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The University of Queensland’s School of Law has jumped 14 places in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, to be 40th in the world.

Behnaz Zarrabi never thought her interest in studying religious violence would result in a PhD about exorcism.

We sat down with the BEL 3MT® winner and People's Choice, Jocelyn Bosse (TC Beirne School of Law) to discuss her love of research, her thesis, and her thoughts on the value of the 3MT® competition.  

A domestic violence protection order is the most common legal response to domestic and family violence in Australia. Every year, Queensland courts issue about 25,000 orders to protect people from domestic violence.

University of Queensland international disability law expert Dr Paul Harpur will meet with the Australian Human Rights Commissioner today to discuss ways to improve access to e-books for people with a disability.

For several years, civil society groups have been calling for a ban on what they call “killer robots”. Scores of technologists have lent their voice to the cause. Some two dozen governments now support a ban and several others would like to see some kind of international regulation.

The University of Queensland celebrated outstanding research outputs and research excellence in law at the TC Beirne School of Law Research Awards last week.  

This week the Victorian Supreme Court refused an application by the State of Victoria to strike out a claim by Tara Smith and her three children.

University of Queensland law researcher Dr Jason Chin is one of 10 early career researchers from around the world to be chosen to present his research at a prestigious US forum on science and the law next month.

Two of The University of Queensland’s most ambitious higher degree by research students had their moment to shine at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition.

A leading advocate for ending capital punishment in the United States has shared his insights on what it’s like to represent defendants on death row with University of Queensland law students and staff.

Racial inequality, poverty and incarceration rates in the United States and Australia were the focus of a workshop led by a renowned Harvard University sociologist at The University of Queensland this week.

A team of law students and staff at The University of Queensland has developed Australia’s first comprehensive deaths in custody website.

Australian judges and legal professionals now have access to a new version of the National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book – an online resource to improve judicial understanding of family violence.

The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law will host a group of leading Australian academics on July 19 for a workshop on ‘crimmigration’ in Australia.

A Research Fellow at UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law has co-edited a new book that will guide global researchers and policy makers in the regulation of genetic resources.

University of Queensland researchers, government representatives and delegations from six Pacific island states have met to discuss the implementation of the Pacific Islands Regional Marine Spill Contingency Plan (PACPLAN).

Collaborating with international researchers and non-government organisations, The University of Queensland’s Professor Jennifer Corrin is working to find solutions to the problems that arise from legal pluralism – the co-existence of different legal systems within one social field.