Book now for our CPD seminar and Lenten Retreat

Increasingly laws and government policies make it more difficult for people of faith to live and witness faithfully and exercise their rights of conscience. 

You are invited to hear from two eminent lawyers who are currently involved in defending religious freedom for both individuals and institutions.

The seminar will include:

• Preventive lawyering - how to put your clients in the best possible position to avail themselves of existing protections.
• What to do when a matter becomes contentious – complaint handling, managing disputes, and the current “state of play” of religious freedom litigation in Victoria.
• The road ahead – proposed changes to an already challenging legal landscape.

The speakers will be introduced by Paul Santamaria KC. 

Don't miss this opportunity to learn from experts on the front line of this important issue.

Here are the details:

Date: Tuesday, 4 March

Time: 5:15 – 6.15 PM followed by finger food and drinks.

Venue: Essoign Club, Level 1, 205 William Street, Melbourne

Join us for some finger food and a chat after the event. Drinks available at bar prices.

Free Entry but for catering and set up purposes please RSVP at https://www.trybooking.com/CXZSB

About Stephen Moloney
Stephen Moloney is a senior member of the Victorian Bar with a broad commercial and public law practice, including corporate law, administrative and constitutional law, and professional negligence and discipline.

About Mark Sneddon
Mark Sneddon is a senior lawyer who was formerly Crown counsel to the Victorian government and a partner at Clayton Utz. He now leads his own practice and is the Executive Director of the Institute for Civil Society which promotes the freedoms of expression, conscience, association, and religion in our society, as well as seeking to encourage a civil discussion and debate on these liberties and their relation to public policy.

 

Sometimes in order to hear the still, small voice of God in our lives, we need to do as Christ did in the Gospels – remove ourselves from the crowds and withdraw to a quiet place.

You are warmly invited to the MCLA Annual Lenten Retreat.

Date:  Sunday, 23 March 2025

Venue: Corpus Christi College, 180 Drummond Street, Carlton (parking is available at the College)

Time: commences with 9am Mass and concludes at 12.30pm

Cost:  $35 includes morning tea, $15 for law students

To BOOK click on this link  - https://www.trybooking.com/CXZSS

Family and friends are most welcome.

About Rev. Dr Jerome Santamaria
Fr Jerome Santamaria studied law and physics at the University of Melbourne before working as a lawyer for a few years. While completing a Masters in Law at University College, London, he decided to enter Corpus Christi College, Carlton, to study for the priesthood. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Melbourne in 2012. He was appointed as assistant priest at St Bede’s, North Balwyn, and St Anne’s, East Kew. He was then sent to Rome and completed a Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He is currently Parish Priest of St Mary’s, St Kilda East, and a lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Catholic Theological College.