Law School Events

The virtual event will feature a talk on Dr. Adekola Tolulope’s recent book, 'Regional Cooperation, Intellectual Property Law, and Access to Medicines,' which examines how countries in the global south may effectively use intellectual property to serve public health purposes through the stratagem of regional integration.

You are invited to the launch of the CPICL Special Edition of the UQLJ which celebrates the founding of CPICL (Centre of Public International and Comparative Law) 20 years ago.

Our panel will discuss your rights as a worker, the law in relation to gender-based harassment at work, and mechanisms for responding to it. Academic staff on the panel will also provide some practical tips to prevent and address harassment in the moment e.g. in the classroom.

The TC Beirne School of Law and the Federal Court of Australia, invite you to the 2023 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture.

The Centre of Public International and Comparative Law of UQ’s TC Beirne Law School will host a conversation between two foremost constitutional law scholars, Justice Professor Dr Saldi Isra, Deputy Chief Justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court and Professor Dr Nicholas Aroney from the TC Beirne School of Law.

This paper offers an Australian take on James Whitman's article, 'The Two Western Cultures of Privacy: Dignity Versus Liberty' in the 2004 Yale Law Journal, where comparative lawyer Whitman argues that the American culture of privacy is essentially a libertarian idea centred in the home and against the state, while the European culture of privacy is more generally centred on an idea of human dignity.

In this information session (for UQ Staff from all disciplines), we will let you know what the UQ Pro Bono Centre is, what we do, and how your school could get involved.

Join us for the People, Plants, and the Law one-day conference explores the legal and lively entanglements of human and botanical worlds.

This paper provides an overview of wrongful convictions in Australia, how they are treated by current law and the prospects for reform.

This conversation will bring into sharp relief the often profound socioeconomic, political and technological challenges faced by constitutional reform processes around the world, focusing especially on the Global South.

Hear from a range of panellists, including a corporate solicitor, a lawyer from the Environmental Defenders Office, a barrister, and a PhD student.

This seminar provides a comparative perspective on cartel regulation, focused on the Swiss framework.

Entrepreneurially minded students will take home $10,000 at the 2023 #TransformLaw KWM Prize – attend to find out who!

Presented by Professor Jane Stapleton KC (Hon) FBA, together with a commentary by Patrick Keane AC KC.

Problem-led leaders focus on solving problems. In this workshop, we will explore what problem-led leadership is, and how it can have a practical impact in the world.

Our panel of inspiring women will share insights of their personal experiences and discuss the issues that still present barriers to women within the legal profession.

This workshop series is designed to develop your practical skills in areas that are crucial to success in the legal profession.

Presented by Shucheng (Peter) Wang, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong (CityU).

This seminar will discuss the use of machine learning (ML) and AI technologies to offer personalised products to consumers and explore the legal and ethical risks for financial sector companies that potentially arise out of the use of ML and AI in this context.

The Robodebt Royal Commission’s final report is due to be submitted in July this year. Our expert panel will be discussing the outcomes of the report, and its implications for the use of automated decision-making in public administration. Panellists will discuss various strategies for ensuring that use of automation in government decision-making is fair, transparent, and accountable.

Professor Jodi Gardner analyses if volenti should be abolished and a clearer distinction developed between actions of defendants and that of plaintiffs.

In this workshop, you'll learn the art of client-interviewing. The session will be run by the Law School's Practitioner-in-Residence Faye Austen-Brown, a human rights lawyer from Caxton Legal Centre with 15 years of experience, here to help you learn how to navigate complex legal scenarios with confidence and empathy. 

In this workshop, you'll learn the art of client-interviewing. The session will be run by the Law School's Practitioner-in-Residence Faye Austen-Brown, a human rights lawyer from Caxton Legal Centre with 15 years of experience, here to help you learn how to navigate complex legal scenarios with confidence and empathy. 

In this workshop, you'll learn the art of client-interviewing. The session will be run by the Law School's Practitioner-in-Residence Faye Austen-Brown, a human rights lawyer from Caxton Legal Centre with 15 years of experience, here to help you learn how to navigate complex legal scenarios with confidence and empathy. 

Join us for a panel discussion which will attempt to move beyond unsuccessful debates that pit innovation against equitable access to medicine. In doing so, panellists will draw on their own experiences in relation to re-thinking vaccine creation, production, and distribution. They will also consider what is needed to revision intellectual property to support the creation and delivery of new therapies, both in times of crisis and times of calm.