Law School

Law School Events

Find events for practitioners, academics and students, hosted in collaboration with organisations outside the UQ School of Law.

Our prestigious events series include:

Global Change Institute

Translating PVE/CVE Research into Evidence-Based Policy A Research-Policy-Practice Trilogue

2 August 2018 10:00am–5:00pm
 
in Translating PVE/CVE Research into Evidence-Based Policy A Research-Policy-Practice Trilogue

Incarceration and Inequality

1 August 2018 8:45am–10:30am
 
in Public lectures
Dr Andrew Leigh (MP) in conversation with Bruce Western, Vincent Schiraldi, Jessica Simes, Rebecca Wallis and Monica Bell.
Facilitated by Simon Bronitt.

“A Wholly Repugnant Spectacle”: A Panel Discussion with Richard Bourke

31 July 2018 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Richard Bourke
Join UQ law students for a Q&A session with Richard Bourke, an Australian lawyer fighting capital punishment in the United States.
Ricjhard Bourke at SydneyTEDx

Cocktail Function with Richard Bourke

30 July 2018 5:30pm
 
in Richard Bourke
Richard Bourke has worked on numerous trials and appeals opposing the death penalty in the United States.
UQ researchers, government representatives and delegations from Pacific islands at Pacific Islands Regional Marine Spill Contingency Plan (PACPLAN) event.

Australia Pacific workshop on marine oil spills

11 July 2018 9:00am
 
in MASLU events
University of Queensland researchers, government representatives and delegations from six Pacific island states have met to discuss the implementation of the Pacific Islands Regional Marine Spill Contingency Plan (PACPLAN).

Private law's revolutionaries: authors, codifiers and merchants?

28 June 2018 5:15pm
 
in Selden Society Lectures
Presented by Professor Hector MacQueen, Edinburgh Law School

Conscience and Human Depravity: An Examination of John Calvin's Natural Law Theory

31 May 2018 6:00pm
 
in Australian Legal Philosophy Students' Association (ALPSA)
Seminar 2

Seminar 2: Fiduciary Law - "Prospective Fiduciary Duties"

17 May 2018 5:15pm–6:45pm
 
in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series
Speaker: Professor Lionel Smith, McGill University Canada
Chair: Dominic O’Sullivan QC
Commentator: The Hon. Justice Derrington, Federal Court of Australia
map of the Timor Sea

Insight into Australia and Timor-Leste maritime border agreement

10 May 2018 12:00am
 
in MASLU events
More than 50 legal practitioners and University of Queensland law students gathered at the Supreme Court of Queensland on Tuesday 1 May to discuss the historic maritime treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste.

Australia-Timor Leste Maritime Boundary - Developments and Issues

1 May 2018 5:30pm
 
in MASLU events

Women in Law 2018

19 April 2018 5:30pm–7:30pm
 
in Women in Law
This event is an opportunity for UQ School of Law women students, alumnae and friends to engage in an invigorating discussion about career development with a panel of successful women from the legal industry.

Natural Law in the 21st Century

18 April 2018 6:00pm–8:00pm
 
in Australian Legal Philosophy Students' Association (ALPSA)
Presenter: Professor Jonathan Crowe, Bond University
Cartels, Optimal Enforcement and Theories in Competition Law

Cartels, Optimal Enforcement and Theories in Competition Law

27 March 2018 9:00am–10:00pm
 
in Cartels, Optimal Enforcement and Theories in Competition Law
This event commemorates the research conducted by Laura Guttuso a former, outstanding TC Beirne School of Law PhD candidate, who died suddenly before completing her PhD thesis.
Seminar 1

Seminar 1: Criminal Evidence - "Whatever Happened to Weissensteiner - the Person and the Principle?"

22 March 2018 5:15pm–6:45pm
 
in Current Legal Issues Seminar Series
Speaker: The Hon. Justice Soraya Ryan, Supreme Court of Queensland
Chair: The Hon. Justice Walter Sofronoff, President of the Court of Appeal
Commentator: Professor Jill Hunter, University of New South Wales

Life at the Bar and on the HCA: Australia’s Constitution and its Interpretation

21 March 2018 5:00pm–7:00pm
 
in TC Beirne School of School Lecture
First Year Court Visit O-Week

Undergraduate Supreme Court Visit for First Year Law Students

13 February 2018 8:00am–5:00pm
 
in O-Week
Compulsory for all first year law students.
LLB Welcome for First Year Law Students O-Week 2018

LLB Welcome for First Year Law Students

12 February 2018 9:00am–11:00am
 
in O-Week
Compulsory for all first year law students. 
HDR Milestone

The Laws of Exorcism: A Comparative Study of Religiously Motivated Homicide

9 February 2018 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Behnaz Zarrabi, Thesis Review
Roundtable Discussion
HDR Milestone

An Historico-Legal Study of the Defamation Act 1958 (NSW)

9 February 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
David Galbraith, Thesis Review
Oral Presentation
Understanding Law as a MacIntyrean ‘Practice’

Understanding Law as a MacIntyrean ‘Practice’

2 February 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Andrew Curtin, Confirmation Seminar
Constitutional Transformations: Failure and Opportunity in Post-Independence South Sudan

Constitutional Transformations: Failure and Opportunity in Post-Independence South Sudan

2 February 2018 9:00am–10:00am
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Mark Deng, Confirmation Seminar
Liabilities for Breach of Carbon-Credit Sale Contracts Under the EU Emission Trading Scheme: The Law and the Practice

Liabilities for Breach of Carbon-Credit Sale Contracts Under the EU Emission Trading Scheme: The Law and the Practice

31 January 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Yu (Molly) Yao, Thesis Review
Research Seminar Series

Perspectives on Legal Research: The Case of 'Preventive Justice'

3 November 2017 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
in Research Seminar Series
Presenter: Professor Andrew Ashworth
Pro Bono Centre

Domestic & Family Violence and Community Lawyering

24 October 2017 12:00pm–1:30pm
 
in Pro Bono Events
The Rohingya Crisis

FlashPoint - The Rohingya Crisis and the Politics of International Law

18 October 2017 5:30pm–7:00pm
 
in UQ Events
The recent escalation in violence in Myanmar’s Rahkhine state has starkly highlighted the continuing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s northwest region and the unresolved communal conflict between Arakanese Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas.

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