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Baffled by the concept that patients should have to seek help blindly without a clear indication of fees or access to information on more affordable options, UQ Law student James Gillespie set out to increase transparency in the healthcare industry.

Seven people connected with The University of Queensland’s School of Law have received Australia Day 2020 Honours.

The Australian government unequivocally rejects the charges as baseless, but when asked by reporters what they were doing to get her out of prison, the responses were vague.

A University of Queensland graduate and advocate for social justice has been named a 2020 Australia-at-large Rhodes Scholar.

Being part of The University of Queensland’s successful mooting team was the first step towards a potential career at the bar for Arts/Law Valedictorian Mia Williams.

A research project designed to develop a better understanding of the legal response to domestic violence has secured federal government funding for 2020.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.