Law School Events

Should electors be able to elect any fellow elector? Or should there be constitutional barriers to potential MPs? Are such barriers workable, and what are their impacts on minor party candidates especially?

Recent changes to the Migration Act have resulted in a spike in the number of visa cancellations on the basis of adverse character and credibility grounds.

Yu (Molly) Yao, Mid-Candidature Review

The TC Beirne School of Law invites you to join us for a presentation by Professor Ian Freckelton QC to explore integrity in the scholarly environment.

Presenter: Associate Professor Nick Barber, Fellow of Trinity College at Oxford University

Maritime Liens and Priorities in Canada presented by special guest speaker Mr Justice Harrington.

Justice Atkinson will discuss the life and career of Justice Mary Gaudron—Australia’s first woman appointed a justice of the High Court of Australia, serving as one of its most influential members for 16 years.

Free, exclusive first-year welcome event for students

Presenter: Andrew Fell, PhD Candidate, TC Beirne School of Law

Dr Kamalesh Adhikari and David Jefferson, workshop co-convenors.

Presenter: Professor Paula Giliker

In McKenzie v McKenzie [1971] P 33, the English Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed the important principle that any person conducting proceedings in court is entitled to quiet assistance from a person of their choice. Mr Hanger will share his experiences of his role in McKenzie v McKenzie and discuss its subsequent influence on the modern practice allowing parties in a trial process the assistance of a ‘McKenzie friend’.

Dr. Patrick C. Shih, Assistant Professor of Informatics, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Bloomington.

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.

Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of Centre of Internet and Society.

Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of Centre of Internet and Society.

Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of Centre of Internet and Society.

Presenter: Professor Liz Campbell​

Some critics have argued that the recent popular proliferation of zombie narratives suggests a collective failure of imagination: that what the trope of the zombie signifies is the very impossibility of thinking outside of the prevailing logics of consumption—or Capital.

No need to book. The Tour lasts for approximately 30 minutes. Tour Guides will pick you up in the foyer, Law Library (Walter Harrison Library).

Topic: Comparison of religiously motivated homicide in Islamic and Common Law systems
Presenter: Behnaz Zarrabi

Exploring the power of Chinese Culture in Female Intimate Partner Homicide in China: Focusing on the motive of ‘against domestic violence’.

Lecture six—Legal History of Queensland—Supreme Court Fire of 1968 will be presented by The Hon Richard Chesterman AO RDF QC on 24 November 2016.

Lecture five—Justices of the US Supreme Court—Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be presented by The Hon Justice Margaret McMurdo AC on 27 October 2016.