Students who have competed in mooting and legal skills competitions in 2017 were recognised this week at the sixth annual David F Jackson Mooting Dinner.
Outstanding academic and professional staff at the Law School have been recognised at UQ's Faculty of Business, Economics and Law staff excellence awards.
The team behind the transformative refurbishment of The University of Queensland’s Forgan Smith building has been recognised at the Australian Institute of Architects’ National Awards.
Five remarkable women in law were honoured at the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland’s (WLAQ) 39th Annual Awards Dinner, sponsored by The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law.
UQ Law, Science and Technology Group, recently provided an overview of CRISPR to generate, facilitate and inform public debate around this new genetic modification technology.
UQ academics will undertake research in conjunction with Logan City Council, the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, and the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General to design and evaluate implementation of a Community Justice Centre.
The University of Queensland Law Society has announced a new student award named after the TC Beirne School of Law’s Head of School and Dean of Law, Professor Sarah Derrington.
UQ Law Professor Graeme Orr was the guest speaker this week at the 2017 University of Queensland Law Society MinterEllison Sir Harry Gibbs Lecture. Professor Orr presented his lecture titled: “Who Can Be an MP? The Constitution, the High Court and the Disqualification Farce”.
More than 100 students from The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law had the rare opportunity to hear from one of Making a Murderer's most popular figures, Mr Avery’s former defence lawyer Dean Strang, at a student-led Q&A panel last week.
The University of Queensland student Amy Bergman has been selected as a Laureate of the Embassy of France ‘Nicolas Baudin’ Travel Program, and will complete an exchange semester at Sciences Po, Paris.
A software service start-up business that accelerates commercial property contract negotiations has taken out the People’s Choice award in the Westpac Innovation Challenge.
An “exceptional” University of Queensland student who founded his own not-for-profit organisation received a perfect score at the 2017 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards.
Digital technology is increasingly used in domestic and family violence, and the so-called “smart home” could make it worse. Recent case studies and research show that almost any technology can be used for abusive purposes, from social media to GPS-trackers.
Match-fixing, doping, organised crime and player contracts are the kind of curve balls that will be pitched in a new course offered by The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law.
Led by UQ alumnus and Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, The Honourable Justice James Douglas, students participated in a court hearing scenario and witnessed a real criminal trial.
TC Beirne School of Law PhD candidate Joseph Lelliott was the People’s Choice winner for his thesis presentation Unaccompanied Minors: Developing Law and Policy to Protect the Most Vulnerable Migrants.
