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of College PLT programmes in Australia - meaning that were being developed. Follow the link to the brochure that
elective practice areas necessarily cannot be covered in depth. gave an overview of all COL jurisdictional streams. 2017 Asia-
The Private Client elective covers acting in private client Pacific Postgraduate Applied Law Programmes Handbook. ▄▌
matters based on criminal law, employment aw, family law and
wills and estates. The Corporate Client electives covers acing
in corporate client matters based on mergers and acquisitions,
banking and finance, corporate management, insolvency
commercial litigation, and employment law.
The new New Zealand LLM jurisdictional stream offers new
lawyers career development through:
 Two subjects not covered in the PLSC - Administrative
Law Practice and Personal Injury and Torts Practice.
 Three subjects covered only lightly in the PLSC -
Commercial Law Practice, Criminal Law Practice, and
Wills, Estates and Trusts Practice.
The PLSC is not an award qualification. However, based on its
learning hours, it has the potential for COLAB recognition as
providing a one-subject credit towards a College postgraduate
applied law qualification, ▄▌

College is premier sponsor of the IPBA 2017
Annual Conference in Auckland, New Zealand
s part of developing a long term strategic relationship with
A the Inter-Pacific Bar
Association (IPBA), the College was
a premier sponsor of the IPBA’s
27th Annual Conference
Connectivity & Convergence in
Auckland (6-9 April 2017).

Three COL speakers were on the conference programme:
 COL Asia director Peter Tritt and COL Asia programme
director James Jung in a session on Developing the
international Lawyer - organised by the IPBA Legal
Development and Training Committee.
 Fabian Horton in a session on Artificial Intelligence AI
Work - How AI Is and will be used In the workplace and the
legal issues that arise - organised by the IPBA Corporate
Counsel; Employment & Immigration Law; Technology,
Media & Telecommunications Committees.
The conference provided an opportunity to meet with the
IPBA’s leadership team to progress the COL/IPBA partnering
relationship to the next step. COL chairman Joe Catanzariti
and COL chief executive Neville Carter were in Auckland to
meet with the IPBA leadership for this purpose.
The College had an exhibitor booth (image below) as part of its
sponsorship package. COL marketing director Christine
Simmons helped staff the booth, which was used to distribute
print brochures promoting the new jurisdictional streams that

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