre for
Judicial Studies, has more than
30
years of experience in consulting, directing
programs of judicial education and legal training,
practicing law, and managing a substantial
law firm. Recent projects include directing
national reform programs for multilateral
development agencies, needs assessments, strategic
planning, course design, training, organizational
performance reviews, and evaluations.
Qualifications
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Livingston's presentation of his PhD thesis
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Sydney University Medal for Outstanding
Postgraduate Research in Law
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Master of Laws - First Class Honours,
University of Sydney
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International Human Rights Law Program,
New College, University of Oxford
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Barrister and Solicitor, Australia
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Director
addresses the Asia-Pacific Chief Justice
Roundtable, Singapore January 2009
Experience
- Project leader, strategic advisor and technical
specialist on ADB, AusAID, UNDP, World Bank
and USAID legal projects in Pakistan, Nepal,
Maldives, Cambodia, Vietnam, Haiti, Palestine,
Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Philippines,
Vietnam
and the Pacific Region
- Consultant to courts throughout the United
States and Australia
- Author of "Educating
Judges" (Kluwer Law International,
The Hague, 1996) - the seminal work in the field
of judicial education, included in major collections
such as the Bodleian Library, University of
Oxford; also author of numerous referred articles
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Editor, Searching for Success in Judicial
Reform: Voices from the
Asia Pacific Experience
UNDP, Bangkok (in press) 2008.
- Education Director of Judicial Commission
of New South Wales, 1991-1996
- Presenter and participant at international
conferences including the International Bar
Association (IBA), LAWASIA, National Association
of State Judicial Educators (NASJE), Commonwealth
Judges & Magistrates Association (CMJA),
and Australian Institute of Judicial Administration
(AIJA)
- Contributor to international journals, such
as The Modern Law Review and the Commonwealth
Judges Journal, as well as the University of
NSW Law Journal
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Independent reviewer for the
Global Corruption Report
of Transparency International 2007
- Founding editor of The Judicial Review, a
journal for judges
- Member of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s
working group on the adversarial system, and
sits on the board of the University of West
Sydney
- Instructor in the MBA program of the Graduate
School of Management
International & National Conferences
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Director with Justice (Ret.) Shafi-ur
Rahman, Supreme Court of Pakistan,
co-leading Pakistan's US$350 million
judicial reform program |
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Pacific Judicial Conference 1999, Samoa;
and 1997, Sydney
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International Bar Association, 1997,
New Delhi
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Human Rights Institute, IBA, 1997, Kathmandu
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LAWASIA, 1997, Manila
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Australian Law
Reform Commission, 1997, Brisbane
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International
Professional Legal Educators Conference,
1996, Sydney
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Law Societies of NSW &
Victoria: Specialists’ Conferences, 1998,
1996
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NSW Legal Convention,
1995, Sydney
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International Bar
Association, 1994, Melbourne
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18th LAWASIA 4th September
2003 |
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US National
Association of State Judicial Educators,
1993 and 1992, San
Francisco and Charleston
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Continuing Legal
Education Association, 1994 and 1991
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Australian Institute
of Judicial Administration, 1992, Brisbane
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Commonwealth Judges &
Magistrates Association, 1991, Sydney
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Australian Law
Council, 1991, Gold Coast
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Presentations/Workshops
- Access to Justice Reform
- Human Rights Law Advocacy
- Case Management and Delay Reduction
- Judicial Decision-Making and Judgment
Writing
- Dispute Resolution Skills for Judicial
Officers
- ADR and Negotiation Skills
- Court Room Communication Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Forensic Evidence and Expert Witnesses
- Train-the-Trainer, Faculty Development
and Facilitation Skills
- Judicial Ethics
- Needs Assessments and Evaluation Techniques
- Managing Client Satisfaction
- Performance Indicators for Legal Practice
- Strategic Planning and Practice Development
- Law for Corporate Managers
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