As intellectual property becomes central to legal practice, lawyers have ethical responsibilities for managing digital assets like client data, firm materials and AI-driven tools. Explore the intersection of ethics and technology, gain practical guidance on navigating your professional responsibilities in a rapidly digitising profession while leveraging innovation in your legal work.
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Early Bird Discount ends 19 Dec 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Professor Anthony J. Langlois, Stan Perron Dean of Applied Ethics, Curtin University
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1.00pm to 2.00pm Professional Responsibility in the Digital Era
Intellectual property has become a core aspect of modern legal practice — from your firm’s website and client lists to precedents and proprietary materials.
- Explore the ethical dilemmas that arise in managing intellectual property in an increasingly digital profession
- Address broader ethical and other challenges around data management, the use of AI and automated transactions, gaining practical guidance for navigating professional responsibility in the digital age
Presented by Dr Anne Fitzgerald, Barrister, QLD Bar
Presenters
Professor Anthony J. Langlois, Stan Perron Dean of Applied Ethics, Curtin UniversityProfessor Anthony J. Langlois is the Stan Perron Dean of Applied Ethics in the Faculty of Business & Law at Curtin University. Langlois is a distinguished specialist on Human Rights and International Ethics, with over 25 years of experience as an educator, author and public speaker. He has an international reputation for his human rights scholarship, published by presses such as Cambridge and Oxford, and in leading academic journals. Langlois is the founding director of the Curtin Centre for Applied Ethics, a new initiative with a mandate to generate ethical reflection in education and industry on the big issues shaping our future, with a particular focus on Sustainability, the Climate Emergency, and Digital Transformation.
Dr Anne Fitzgerald, Barrister, QLD Bar
Dr Anne Fitzgerald is a Barrister (Queensland and Tasmania) with extensive experience in intellectual property law, e-commerce law, technology and the law, and international law. She has held senior academic positions at multiple Australian universities, including as Professor of Law at QUT, where she led major research projects and played a key role in the WIPO-QUT IP Masters program. Anne has been a member of Australia's key federal intellectual property advisory committees and was instrumental in implementing Creative Commons licensing in the Australian public sector. She has published extensively, with her latest book being Intellectual Property: Principles and Practice (2022).
This seminar is part of a series
Ethics, Professional Skills & Practice Management, Over Lunch, Over 3 Weeks
Running short on time to complete your three mandatory areas of CPD points before 31 March? Join us for three concise, one-hour sessions – live online or available on demand – designed to help you meet all your compulsory topics with ease. Gain practical insights into professional responsibility in the digital age, learn best practices for effective mediation and discover smart strategies for managing your team and firm. All over lunch – easy!
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
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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