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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.

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.

Over the Christmas break, law students from The University of Queensland and The University of Tennessee learned how to lead, teaming up for a new short course offered by UQ law.

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.

The fourth annual David Jackson Dinner was held at The Women’s College, University of Queensland, on Tuesday 24 November.

An exciting partnership between the UQ TC Beirne School of Law and the Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Faculty of Law was celebrated last Monday at UQ.

Queensland judicial leaders tried their hands as graffiti artists at The University of Queensland’s landmark Forgan Smith building this morning to mark the beginning of a new chapter in the building’s history.

Congratulations to TC Beirne School of Law PhD student Betheli O'Carroll who received the inaugural 2015 BEL Research Awards for a Research Higher Degree student.