STEP NSW Lunch and Learn | Wednesday 15 October 2025

STEP NSW Branch invites you to a seminar with Michael Green SC, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers.

Topic: Digital Oracles and Ancient Duties: The Sacred Art of Legal Research in Silicon's Shadow

We stand at a threshold. Behind us, centuries of legal tradition built on careful scholarship and hard-won expertise. Ahead, a digital frontier where artificial minds offer to decode the mysteries of case law with superhuman speed. 

Michael Green SC, the founder of BarNet JADE, guides us through this liminal space where technology meets jurisprudence. Can silicon truly comprehend the human complexities embedded in our trust and estate law? What happens to professional responsibility when our research assistant never sleeps, never forgets—but may not truly understand? 

This is more than a tutorial on new tools; it's an examination of our evolving relationship with knowledge itself, and our eternal obligation to serve justice faithfully in an age of artificial wisdom.

DATE: Wednesday 15 October 2025

TIME: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm AEDT

COST: $75 STEP Members, $120 Non-Members

This is an online only event.

For further information or assistance, please contact stepnswaustralia@step.org

PLEASE NOTE: The link to join the live-stream will be sent to each ticket holder via email 2 hours before this event through the Humanitix system.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: To ensure you don't miss out on receiving the Teams link, please ensure your email address is correct before confirming the ticket order.

This seminar will be recorded, and the recording will be sent to registered attendees within 7 days of the seminar.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Michael Green SC, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers

With over 25 years' experience at the bar, Michael Green SC is highly sought after for high level, strategic advice in relation to complex and confidential legal and regulatory issues. Michael has appeared in the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court, State Supreme Courts, the Land and Environment Court, and various tribunals. He has extensive experience in participating in many mediations and arbitrations throughout Australia.

Before coming to the Bar, Michael was Head of Corporate Affairs and Planning, of the Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited (now Screenrights) and the Director, Copyright Law Review Committee (CLRC) Secretariat. Michael was the Associate to the Hon Justice IF Sheppard AO in the Federal Court of Australia from 1992 to 1995. He also was the lecturer and examiner for the Intellectual Property Law course for the LPAB, and has given guest lectures at various universities and conferences in Australia and overseas.

Michael is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the IEEE, and other organisations. He holds a number of directorships.

Green SC is the founder and one of the directors of BarNetwork Pty Ltd, and the creator of OpenLaw and the JADE Legal research database.

BRANCH SPONSOR

STEP NSW Event Sponsor - Equity Trustees

Equity Trustees was established in 1888 for the purpose of providing independent and impartial trustee and executor services to help families throughout Australia protect their wealth. As one of Australia’s largest and oldest listed independent trustees, we offer a diverse range of services to individuals, families and corporate clients asset management, trustee and executor services, estate planning, philanthropic services, Native Title, compensatory trusts, superannuation trusteeship and Responsible Entity (RE) services for external Fund Managers. In 2022, Australian Executor Trustees (AET) joined the Equity Trustees group of companies, expanding our network of offices into all major cities, and the capability of our specialist teams. Together we share a deep commitment to our purpose of helping people take care of the future.

Visit us online for more information or call 1300 133 472.