Her Majesty The Queen
The death of Her Majesty The Queen is a profoundly sad moment for the Commonwealth.
Her Majesty's life was one of extraordinary dedication and service and throughout her reign she enjoyed a long and enduring bond with people across the Commonwealth.
On behalf of CALC, I convey our sincere sorrow and deepest condolences to The King, The Queen Consort and all the Royal Family.
Andy Beattie, CALC President (2022)
Legislative responses to COVID-19
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Meredith Leigh appointed new First Parliamentary Counsel
Congratulations to Meredith Leigh on her appointment as the new First Parliamentary Counsel, Australian Government Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
Honours for 2 exceptional legislative drafters
CALC’s President, Geoff Lawn, says: “2 CALC members have been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath in this year’s UK Queen’s Birthday Honours. These are our very own Brenda King, our Immediate Past President, and Elizabeth Gardiner, First Parliamentary Counsel in the UK OPC. This is such wonderful and well-deserved recognition of their many years of service, and it is great to see the work of legislative drafters recognised in this way. I have congratulated Brenda and Elizabeth on behalf of CALC.”
Congratulations to Peter Quiggin on his appointment as a Queen's Counsel
CALC members congratulate Peter Quiggin PSM on his appointment as a Queen's Counsel.
Hon Christian Porter MP, Attorney General for Australia, made the appointment announcement on 15 October 2020.
Mr Quiggin PSM is First Parliamentary Counsel, Office of Parliamentary Counsel. He has served as Australia’s First Parliamentary Counsel since 2004. Mr Quiggin was awarded a Public Service Medal in the 2008 Australia Day Honours List for outstanding public service in delivering the government's legislative agenda at a time of significant legislative change and in a number of critical areas.
Peter has also served as CALC's President from 2011 to 2017. As CALC members appreciate, Peter also showed outstanding leadership and service in that role.
Above is a recent photo of Peter with the banner that celebrates OPC’s 50th anniversary.
Pacific Toolkit: From policy to legislation
Congratulations to the Pacific Islands Law Officers' Network (PILON) and Australian Attorney-General's Department on launching this Toolkit.
The Toolkit is available for download here.
Coming up
CALC Europe Conference 2025
When: 17 - 18 September 2025
Where: Belfast
More info: Registration information is available on the conference page.
Statute Law Society Conference
Legislation and the Constitution: Renton 50 Years On
When: 5 - 6 June 2025
Where: London
More info: Registration information is available on the conference page.
2025 International Legislative Drafting Institute
The Public Law Center at Tulane Law School will host the 30th Anniversary of its International Legislative Drafting Institute in 2025.
When: 9 - 20 June 2025
Where: New Orleans
More info: Registration information is available on the conference page.
New Job Alerts
Visit the employment page for details.
- Legislative Counsel, Associate Director, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority, Doha, Qatar
- Legal Advisor (Bills), Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia.
- Legal Drafters, extension of the Open List Agreement, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Loophole submissions
You can view a comprehensive collection of the CALC Loopholes here.
The Loophole is a journal for the publication of articles on drafting, legal, procedural and
management issues relating to the preparation and enactment of legislation. It features
articles presented at CALC’s bi-annual conferences. CALC members and others interested
in legislative topics are also encouraged to submit articles for publication.
Submissions should be no more than 8,000 words (including footnotes) and be accompanied
by an abstract of no more than 200 words. They should be formatted in MSWord (or similar
compatible word processing software) adopting the style set out in the template found here.
Submissions and other correspondence about The Loophole should be addressed to —
Aleksander Hynnä, Editor in Chief, The Loophole
E-mail: loophole.calc@gmail.com
Latest Loophole
- April 2025 Edition of Loophole ( 2.2 MB | )
Employment
For more information about employment opportunities and contract drafters, see the Employment page
CALC provides links to information about various courses and training in legislative drafting.
Services
CALC has a number of services that are provided for the benefit of members and legislative drafting offices.
These services include:
- advertising drafting positions
- the CALC online drafting advice service
- the CALC office organisation advice service.
For more details, please see the CALC Services Page.
Publications catalogue
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Forum
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Drafting manuals and other resources
CALC provides links to online drafting manuals and other resources.
Training
CALC provides links to information about various courses and training in legislative drafting.