A committee of the Law Society of Tasmania
The Southern Early Career Lawyers South Committee (SECL) is a committee of the Law Society of Tasmania that promotes the interests of early career members of the Tasmanian legal profession in the southern regions of Tasmania.
2026 SECL Golden Gavel
Friday 25 September 2026
Join the Southern Early Career Lawyer Committee for its annual, entertaining Golden Gavel evening. This is being held at the Mezz Bar in the Odeon Theatre. Gather up your friends and colleagues and get along for a night of hilarity!
The Mezz Bar at the Odeon Theatre
SECL: Business Sales and Purchases for Early Career Lawyers
Thursday 1 October 2026
CPD Guide: 1 PS, SL This session is delivered by Alicia Pelham, Special Counsel, HWLE Lawyers, on the sale and purchase of a business with or without land. The focus is on the key stages of a business sale or purchase, with or without land, and the lawyer's role in guiding clients from initial negotiations through to settlement and completion.
Bookings close at 5pm on Wednesday 30 September.
at 28 Murray Street, Hobart and via Teams
SECL: Corporate Law Essentials - Concepts and Lingo for ECLs
CPD Guide: 1 PS Corporate law underpins many areas of legal practice, yet its concepts and terminology can seem unfamiliar to those outside the field. This practical session, delivered by James Groom, Director, and Marisa Gillam, Lawyer, Groom Kennedy, introduces the fundamentals of company structures, shares, securities and common corporate transactions, while building participants' confidence in corporate law terminology, documents and commercial concepts that can be applied across a broad range of legal practice.
Bookings close at 5pm on Wednesday 19 August.
at 28 Murray Street, Hobart and via Teams
2026 Southern ECL Quiz Night
Friday 31 July 2026
Please join the Southern Early Career Lawyers (SECL) Committee for its annual, entertaining Quiz Night. This year's it's at Shambles. Prizes will be announced.
Shambles Brewery
2026 SECL Easter Long Lunch
Thursday 2 April 2026
Join the Southern Early Career Lawyer Committee (SECL) for their annual Long Lunch.
The Waggon
SECL: How to Protect Against + Deal with Client Complaints
Thursday 26 March 2026
(CPD Guide: 1 E, EW, PM, PS) This session is delivered by members of the Legal Profession Board of Tasmania - Regina Weiss, Barrister, Malthouse Chambers, Amber Cohen, Consultant, Rae & Partners and Marion Hale, TASCAT - for early career lawyers. It will cover avoiding and responding to complaints; what happens when a complaint is made and an outline of the complaints process; and a look at the differences in complaints across practice areas.
livestreamed only.
SECL: A Corporate & Commercial Law Intro & Update for ECLs
Thurs 2 October In-person attendance
(CPD Guide: 1 PS, SL) This session is delivered for the Southern Early Career Lawyers Committee by James Groom, Director, Groom Kennedy Lawyers. Consideration will be given to: recent updates in legislation and practice in corporate and commercial law; recent cases to know; and insights into likely trends and developments in the next 12 months in this area of practice.
livestreamed only.
2025 SECL Golden Gavel
Friday 26 September 2025
Join the Southern Early Career Lawyer Committee for its annual, entertaining Golden Gavel evening. This is being held at the Mezz Bar in the Odeon Theatre. Gather up your friends and colleagues and get along for a night of hilarity!
The Mezz Bar at the Odeon Theatre
SECL: The Magistrates Court: Beginners + Duty Lawyering 101
Thursday 4 September 2025
(CPD Guide: 1 PS) This session is delivered by Magistrate Andrew McKee, Magistrates Court of Tasmania and Mieke Matimba, Solicitor, Hobart Community Legal Service. It will provide early career lawyers with information about the duty lawyer scheme as well as general guidance for new practitioners on appearing in the Magistrates Court.
livestreamed only.
2025 Southern ECL Quiz Night
Friday 1 August 2025
Please join the Southern Early Career Lawyers (SECL) Committee for its annual, entertaining Quiz Night. This year's it's at Shambles. Prizes will be announced.
Shambles Brewery
SECL: Application for Costs - Family Law
Thursday 6 March 2025
(CPD Guide: 1 PS, SL) This session, delivered by Trevor McKenna and Matthew Strong, Barristers, TasBar for the Southern Early Career Lawyers (SECL) Committee will provide guidance to early career lawyers on when to apply for costs; how to apply for costs; how to use Calderbank letters, comparing approaches in property versus parenting proceedings.
livestreamed only.
SECL: Application for Costs - Criminal & Civil Jurisdiction
Thursday 7 November 2024
(CPD Guide: 1 PS, SL) This session, delivered by Garth Stevens, Principal Legal Officer, Legal Services, Department of Police, Fire & Emergency Management and Chris Groves, Principal, Dobson Mitchell Allport for the Southern Early Career Lawyers (SECL) Committee will provide guidance to early career lawyers on when to apply for costs; how to apply for costs; what is the process and the type of application; how to effectively use Calderbank letters, vs offer to compromise.
livestreamed only.
2024 SECL Golden Gavel
Friday 27 September 2024
Join the Southern Early Career Lawyer Committee for its annual, entertaining Golden Gavel evening. This is being held at the Grand Poobah in Hobart. Gather up your friends and colleagues and get along for a night of hilarity!
The Grand Poobah
SECL - Legal Aid Applications: What You Need To Know
Thursday 5 September 2024
(CPD Guide: 1 PS) This session, delivered by Vanessa Fenton, Associate Director, Legal Practice, Tasmania Legal Aid for the Southern Early Career Lawyers (SECL) Committee will provide guidance to early career lawyers on what types of aid should be applied for at what times and for what work; and how to use aid as effectively and economically as possible in private practice.
livestreamed only.
2024 Southern ECL Quiz Night
Wednesday 10 July 2024
Join the Early Career Lawyers South for its annual, entertaining Quiz Night. This year's it's at Shambles. Prizes will be announced.
Shambles Brewery
SECL Drug/Alcohol Monitoring: Science of Transdermal Testing
Thurs 2 May 2024 Livestreamed Attendance
(CPD Guide: 1 PS) This session, delivered by Dan Altvater at Drug Patch, provides an overview of continuous drug and alcohol monitoring and the science of transdermal testing.
livestreamed only.
2024 SECL Long Lunch
Thursday 28 March 2024
Join the Southern Early Career Lawyer Committee (SECL) for their annual Long Lunch.
Deep South Brewing Co.
Cancelled - 2023 SECL Christmas Bowls Night
Friday 17 November 2023
This event is cancelled due to little update.
Join the Southern Early Career Lawyer Committee for a Christmas celebration lawn bowls night and a sausage sizzle with vegetarian options available included with the ticket price.
The Royal Hobart Bowling Club