Participants in the 2025 Mentoring Program are invited to attend our launch event on 24 July 2025 at The Social from 5pm. We encourage all participants to attend and meet with their partners and other members of the program. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Please RSVP by Monday 21 July 2025.

Dear Members, We are pleased to invite you to attend a ceremonial sitting and reception for Her Honour Judge Bender on Wednesday 14 May 2025. Judge Bender will be presiding in the Bendigo sittings of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia during the week commencing 12 May 2025. This is Judge Bender’s final Bendigo circuit ahead of her retirement. There will be a ceremonial sitting at the Court at 4:30 pm followed by a reception at Black Swan Hotel. The reception at Black Swan Hotel is proudly sponsored by Holmes' List, Svenson's List and Foley's List. Please ensure to RSVP to both the ceremonial sitting and the reception. We look forward to seeing you there to congratulate and thank Her Honour for an incredible career and her support to the Bendigo legal community.

Dear Members, Please register your intention to attend the 2025 AGM for catering purposes. We encourage members new and existing to consider participating in the BLA Committee and joining for the 2025/2026 year.  Kind regards BLA Committee 

   

Hi everyone, The Young Lawyer’s Representatives and the BLA would like to invite you to an End of Year Break-Up on Wednesday 18 December 2024 at The Social from 5:30 pm. It would be fantastic to see you all there to celebrate the end of another busy year. Please RSVP by 5:00 pm on Monday 16 December 2024. Alex & Demi

The BLA is partnering with Svensons Barristers again to host an in-person Advocacy CPD event. We are planning 4 CPD sessions to accommodate all experience levels and hopefully an ethics point. Details are still being confirmed and will be provided once available. Please register in the event so that we can get an understanding of numbers for catering purposes and to keep you up to date with information.  

Come and join the BLA for a fun-filled day of lunch and wine tastings across 3 wineries in the Heathcote region. The day will begin with the bus departing from Bendigo at 11 a.m. and arriving back at approximately 6.00 p.m. This is a BLA ticketed event that is open to both BLA members ($20) and non-members ($75). The BLA tickets are subsidised so please ensure that your membership is up to date.   Tickets includes your bus ticket, lunch and wine tastings at each winery. Tickets are extremely limited. Given the high volume of expression of interests, tickets will likely sell out fast.   Any questions, please get in touch with Demi (demi@middlemis.com.au) or Alex (alex@middlemis.com.au).

The Bendigo Law Association Annual Dinner will be held on Friday 25 October 2024.  This year the Dinner will be held at Chateau Dore from 7.00 p.m. Attendance is complimentary for all BLA members (paid and first-year). All paid members have a complimentary attendance for one partner.  Any first-year member partners or non-members must pay a fee of $150 if they wish to attend. There is a limited number of these tickets avaliable.  Dinner and drinks are included.  Dress code for the event is formal/cocktail.  Chateau Dore is located at 303 Mandurang Road. Please ensure you include any dietary requirements when confirming your attendance.  Please RSVP by no later than 4.00 p.m. on Friday 4 October 2022.  Due to the location of the venue, we have organised some coaches as a transport option again this year. The bus schedule is as follows: Pickup: leaving Sidney Myer Place at 6:45pm sharp, stopping at Spring Gully Athletics Track. Dropoff: leaving Chateau Dore at 11:15pm and stopping at the Spring Gully Athletics Track and Sidney Myer Place. There is only a limited number of tickets available for the bus option. The tickets are sold on a first in first served basis. Tickets are $15 per person and provide both pick up and dropoff service.  If you seek to purchase a bus ticket, be advised that there is a cleaning fee of $200 if the bus is left 'unreasonably soiled' which will be passed on to the relevant passenger if incurred. Any property left on the bus will return with the bus to the Organs Coaches depot and can be collected directly from Organs.

Avoiding and resolving fights about the farm: ADR in the Farming Sector. When: Thursday 26 September 2024 from 1pm Where: upstairs at the Rifle Brigade Hotel, 137 View Street, Bendigo. Food and drinks will be provided. The presenter is barrister Doug Shirrefs. Doug has been at the bar since 2005 and is currently a member of Greens List. Doug has an extensive commercial practice, specialising in franchising law, competition, consumer and regulatory law, and agricultural matters. He is also a nationally accredited mediator.

Dear Members, We are pleased to invite you to attend a reception for His Honour Judge Carmody on 22 August 2024 at 5.30pm. His Honour is currently sitting in the criminal division of the County Court circuit in Bendigo. This will be His Honour’s final circuit before he retires in September. His Honour has enjoyed a long and distinguished career having been admitted in 1980 and spending a few years practising as a solicitor before he went to the Bar. His Honour was appointed to the County Court in 2011. His Honour has a long history sitting in Bendigo on circuit both in the criminal division and the civil division of the County Court. His Honour is well respected and known for his kindness towards the court registry and staff those who appear in his court. This is an excellent opportunity to congratulate His Honour on his career and pass on our best wishes for his retirement. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. The venue is to be confirmed.

Dear Members, We invite you to attend a joint reception for Her Honour Judge Bender, Her Honour Judge Blair and Her Honour Judge Hassan on 22 May 2024 at 5.30pm at the Black Swan Hotel.  Judge Bender will be presiding in the Bendigo sittings of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia during the week commencing 20 May 2024.  Judge Blair and Judge Hassan are currently presiding in the criminal division of the County Court in Bendigo.  Drinks and nibbles will be provided.  Please RSVP using this link.  We look forward to seeing you there.  Kind regards, Madeleine Mein Vice President Bendigo Law Association