Brisbane | Thursday, 27 August 2026 | Agnes | 12:30pm–2.30pm

Join Dr Peter Ellerton — philosopher, UQ — for a conversation about framing the right question, testing your reasoning and holding your ground when it matters. You’ve built a career on judgement — one you can explain and defend, and one that’s earned your client’s trust. You’re trained to argue a position and maintain your professional agency. That’s something no machine or shortcut can replicate.

Dr Peter Ellerton is a philosopher and Senior Lecturer at UQ. He's also the founding director of the UQ Critical Thinking Project — one of Australia's leading centres for the study of how people reason, argue and decide. He calls what we're facing the 'principled rebellion': the refusal to surrender human reasoning to the convenience of AI. For lawyers, whose authority rests on judgement that can be explained and defended, that refusal isn't optional. It's your job.

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