The Downs and South West Queensland Law Association (DSWQLA) has teamed up with University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) to offer a CPD session this week.
Matthew Le Grand, Principal Crown Prosecutor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, will present Mental Health Defences in Criminal Law at the university’s Toowoomba campus on Thursday.
The event will begin at 5.30pm. Buy tickets here.
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