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Alumni sworn in as ACT Supreme Court Judges
Above: ANU College of Law Dean Professor Michael Coper with
newly sworn-in ACT Supreme Court Justices Richard Refshauge and Hilary Penfold.
Three of Australia's top lawyers at the
ANU College of Law
Dr Pene Matthew receives 2008
International Women's Day Award
International Court
of Justice internship scheme - congratulations to the 2008 nominees.
Don Anton has been appointed as a Professor in the Diploma
Course in International Environmental Law offered by UNITAR
Results of 2008 Jessup Moot Competition
International
Law Students descend on ANU- Jessup Moot 2008
Professor Kent Anderson reports that ‘Team Australia’
has just won the 2007
International Arbitration and Negotiation Mooting Competition, defeating
the top 16 Japanese universities and repeating as champions.
Don
Anton has been appointed Associated Fellow of the United
Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and will be advising
on International Environmental Law.
Congratulations
Two distinguished alumni of the ANU College of Law have been appointed as judges
of the ACT Supreme Court: Hilary Penfold (currently Secretary
of the (Commonwealth) Department of Parliamentary Services, and Richard
Refshauge, currently ACT Director of Public Prosecutions.
Xian Zhi Soon, a student in the ANU College of Law, has been
named the ACT Young Australian of the Year. Mr Soon was recognised for his work
in creating educational opportunities for young people as an employee of the
NSW Board of Education. He is now a finalist in the Young Australian of the
Year award which will be announced in January.
Ven. Alex Bruce awarded the ANU
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Community Service.
Blockbuster appointment
round brings new riches to ANU
- media release
Congratulations to the first
Australian Migration Law & Practice graduates at ANU
High honour for Professor Peter Cane: British
Academy announces new elections to Fellowships
Kim Rubenstein submits to Senate
Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee in its Review of the Australian
Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007
His
Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Christian, Islamic and
Jewish faiths met in a symposium exploring the role of religion in war and conflict.
ANU College of Law to send second
trainee to International Court of Justice.
Dr A J Brown, Visiting Fellow at the ANU College of Law, interviewed
on ABC Classic FM (May 2007) on his research in the areas of public
accountability, public policy and public law.
On 12 May the ANU College of Law, the Law Students Society combined with the
AIAL and Young Lawyers Committee of the ACT Law Society to conduct a successful
Accountability
Forum. Virginia Hausegger of the ABC was the moderator and several dignitaries
attended.
Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick has won the 2007
Hart Socio-Legal Article Prize from the UK Socio-Legal Studies Association.
The prize was awarded for Evolution and Chaos in Property Rights Systems: the
Third World Tragedy of Contested Access, Yale Law Journal (Vol 115, pp. 996-1048
March 2006).
ANU College of Law holds successful
Climate Law Conference
Professor Don Rothwell is part of a research team (based at
the University of Tasmania) that has been awarded $17,000 in the ARC Linkage
International Awards. The project is entitled 'The Future of Oceans Governance
in Polar Areas' and will run over 2007 and 2008 involving workshops in
both Hobart and Calgary.
ANU research scholar to undertake internship
with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague.
ANU College of Law Annual Academic Appointment Round 2007: advance
notice
Congratulations
to staff on recent achievements
'Exciting
appointment to the College of two world-class legal scholars'
The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL)Team just won the Japanese
Intercollegiate Arbitration and Negotiation Competition!
Competing against the top 15 universities in Japan, the ANJeL Team arbitrated
for 5 hours on Saturday and negotiated for 4 hours on Sunday. The ANJeL Team
was composed of students from ANU competing in Japanese and students from University
of Sydney competing in English. The students are: Pete Lawley (ANU Captain),
George Blades (ANU Captain), Leah Ambler (ANU), Ryu Ogawa (ANU), Joel Ruebin
(USyd), Chris Grey (USyd Captain), Adrian Bright (USyd), Wansang Lung (USyd),
Showhey Matsui (USyd), and Melanie Trezise (USyd).
- Competition
homepage
"Students negotiate first
place in Japan (Canberra Times, December 2006)
Richard Tooth delivers lecture on Status Concerns: Economics
and Law of Keeping up with Joneses
- audio
file (MP3 format)
Graeme Blank, Legal Workshop lecturer, presented a paper on
"Litigation funding in Australia - application in Hong Kong?"
to the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Hong Kong. The
event was attended by around 100 accountants, lawyers and other professionals
(28 September 2006).
ARC Discovery Grants
Congratulations to Dr George Barker who secured funding for
his project (with L Waverman) entitled 'The Impact of Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) on Economic Growth and Productivity, and the Role of Government
Policy', and to Dr Tom Faunce who secured funding for
'Regulating Medical Nanotechnology in Australia: Developing Practical Improvements
in Safety and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis'.
