With police called to schools in one state in Australia almost 20,000 times in the last year, it’s now more important than ever to know your schools’ rights and responsibilities when confronted with drugs, weapons or illegal activity. Know how to navigate the challenging terrain of discovering child exploitation material, unravel the intricacies of inappropriate teacher-student relationships from a criminal perspective, and understand the school's authority in conducting searches and seizing property.
Description
Teachers attending earn 1 Professional Development Hour (NSW, VIC) / CPD Point (QLD, WA, SA)
Lawyers attending earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
1.00pm to 2.00pm Drugs, Weapons and Illegal Activity: Rights, Responsibilities and Regulations
- Handling the discovery of child exploitation material in the possession of staff: what are my legal obligations?
- Inappropriate teacher-student relationships: what do I need to consider from a criminal perspective?
- Understanding a school's authority in conducting searches and seizing property
- How to handle suspected staff substance abuse issues at work
- Drug possession vs trafficking: what to do when students (or teachers) are suspected of dealing drugs on campus
- Bytes and breaches: what to consider when school IT resources are used to commit computer crimes
Presented by Aleksandra Golat, Senior Associate, HWL Ebsworth; Employment and Workplace Relations
Presenters
Aleksandra Golat, Senior Associate, HWL Ebsworth
Aleksandra Golat is a Senior Associate in the Workplace Relations and Safety team at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers in Adelaide. She has broad experience within the field of workplace and employment law, practising in both advisory and litigation work. She has worked with a wide variety of clients including schools, local councils, government agencies, large corporations, not-for-profit organisations, insurers, senior managers and executives, and small businesses. Prior to joining HWL Ebsworth, Aleksandra worked at a well-regarded regional law firm in the UK. Aleksandra has a longstanding interest in school and education law issues, most likely influenced by her (now retired) primary school teacher mother.
This seminar is part of a series
School Law: Drugs, Data Breaches, Medical Conditions, Hazards & Boundaries
Is your school teetering on the brink of legal disaster? Confront the truths of non-compliance of legal requirements in the education environment head on with this 5-part series. From overlooked duty of care obligations to privacy violations to problems with drugs and weapons; ensure you’re across the vulnerabilities and liabilities that risk jeopardising your school. Ensure your school can withstand the next legal horror story to emerge and seize this opportunity for legal resilience.
Description
Teachers attending the entire series earn 5 Professional Development Hours (NSW, VIC) / CPD Points (QLD, WA, SA)
Lawyers attending the entire series earn 5 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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