Law School

Law School Events

This page lists events hosted by UQ Law or events hosted by organisations with which we have an affiliation. 

UQ Law prioritises the health, safety and wellbeing of our people – students, staff, alumni, industry partners and the community – above all else. Due to public health concerns around COVID-19, we are changing the way we bring you events. 

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Current Legal Issues Seminars

Current Legal Issues is a high-profile series of seminars on contemporary legal issues. Each seminar has been accredited for CPD purposes by the Queensland Bar Association and Queensland Law Society.

3MT

Law School 3MT Competition 2018

20 July 2018 10:00am–11:00am
 
in UQ 3MT Competition
In the space of one stimulating and highly-entertaining hour you will hear from the Law School’s PhD students presenting their theses in a snappy and engaging three minute presentation.

Humanitarian Arguments in Debates about International Arms Control

13 July 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in UQ Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series
Associate Professor Rain Liivoja, TC Beirne School of Law, addresses humanitarian concerns which underpin much of contemporary arms control law.
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).
Professor John Gardner

What Discrimination is Not

4 July 2018 12:00pm–1:30pm
 
in Public lectures
John Gardner FBA on the meaning of discrimination versus other terms, that are used as if they are synonyms for discrimination when they are not.

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

Lethal Autonomous Robots and the Plight of the Noncombatant

14 June 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in UQ Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series
Ronald C. Arkin, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, on the role of lethal autonomous robotic systems in warfare.
Kakadu plums

An Interdisciplinary Dialogue on the Legal, Social and Scientific Uses of the Kakadu Plum

1 June 2018 8:45am–5:00pm
 
in Intellectual Property Law and Food Security

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)

AI and Legal Education: A Conversation with Associate Professor Lyria Bennett Moses

24 May 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in UQ Law AI Q&A Sessions
​​The Hon Mr Justice Andrew Cheung

Immigration, Torture Claimants and Right to Family Life

21 May 2018 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Public lectures
Presenter: Hon Mr Justice Andrew Cheung, Chief Judge of the High Court, Hong Kong
Research Seminar Series

The Gestalt of Autonomous Systems

18 May 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Research Seminar Series
Presented by Professor Thomas Burri
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

Life at the Bar

16 May 2018 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
in BEL SET student events
Panel Event: What you need to know about going to the Bar

Proposed Changes to the Biodiscovery Act 2004 Workshop

15 May 2018 3:30pm–5:30pm
 
in Intellectual Property Law and Food Security
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.
Research Seminar Series

Geographical Indications, Food Heritage and Latin American Rural Development: The Political Dynamism of Doubled Commodities

4 May 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Research Seminar Series
Presented by Professor Rosemary Coombes

Guns and judges - Antonin Scalia and the right to bear arms

3 May 2018 5:15pm
 
in Selden Society Lectures
Presented by the Hon Justice Glenn Martin AM, for the Supreme Court Library of Queensland

Australia-Timor Leste Maritime Boundary - Developments and Issues

1 May 2018 5:30pm
 
in MASLU events
Indigenous Foods

Indigenous Food Experience

1 May 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in International Student Events
All international students studying at TCB are invited on a tasting journey through indigenous foods, cooking techniques and culture.

Reimagining IP Law

26 April 2018 6:00pm–8:00pm
 
in Australian Legal Philosophy Students' Association (ALPSA)
Presenter: Ms Jocelyn Bosse, PhD student at the TC Beirne School of Law and a former Treasurer of ALPSA
Smuggling of Unaccompanied Minors: Causes and Conditions, International Law, and Domestic Contexts

Smuggling of Unaccompanied Minors: Causes and Conditions, International Law, and Domestic Contexts

26 April 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Joseph Lelliott, Thesis Review
Presentation
Research Seminar Series

Experiences of the Referendum Council and Constitutional Reform

20 April 2018 3:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Research Seminar Series
Presented by Professor Megan Davis

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

Capacity and Treatment Refusal: How law should deal with the case of Anorexia Nervosa

18 April 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in HDR Milestone Presentations
Samuel Boyle, Thesis Review
Presentation

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