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The University of Queensland Law School is partnering with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to develop university modules on wildlife, forest, and fisheries crime.

University of Queensland law students have been acknowledged for their outstanding mooting achievements at the Law School’s seventh annual David F Jackson Mooting Dinner.

Inspired by his own university experience, leading funds manager Matt McLennan has donated $1 million to The University of Queensland Law School to provide students with collaborative learning spaces.

International lawyer Melinda Taylor talks to Contact about her duty to stand up for basic human rights – even when her own safety is at risk.

Chloe Widmaier is in her first week at law firm Ashurst, and studying at night to finish this semester’s work. She’ll soon graduate with a Bachelor of Laws with a Diploma of Languages in Chinese. In her third year of studying Law, Chloe volunteered at the UQ Pro Bono Centre. She helped refugees on Saturdays at a free clinic run by the Uniting Church to understand the process of applying for asylum.

International experts in law, poverty and social policy will gather at The University of Queensland this week to address some of the key issues associated with homelessness in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

University of Queensland law graduate Anne-Marie Rice has been named the Leneen Forde AC Woman Lawyer of the Year at the annual Women Lawyers Association of Queensland (WLAQ) awards night.

A number of human rights experts at The University of Queensland Law School have welcomed the Queensland Government’s Human Rights legislation tabled in Parliament yesterday. 

An advocate for women’s empowerment, University of Queensland student Sophie Ryan will continue the fight against sexual and gender-based violence in conflict regions as this year’s George George’s Research Scholarship recipient.

It's a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous – and the legal profession is not exempt.

A University of Queensland law professor has been honoured with an Australian Red Cross award for exceptional leadership.

The University of Queensland’s School of Law has jumped 14 places in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, to be 40th in the world.

A University of Queensland graduate has been named the Queensland 2019 Rhodes Scholar.

For Anti-Poverty Week 2018, 14-20 October, UQ Law Students undertaking volunteer work and and helping in clinics spoke to up-and-coming local human rights lawyers about their career journey, and how they contribute to the alleviation of poverty and injustice.

The School of Law's bench book project is providing tools to help the judiciary better protect victims of domestic violence.

Seventeen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from high schools across Queensland and interstate will get a hands-on experience of life as a law student this week as part of The University of Queensland’s InspireU Law residential camp.

Behnaz Zarrabi never thought her interest in studying religious violence would result in a PhD about exorcism.

We sat down with the BEL 3MT® winner and People's Choice, Jocelyn Bosse (TC Beirne School of Law) to discuss her love of research, her thesis, and her thoughts on the value of the 3MT® competition.  

A domestic violence protection order is the most common legal response to domestic and family violence in Australia. Every year, Queensland courts issue about 25,000 orders to protect people from domestic violence.

University of Queensland international disability law expert Dr Paul Harpur will meet with the Australian Human Rights Commissioner today to discuss ways to improve access to e-books for people with a disability.