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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.   

In it's most recent discussion series, the Berkley Forum has invited experts to contribute to the debate on theological organisations and sexual abuse, posing the question: how have the distinct theologies and organizational models of the Southern Baptist Convention and Catholic Church impacted the way that these religious bodies have dealt with sexual abuse?

Hosted simultaneously in 23 countries across the world, the 2019 World Legal Summit on 1 August 2019 brought together world-leading experts, practitioners and scholars representing legal practice, academia and industry.

A scholarship program for Australian high school students wanting to pursue a career in law has been extended to allow even more students to apply.

For The Conversation: Professor Graeme Orr explains the substance and process at play in the challenges to the results in the Victorian seats of Kooyong and Chisholm at the 2019 federal election.

The University of Queensland (UQ) and Harvard University researchers have been contracted by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to undertake research to help protect the rights of people living with a disability and decrease the likelihood they will experience abuse, neglect and exploitation.

A free digital resource to help judges, legal practitioners and frontline staff navigate domestic and family violence cases has been released today.

This week, more than 2000 business, economics and law students graduated from The University of Queensland. For valedictorian Michael Chen, graduation marked the completion of a five-and-a-half-year double degree in law and economics, and the beginning of his future in law.

The University of Queensland has defeated The University of Sydney in the grand final of the 20th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot, marking UQ’s second consecutive world-title win.

Isabelle Peart is studying a double degree in economics and law. She hopes to pursue a career in international law when she graduates. Isabelle talks about her experience as an intern at the United Nations Women Asia and the Pacific, and life as an exchange student in Indonesia.

Victoria’s commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women. Heather Douglas writes for The Conversation.

Rebecca Ananian-Welsh writes an explainer: What are the media companies’ challenges to the AFP raids about?