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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.

Red Wine for Justice is a fundraising event held annually by QPILCH. This year UQ Law alumni, Marissa Dooris, Josh McGeechan and Bianca Kabel, presented on QPILCH’s recent accomplishment in assisting a client experiencing significant mental health concerns trying to avoid homelessness.

When Lachlan Campbell attends the G20 Youth Summit (Y20) in August as the Head of the Global Voices Australian delegation, he will be representing thousands of young Australians as part of a unique opportunity.

For three weeks in August 2015 Professor Leigh Goodmark of the Maryland Frances King Carey School of Law visited Australia as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar.

The Centre of Public International and Comparative Law and the Law School were honoured to host ‘a conversation’ between Emeritus Professor Suri Ratnapala of the TC Beirne School of Law and Professor Jimly Asshiddiqie, the first Chief Justice of the Indonesia Constitutional Court.

The Centre of Public International and Comparative Law and the Law School were honoured to host ‘a conversation’ between Emeritus Professor Suri Ratnapala of the TC Beirne School of Law and Professor Jimly Asshiddiqie, the first Chief Justice of the Indonesia Constitutional Court.

UQ Law Professor Graeme Orr comments on Political Donations on Channel Ten’s The Project, along with Waleed Aly and Senator Xenophon.

If work ethic is anything to go by, aspiring Olympian and University of Queensland law graduate Aisling Scott will one day be a gold medal lawyer.

The 16th Annual International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot 2015 was held in Melbourne from 3 – 7 July 2015.

On 10 and 11 July the TC Beirne School of Law and CPICL hosted the conference ‘Judicial Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Future Directions’. This was an initiative of CPICL Fellows Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Associate Professor Jonathan Crowe.

A University of Queensland arts/law graduate with a passion for human rights has won Cambridge University’s coveted Whewell Scholarship in International Law.

The University of Queensland's Law Associate Professor Jonathan Crowe has his paper 'Human, All Too Human: Human Fallibility and the Separation of Powers' featured on the Australian Public Law website today.