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.
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.
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.
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.
For several years, civil society groups have been calling for a ban on what they call “killer robots”. Scores of technologists have lent their voice to the cause. Some two dozen governments now support a ban and several others would like to see some kind of international regulation.
Queensland Multicultural Awards finalist Madina Mohmood reflects on the people and circumstances that inspire her to make a positive change in her community.
Two of The University of Queensland’s most ambitious higher degree by research students had their moment to shine at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition.
Since meeting while studying at UQ's TC Beirne School of Law, Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry and Samuel Irvine Casey have gone from strength to strength in what can only be described as a cutthroat professional environment.
Teamwork, advocacy and sharp legal minds have guided three University of Queensland law students to victory at the fourth annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students’ Moot at the Federal Court of Australia in Brisbane.
A leading advocate for ending capital punishment in the United States has shared his insights on what it’s like to represent defendants on death row with University of Queensland law students and staff.
The federal government’s adoption of ASIC chair James Shipton’s proposal to embed ASIC supervisors in the banks is an important initiative. The Global Financial Crisis and the procession of corporate and financial scandals since then have led to what Shipton calls a “trust deficit”.
Racial inequality, poverty and incarceration rates in the United States and Australia were the focus of a workshop led by a renowned Harvard University sociologist at The University of Queensland this week.
Australian judges and legal professionals now have access to a new version of the National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book – an online resource to improve judicial understanding of family violence.
Seventeen University of Queensland law students participating in the University of Vienna Summer School have met with Dr Brendon Hammer, Australia’s Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia.
