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Leading scholars from across Australia, drawn from a variety of academic disciplines, will converge at The University of Queensland’s School of Law to identify ways of improving laws, policies and outcomes for vulnerable individuals seeking refugee protection in Australia.

For The Conversation: Dr David Jefferson explains the intellectual property law that gives courts more options to protect plant breeders' rights.

Students from The University of Queensland School of Law are donating their time to help Queensland high schools as part of the largest coordinated law outreach program to date.

For The Conversation: Professor Tamara Walsh says many young people are being charged with criminal offences while in the child protection system.

Associate Professor Paul Harpur from The University of Queensland’s School of Law will address the United Nations agency dedicated to advancing social justice and promoting decent work today.

UQ Law's Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh has been recognised by the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia with two prestigious awards.

Two Law School staff members were among those honoured at UQ's Faculty of Business, Economics and Law staff excellence awards.

For The Conversation: Professor Graeme Orr breaks down Scott Morrison's vow to outlaw boycott campaigns helmed by activists - and explains why the mining industry doesn't need protection.

In a bid to transform the legal profession, four UQ students have taken home $10,000 after winning the KWM Transform Law prize. Taking out first place was the JustAI team with their product Minrva, an AI and machine-learning powered search engine that provides answers to the everyday legal questions searched for by Queenslanders.

Speakers from across the Pacific Islands and Australia came together on 11 October 2019 at The University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute to discuss the specific human rights, including Indigenous rights, immediately challenged by the global climate crisis.

Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh explains what an Australian Media Freedom Act might look like and how it could work.

Inspiring tales of collaboration between researchers from UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) and their non-profit and community partners are the focus of the 2019 BEL Research Profile.

The TC Beirne School of Law in conjunction with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at UQ was thrilled to host its fifth Inspire U Law residential camp during the mid-semester break, aimed at engaging and nurturing the next generation of Indigenous leaders in the legal profession.

An initiative to reduce barriers for people with a disability travelling to and from The University of Queensland has been launched by Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner Ben Gauntlett.

Students at The University of Queensland Law School are helping teaching staff to tackle the nefarious issue of wildlife trafficking as part of an exciting program that is providing them with international opportunities, including the opportunity to present at an event in Vienna, Austria recently.

A team of students from the University of Queensland’s Law School have taken out the top award in the Alfred Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

Opinion piece featured in The Guardian, written by Associate Professor Peter Billings and Dr Joseph Lelliott on the Tamil family’s plight.

Celebrating a decade of continued service to the community.