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A Supreme Court of Queensland judge was among the roll call of 11 University of Queensland Faculty of Business, Economics and Law community members celebrated this week for creating positive change.

How many Australians were worried about the fact that the Australian Federal Police had spent a good portion of the week raiding the offices and homes of journalists who’ve published stories clearly in the public interest?

Rebecca Ananian-Welsh writes for The Conversation about recent raids by the Australian Federal Police on journalists.

A recent survey of UQ Law students found that more than 95 per cent of University of Queensland Law students go on to work in the legal industry or in other professional occupations.

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland Desmond Derrington’s relationship with UQ spans almost 70 years and is now sharing his experiences with UQ Healthy Living as part of their positive healthy aging program.

UQ Law students are helping families and advocates of vulnerable young people understand their right to education with the release of a community education publication about aspects of the Human Rights Act 2019.

Four UQ Law students got a global perspective on environmental legal practice thanks to Future Law Sabah, New Colombo Plan funding and the UQ Pro Bono Centre.

A conversation with Alastair Blenkin, the founder of Hyra iQ, a tech startup and digital platform that automates high volume contract negotiation using artificial intelligence.

The practical steps to embarking on a political career.

Take every opportunity, find a mentor and be honest with yourself – this was the key advice shared at the annual University of Queensland Women in Law event.

Can the legal system help tackle its expert evidence problems by embracing the principles of the open science movement? Listen now.

Our team won the Best Overall Respondent Side during the championship rounds at the 2019 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, USA.

Will text analytics render lower-level law jobs redundant as machines learn to search files and produce answers? How far away is digital legislation that can be executed by machines? Should lawyers learn how to code?

After years of uncertainty about the future of the family law system, the next government now has a clear roadmap for how to amend the law, and improve the system of justice, Academic Dean and Head of TC Beirne School of Law, Patrick Parkinson writes for The Conversation.

A new competition will give Law students the opportunity to transform the profession through technology, with a prize of $10,000.

International business lawyers must have a good understanding of the Chinese legal system, University of Queensland Academic Dean and Head of UQ School of Law Professor Patrick Parkinson has confirmed.

Our School has partnered with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to develop modules on wildlife, forest, and fisheries crime. UQ Law students joined their counterparts from Vienna and Zurich to trade knowledge and ideas and meet some of the animals they’d be working to save.

The High Court has decided, for the first time, the approach that should be taken to resolving native title compensation claims.

University of Queensland researchers working in criminal justice and domestic violence have influenced key legal reforms designed to better protect Australian women from domestic violence.

Researchers are launching a $9 million study which aims to embed ethics and the law into autonomous defence systems, such as self-driving military vehicles.