News and Insights

The Women Lawyers Association of Queensland (WLAQ) hosted its Annual Awards dinner on Friday 30th October at the Stamford Plaza Hotel Brisbane.

The University of Queensland law graduate, Ailsa McKeon was awarded the Australian Academy of Law inaugural Annual Essay Prize at an informal ceremony held at the Queensland Court of Appeal on Wednesday 28th October.

UQ Law Professor Aroney will deliver a paper on the topic of the ‘Amendment and Reform of Federal Constitutions’ this week at the Yale Law School Conference Thinking about Federalism(s) beyond the US experience.

At the TC Beirne School of Law, students are treated to an initiative not available at any other law school in Australia: participating in pro bono legal services.

UQ Law Professor Jennifer Corrin delivered a one day Workshop for Solomon Islands Law Reform Commission in Honiara, as part of her Future Fellowship activities, funded by the Future Fellowship and Solomon Islands Law Reform Commission.

The TC Beirne School of Law hosted the second Australia and New Zealand Air Law Moot competition on September 28-29, 2015.

In deciding that isolated human genes were not patentable, the High Court cited research by UQ’s ARC Laureate Professor Brad Sherman on the meaning of invention and the product of nature doctrine in intellectual property law.

The international research and teaching collaboration between The University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law and the University of Vienna was recognised with a formal dinner at Customs House on September 27.

UQ Law student Margaret Forrest has taken a big step towards realising her political ambitions after winning a prestigious scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge.

The Business, Economics and Law Faculty 3 Minutes Thesis (3MT) was held Friday 24th July. Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) celebrates the exciting research conducted by PhD students.

The Faith in Public Office conference held on Thursday 3 September explored the complex relationship between an individual’s religious convictions and the carrying out of duties in public office.

On the 11th September, the Australian Centre of Private Law, in association with the Bar Association of Queensland, hosted a one-day symposium on the topic of private law and power.

This book compares the conduct of civil cases in countries of the South Pacific. It explains the practical application of civil procedures in the context of the courts in which they operate.

Just one day after being named Queensland’s first female chief justice, UQ alumna, The Hon Justice Catherine Holmes shared career advice with our up-and-coming female lawyers.

In 2015, the Commission on Legal Pluralism decided to introduce a ‘Young Scholar Award’ for
the best paper presented during the biennial conference, with a view to draw more attention
to this field of study and academic research.

UQ Law students Elissa Morcombe, Hamish Macdonald, and Colin Craig will be presenting at the 2015 UQ Undergraduate Research Conference.

Three University of Queensland law students will go to Myanmar next week to present at the Asia Pro Bono Conference and Legal Ethics Forum.

Elena Sorda is a Visiting Endeavour Research Fellow at The Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, TC Beirne School of Law until December 31st.

Battling domestic violence, assisting the Supreme Court of Tonga and helping provide legal support to the Solomon islands – it’s all in a semester’s work for University of Queensland law students.