Death
of Phillipa Weeks
Win for ANU
Mooting Team at Law Week Mock Trial Competition
Visit
of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Kim Rubenstein and Don Anton have been elected
to the Executive Council of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International
Law (ANZSIL). ANZSIL has strong and historic links with The ANU through CIPL.
Like its counterparts around the world, ANZSIL seeks to develop and promote
the discipline of international law and provide a forum for academics, government
lawyers, non-government organisations, students and practitioners of international
law to discuss research and issues of practice in international law.
Appointment of Professor Donald
Rothwell
Appointment
of Professor Margaret Thornton
The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL), a collaboration
by ANU College of Law and the Law Faculties at the Universities of Sydney and
NSW and co-directed by Kent Anderson, held its annual conference on 28 February
2006. Article in Nihongo
Press (in Japanese). The conference's keynote address by Chief Justice James
Spigelman of the Supreme Court of New South Wales is available
here.
The ANJeL/ANU Moot Arbitration and Negotiation Team's performance
in Japanese at the Tokyo Intercollegiate Arbitration Competition on 3-4 December
2005 was highlighted recently in a video
produced by sponsor Sumitomo Group (Real Player required, 7.24min). ANJeL is
now
recruiting for student members for the 2006 Moot Team.
Inaugural Distinguished Visiting Mentor
Professor Stephen Legomsky, Charles F Nagel Professor of International and Comparative
Law at Washington University in St Louis, will be the first Distinguished Visiting
Mentor in the ANU College of Law, under an innovative scheme introduced by the
College in 2006 - details
A Rhodes scholar plans to battle injustice in the Asian region -
Jennifer
Robinson wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
Australian First for International
Court
CIPL to host first International
Tribunals Workshop in Australia
ANU Centre for Law & Economics wins
new consultancies
Highly successful sentencing conference - details
ANU College of Law to offer new postgraduate program in Australian
Migration Law & Practice - details
Recent Staff Achievements
Matthew Rimmer has been appointed a director of the Australian
Digital Alliance (ADA). The ADA is a non-profit coalition of public and private
sector interests formed to promote balanced copyright law and provide an effective
voice for a public interest perspective in the copyright debate. ADA members
include universities, schools, consumer groups, galleries, museums, IT companies,
scientific and other research organisations, libraries and individuals.
Robin Creyke reappointed to the Administrative
Review Council for a third term.
Don Anton has been elected to serve as a Member on the International
Law Association's (ILA) Committee studying the International Law on Sustainable
Development. Don is currently investigating how the principle of integration
may further operationalise the law of sustainable development and will take
part in the Committee's work at the 73rd Conference of the ILA in 2006 at Toronto.
Kent Anderson has been appointed as Professor of Japanese
Studies in the College of Asia & the Pacific. Kent has been appointed as
head of the Japan Centre. He will continue to teach and research as a fractional
appointment to the Law School.
Shae McCrystal’s doctoral thesis has been awarded a
University of Tasmania Dean's Commendation Award for 2005. This is a prestigious
award, made on the recommendation of the Board of Graduate Research, by reference
to the level of excellence attained and the contribution made by the thesis
to the field of research. The thesis was entitled 'Strike or Strike Out: An
Analysis of Australian Compliance with International Standards on the Right
to Strike'.
Doug Hassall was elected to the ACT Bar Council (January 2006).
Gregor Urbas was appointed as High Tech Crime Research Analyst
at the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), working with the Australian
High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) located in the Australian Federal Police (AFP)
(January 2006).
Andrew Byrnes, now a Professor of Law at UNSW, has been appointed
as an Adjunct Professor in the ANU College of Law. Andrew will be involved in
research projects and teach in the graduate program (January 2006.
An active approach to studying law:
opportunities
for ANU law students
Classic
seating enriches law assets
ANU-ANJeL Team
successfully competes at Japanese
Arbitration and Negotiation Competition
Many reasons to celebrate - Law
Graduation December 2005
New Appointment to International Legal Services
Advisory Council
Professor Michael Coper, Dean and Robert Garran Professor of
Law at the ANU and Chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD) has been
appointed to the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC) for a
term until 30 June 2007
2005 Federation Fellow
Professor Hilary Charlesworth from the Research School of Social
Sciences and the Law School awarded a Federation Fellowship details
Two Local Young 'Entreprenerds' Win Top National Prize details
ANU Law School alumnus wins ACT
Telstra Small Business Award for internet research company - audio
& picture
The Faculty hosted their annual Prize Ceremony
on Wednesday 6 April.
Congratulations to all the prize
winners
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