News and Insights

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Four University of Queensland students will compete in an international business competition in Dubai in April, after notching up UQ’s third consecutive win in a national tournament.

The TC Beirne School of Law’s Dr Paul Harpur has been awarded two international visiting fellowships this year to assist his research on human rights for people with print disabilities

TC Beirne School of Law Adjunct Professor Dr Michael White was awarded an OAM in the Australia Day 2016 Honours List for service to maritime law, and to naval history.

UQ Law RHD Candidate Laura Guttuso has been selected as one of the two recipients of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law International Scholar-in-Residence program for 2016.

Law students have a lot to celebrate with the release of new Australian Government statistics forecasting positive job growth for the legal profession.

CPICL Director facilitates discussion on forum shopping at the Commission on Legal Pluralism’s Conference held in Mumbai from 14 to 16 December 2015.

According to Michael Ware (Bachelor of Arts, ’92; Bachelor of Laws, ’94), “The closer you are to death, the funnier things become”. It’s an idea he lived by during his time as foreign correspondent in Iraq, first for Time magazine, then for CNN.

Professor Sarah Derrington, Dean of Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, led a delegation to Delhi, India to receive the official notification of accreditation of the UQ Bachelor of Laws (LLB) by the Bar Council of India on the 9th December.

Five generations of UQ law cohorts came together at the TC Beirne School of Law class reunions on Saturday 28 November.

A once-in-a-lifetime experience in Singapore awaits Bachelor of Economics/Laws student Samuel Bullen, who was awarded the Federal Government’s 2016 New Colombo Plan Scholarship.