The Australian's reporting today on the Australian Bar Association’s 2009 conference in Strasbourg and London.
 
The Australian devotes much of today’s coverage of legal affairs to criticising the forthcoming ABA conference.
 
The criticism in The Australian was essentially a rehash of what has been said by it about earlier ABA conferences and entirely ignores the professional benefit derived from such conferences.

A speakers' list and information brochure are now available for the Australian Bar Association Conference to be held in Strasbourg and London between 26 June and 1 July 2009.

 ABA Conference 2009 brochure |  ABA Conference 2009 speakers

Topics include:
Human Rights:  Government, Business and the People
The Bar under the Microscope:  Regulation, Ethics and Access
Problems with Privacy

In 2008 the International Council of Advocates and Barristers will host the Fourth World Bar Conference in Dublin and Belfast between Friday 27 June and Monday 30 June 2008.