News and Insights

Two University of Queensland law students have proven their legal prowess by winning the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Mooting competition at the Supreme Court of Queensland.

The future of Australia’s legal profession is bright, based on the sharp young minds honoured for academic achievements and contributions to Australia’s legal services industry at the University of Queensland last night.

After winning the national round of the KMPG International Case Competition, four UQ Faculty of Business, Economics and Law students have claimed runner-up position for Australia in the world finals of the prestigious competition.

We congratulate Georgia Williams as the UQ Law School winner of the 2016 Una Prentice Award.

UQ Law Professor Heather Douglas, along with Caroline de Costa, Professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at James Cook University, has been published on Crikey.

TC Beirne School of Law student Colin Craig has been offered an internship in Vienna by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for four months from April.

Professor Jennifer Corrin facilitated a Panel on Pacific Legal Systems, Past, Present and Future at The Australian Association of Pacific Studies’ Tides of Transformation conference.

In March, three students researched and wrote a comprehensive submission in support of the introduction of a Human Rights Act for Queensland.

In March, three law students undertook legal research to inform a law school submission in favour of expungement of convictions for historical gay sex offences in Queensland. Law students Erin Morris, Sarah Clouston and Chloe Widmaier prepared the submission in response to the QLRC inquiry under the supervision of Professor Heather Douglas. The submission, which was endorsed by many UQ law academics, can be viewed here.

Three University of Queensland students have set their sights on studying in China, thanks to a prestigious Westpac Bicentennial Foundation Asian Exchange Scholarship.

The TC Beirne School of Law has bolstered its reputation as one of the world’s most prestigious and respected law schools with the release of the 2016 QS World University Rankings by Subject today.

The TC Beirne School of Law was saddened to hear of the passing of The Honourable David Ross Hall.

Future pharmacists, lawyers and scientists are among a group of 11 top performing school leavers in the State who started studies at The University of Queensland this week.

Two University of Queensland law students have been putting their skills to the test in the Malaysian state of Sabah, in Borneo, through pro bono legal work.

University of Queensland law students will travel to Washington DC to compete in the international finals of the world’s largest mooting competition, after a judging error was discovered in the Australian finals.

University of Queensland graduate Abigael Mawby will move from Iran to New York to study anti-corruption law after winning a prestigious John Monash scholarship.

Providing legal advice to Members of Parliament on draft Bills that are tabled in Parliament is a challenging role for the legal advisor to the Samoa Parliament, Dr Lalotoa Mulitalo.

A group of University of Queensland law students has gained insight into corruption, money laundering and human trafficking thanks to an innovative law course in Switzerland this month.