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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2025 Annual Dinner Image Gallery</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2025-Annual-Dinner"&gt;Click to view image gallery&lt;/a&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2025-Annual-Dinner"&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/Event%20Images/2025_DinnerGroupdImages.jpg" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 02:59:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2025 Red Mass Celebration</title>
      <description>The annual Red Mass Opening of Law Term was held on 3 February 2025 at St Patrick’s Cathedral. The Parramatta &amp;amp; District Law Society had the pleasure of hosting this event with the Diocese of Parramatta. All photos are provided courtesy of Alphonsus Fok/Diocese of Parramatta.&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2025-Red-Mass-Celebration-Images"&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/Event%20Images/2025_Red_Mass_Thumbnail_600w.jpg" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2025-Red-Mass-Celebration-Images"&gt;View the full size image gallery here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Special thanks to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="#" target="_blank"&gt;Alphonsus Fok/Diocese of Parramatta&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for the images provided.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/13459663</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 04:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2024 Annual Dinner Image Gallery</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2024-Annual-Dinner"&gt;Click to view image gallery&lt;/a&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/13431876</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2024 Red Mass Celebration</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;On Monday 5 February 2024 at 7:00pm, the Red Mass was celebrated at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta. It was well attended and combined with uplifting music from the choir was a special event.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2024-Red-Mass-Celebration-Images"&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/Event%20Images/2024_Red_Mass_Thumbnail_600w.jpg" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2024-Red-Mass-Celebration-Images"&gt;View the full size image gallery here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We look forward to this tradition continuing and thriving into the future and encourage the attendance of all practitioners and our members each year.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A special thank you to the St Thomas More Society, Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen and all the clergy of the Diocese of Parramatta. We look forward to next year’s Mass to mark the opening of the Law Term.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Special thanks to the &lt;a href="https://parracatholic.org" target="_blank"&gt;Diocese of Parramatta&lt;/a&gt; for the images provided.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/13311160</link>
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      <dc:creator>Highland Creative</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 02:13:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2023 Annual Dinner Image Gallery</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2023-Annual-Dinner"&gt;Click to view image gallery&lt;/a&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/13274489</link>
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      <dc:creator>Highland Creative</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 02:31:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2022 Annual Dinner Image Gallery</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2022-Annual-Dinner"&gt;Click to view image gallery&lt;/a&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/2022-Annual-Dinner"&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/Event%20Images/2022_AnnualDinnerImageGallery-Wide.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/12968379</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 13:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Participate in cultural diversity focus groups</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Asian Australian Lawyers Association NSW Branch and the Women Lawyers’ Association of NSW are seeking 4+ years PQE solicitor participants who identify as culturally diverse for focus group sessions hosted at 12-2pm on 7 July 2022 by King &amp;amp; Wood Mallesons (in person and online attendance available) addressing barriers to career progression faced by culturally diverse solicitors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To find out more about this project and participant prize draw, please contact Lee-May Saw, Chair, Data and Policy Subcommittee, Asian Australian Lawyers Association on 02 9229 7333 or &lt;a href="mailto:AALANSWSurvey@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;AALANSWSurvey@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/12789610</link>
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      <dc:creator>Highland Creative</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:08:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Vale Chris Jurd</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/chrisjurd_Crop.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="189" height="175" align="left" style="margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px;"&gt;We note the sad passing of Chris Jurd, a well-respected member of the Parramatta legal community on 24 June 2021 after a long illness.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chris was made a Life Member of Parramatta Leagues Club only this year and was also a Life Member of the Eels Rugby League Club, both of which are very deserved acknowledgement for his service as a director of both the Leagues Club and Football Clubs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a lawyer, he volunteered much time to the Eels on legal matters, and also was a long time president of the Toongabbie Legal Centre.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/12133003</link>
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      <dc:creator>Highland Creative</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:56:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CLE 22 June 2021 Family Law &amp; Probate</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/testemantrycapacity_175H.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px;"&gt;5-6 PM Defended Probate Cases and Testamentary Capacity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Presented by: Lynette Judge, Barrister, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6-7 PM Enforcement of Family Court Orders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Presented by: Carolyn Munk, Accredited Specialist – Family Law, Matthews Folbigg Lawyers&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Zoom: link details to be provided&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pricing:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Members of Parramatta &amp;amp; District Law Society – Free&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Non-members: $55&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/12132971</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Western Sydney University Internships</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/WesternSydneyUniInternships_175H.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px;"&gt;Internship opportunities for students of Western Sydney University are welcome and generally involve hosting a student for one day per week across a 13 week semester. The students engage in paralegal type work such as file notes, legal research, interviewing clients and minor administrative work. For further details please visit: &lt;a href="https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/sol/engagement.html" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/sol/engagement.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/12132977</link>
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      <dc:creator>Highland Creative</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:36:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Westmead Institute for Medical Research – We Save Lives You Can To</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/WIMR-LOGO-FINAL.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="298" height="120" align="left" style="margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px;"&gt;Discovery – Become a Partner today&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Leaving a gift in your Will to The Westmead Institute for Medical Research&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/WIMR-Gifts-in-Wills-Brochure-March-2021.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/WIMR-Gifts-in-Wills-Brochure-March-2021-500H.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="266" height="375" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/WIMR-Gifts-in-Wills-Brochure-March-2021.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Download brochure HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/6001647</link>
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      <dc:creator>Highland Creative</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:33:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Parramatta &amp; District Regional Law Society Annual Dinner 21 October 2021</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/Save-the-Date.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="175" height="174" align="left" style="margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parramatta &amp;amp; District Regional Law Society&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Annual Dinner&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;21 October 2021&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;More information to come!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/6001646</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Retirement Dinner for Justices Just Ryan and Jan Stephenson</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/RyanAndStephenson_196H.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="222" height="150" align="left" style="margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom:20px;"&gt;To be held on Friday 14th May 2021 in the Parramatta region.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Details to be published shortly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This event is being organised by The Parramatta &amp;amp; District law Society, the Greater West Family Law Practitioners Association, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers and Arthur Phillip Chambers to allow Wester Sydney practitioners to say farewell to 2 judges who started their judicial careers at Parramatta.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://parralawsoc.com.au/resources/Pictures/News%20Blog%20Images/SAVE-THE-DATE-BROCHURE-Ryan-and-Stevenson-JJ.docx-page-001_1.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.parralawsoc.com.au/news/6001648</link>
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      <dc:creator>Highland Creative</dc:creator>
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