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Going to work behind bars has enabled a group of University of Queensland law students to gain practical insight into the criminal justice system and a better understanding of those affected by it.

13 December 2012

The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, the Arts Law Centre of Australia and the Queensland Association of Independent Legal Services are among the organisations that have benefitted from support provided by ΢ĸ's Pro...

13 December 2012

A spring clean by academics from ΢ĸ Law School has led to a donation of forty legal textbooks to the Prisoners’ Legal Service (PLS) in Brisbane.

28 November 2012
From left: Chief Justice of the Federal Court Patrick Keane; Mrs Elizabeth Barry and Sir Thomas Atkin Morison unveil a replica plaque

΢ĸ and the Federal Court of Australia co-hosted an event to commemorate the birthplace of Lord Atkin of Aberdovey, one of the world's most influential common law judges, at a ceremony in Brisbane on Wednesday.

28 November 2012

A recent study from the University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) delivers some of the first empirical data about public attitudes towards performance enhancing drugs.

16 November 2012
ACPL Director Professor Ross Grantham confirmed that UQ’s Law School is ideally positioned to become an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the field of private law.

΢ĸ is set to be the leading provider of private law research and education in the Asia-Pacific region with the establishment of the Australian Centre for Private Law (ACPL) within the TC Beirne School of Law.

7 November 2012

΢ĸ School of Law has won its fourth mooting title in 2012 after winning the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) National Mooting Competition.

23 October 2012

Two University of Queensland law students have contributed to a successful appeal against the sentence in the case of Leslie Andrews, a 63 year-old Aboriginal man convicted of unlawful wounding in March this year.

4 October 2012

΢ĸ Law Student Society (UQLS) will delve into the reasons for a high rate of depression, stress and anxiety among law students at a mental health forum this month.

6 September 2012

΢ĸ has added to its remarkable mooting record in 2012 by winning the Shine Lawyers Torts Moot Competition.

28 August 2012
Moot competition winners (from left) Michelle Taylor from ΢ĸteam sponsor Norton Rose, Bianca Kabel, Joshua Underwood, Mitchell Beebe, Coach Dr Sarah Derrington, and ΢ĸLaw School Director of Mooting Dr Peter Billings.

Law students from ΢ĸ have built on their strong mooting record, winning the 13th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot competition.

16 August 2012
΢ĸProfessor Jennifer Corrin in Solomon Islands.

Research from ΢ĸ aimed at promoting institutional reform in neighbouring countries, has received $902,000 in this year’s round of Future Fellowships.

30 July 2012

The Director of ΢ĸ Pro Bono Centre at the TC Beirne School of Law has expressed disappointment and regret at recent State Government funding cuts to the Environmental Defenders Offices in Brisbane and Cairns.

11 July 2012
Chief Justice of Queensland Paul de Jersey AC presents the Dr MHM Kidwai Memorial Prize to ΢ĸlaw student Tegan Stockdale.

΢ĸlaw students have been awarded for their exceptional academic performance, in areas from environmental law to criminal procedure.

23 May 2012
΢ĸLaw Mentor of the Year Dan Ryan and law student Kah Hey Loh who nominated him.

After helping a Malaysian law student “enormously” in her transition from the classroom to the world of legal practice, Barrister Dan Ryan has been named ΢ĸ’s Law Mentor of the Year.

21 May 2012