NEWS 

John Fleming Centre holds successful workshop (6 August 2008)

Lord Hoffmann, House of Lords, delivers public lecture on Liberty and Terror at ANU, 30 July 2008
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- images (PDF)

Senator Evans announces new immigration policy at the ANU College of Law, 29 July 2008
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- media release
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Adapting to Change, the first Australian law and policy conference of its kind was held in Canberra on 19-20 June 2008.

Launch of the world’s first legal research centre devoted to climate change at ANU (6 June 2008).

- Sydney launch of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy.

Australian Centre for Dialogue: Celebration of progess and launch of new DVD (5 June 2008).

The Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture was held on 28 May 2008 with guest speaker Mr Mark Bin Bakar.
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Launch of the Australian Centre for Military Law and Justice by special guest, The Hon Warren Snowden MP on Thursday 8 May 2008.

ANU College of Law well represented at Australia's 2020 Summit.

Annual Academic Appointment Round 2008 - now open
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- Teaching Fellowships
- A brief introduction to the College for prospective applicants

New Zealand Governor-General visits ANU Law School

STAFF NEWS 

Assoc. Prof Tom Faunce recently gave oral evidence to the Cth Senate Community Affairs Committee on the 'National Health Amendment (pharmaceutical and other benefits-cost recovery) Bill 2008. He has also been selected by the Scientific Committee of the Brocher Foundation to receive a residential fellowship for June 2009 in Geneva to pursue nanotechnology research.

Don Anton selected as member of the Joint Task Force on Treaties in US Law

Dr Gregor Urbas awarded ALSI Fellowship to be undertaken at the National University of Singapore.

Emeritus Professor Denis Pearce AO appointed Chair of the Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal.

Professor Jane Stapleton has recently been awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) by the University of Oxford. The DCL is one of the the ancient 'senior' doctorates. It is awarded for published work 'consisting of an original contribution to the advancement of knowledge of such substance and distinction as to give the candidate authoritative status in some branch or branches of legal learning'. In addition to her post in the College, Professor Stapleton is a Statutory Visiting Professor at Oxford and a member of the Oxford Law Faculty, and Ernest E Smith Professor in Law at the University of Texas at Austin.

Congratulations to Amelia Simpson who has been awarded a doctorate (JSD) from Columbia University for her thesis, The Concept of Discrimination in Australian Constitutional Jurisprudence.

Don Anton has been invited to speak on Climate Justice for Low-lying Island States at a conference on Climate Law and Developing Countries, hosted by the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Academy of Environmental Law at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.

Professor Kim Rubenstein appointed to committee to review citizenship test.

Don Anton to speak at major conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy at Yale Law School on 10-11 May 2008.

Prestigious prize for Professor Stephen Bottomley.

ANU Law Professor re-appointed Commonwealth Ombudsman.

Professor Michael Coper, currently Robert Garran Professor of Law and Dean of the ANU College of Law, has been re-appointed as Dean for a further five-year term, from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012.

ALUMNI NEWS

Stephen John Gageler SC, ANU College of Law alumnus appointed as the next Solicitor-General of Australia.

Congratulations to Tim Goodwin
ANU College of Law graduate and current student in Legal Workshop, Tim Goodwin has been selected as one of the 11 participants from the 2020 Youth Summit held in Canberra on 12 and 13 April to attend the main 2020 Summit this coming weekend. Tim is now working as the Associate to Justice North at the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne.

First Phillipa Weeks Scholarship in Law awarded

ANU law graduate to undetake ICJ Traineeship

University Medallist Honour Board unveiled at University House.

STUDENT NEWS

Alice Edwards awarded ASIL International Law Fellowship

Student wins prize for international law essay.

Law student wins Malay public speaking competition

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STAFF IN THE MEDIA

Defence and Discrimination, interview with Simon Rice on ABC Radio Background Briefing (August 2008)

China's thin veil of compliance, opinion piece by Dr Ann Kent (Canberra Times, August 2008)

Accountability overwhelmed by anti-terrorism laws, opinion piece by Miriam Gani (Canberra Times, August 2008)

Spanish court to hear Chinese genocide claims, interview with Professor Don Rothwell (ABC Radio Australia, August 2008)

A price on your genes, Dr Matthew Rimmer interviewed (The Australian, July 2008)

Borders erected around unlimited right to detain, opinion piece by Susan Harris Rimmer (Canberra Times, July 2008)

Khmer Rouge trial under fire, Tara Gutman, ANU College of Law SJD student interviewed (ABC Asia Pacific TV, July 2008)

Answers sought over nerve gas plan, interview with Professor Peter Bailey (The Australian, July 2008)

Rudd's climate target 'will fail', interview with Andrew Macintosh (Canberra Times, July 2008)

EBay: pirate bazaar or legitimate marketplace?, interview with Dr Matthew Rimmer (ABC News, July 2008)

Time to bridge deep divide, opinion piece by Professor Don Rothwell (Canberra Times, June 2008)

Human rights of murder victims, opinion piece by Dr Gregor Urbas (Sydney Morning Herald, June 2008)

Don't Feed the Patent Trolls, Dr Matthew Rimmer (Australasian Science, June 2008 and Online Opinion, June 2008)

Reopening of the Phuong Ngo case, interviews with Hugh Selby.
- Sydney Morning Herald (June 2008)
- The Australian (June 2008)
- ABC News, The World Today (June 2008)
- Adelaide Now (June 2008)

Patent Law: A Clash of Interests, Dr Matthew Rimmer interviewed in Canberra Times (June 2008)

The 'federal judge' furphy in the human rights debate, opinion piece by Simon Rice (Online Opinion, June 2008)

Canberra's first same-sex civil union, between ANU Law lecturer Kevin Boreham and partner Edwin Ho (Canberra Times, June 2008)
- The Age (June 2008)
- Melbourne Community Voice (June 2008)
- Stuff.co.nz (June 2008)

Women in corporate law firms, interview with Professor Margaret Thornton (ABC Radio National, Law Report, June 2008)

An each way bet, by Simon Rice (The Australian, May 2008)

Hillary suffers in gender gap of presidential race, opinion piece by Ashleigh Barnes (PhD Candidate), (Canberra Times, May 2008)

Environment impact tests 'worst in country', Brad Jessup in The Age (May 2008)

Different markets, different prices, interview with Dr Matthew Rimmer (Choice, May 2008)

Interview with Professor Don Rothwell on the situation in Burma (ABC TV, Newshour, May 2008)

Growing push to repeal crime law amendments, interview with Professor Jim Davis (The Australian, May 2008)

How to choose a judge, stories by Simon Rice (ABC News, Unleashed, April 2008)

ABC Lateline interviewed Dr Gregor Urbas on Copyright Piracy (April 2008)

Professor Kent Anderson interviewed on criminal justice in Japan (ABC Radio, April 2008)

New indigenous body bid, interview with Professor Mick Dodson (The Age, 2008)

Patent Trolls and Patent-Busters, Dr Matthew Rimmer (ABC News Opinion, April 2008)

Labor takes a dive on PBS policy, Ms Katherine Shats, (Australian Financial Review, April 2008)

Unis forced to re-think IP policies, Dr Matthew Rimmer interviewed (The Australian, April 2008)

Playing games on Chinese, opinion piece by Dr Ann Kent (Canberra Times, April 2008)

Get rid of the patent absurdities, opinion piece by Dr Matthew Rimmer (The Australian, April 2008)

Love and marriage (union/partnership/relationship), opinion piece by Wayne Morgan (OnlineOpinion, April 2008)

Call for Constitution to allow alternating G-G , Professor Kim Rubenstein (ABC News, March 2008)

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