Alumni events
Upcoming events
Encounters with Constitutional Interpretation and Legal Education: Essays in Honour of Michael Coper
- The Honourable Robert French AC, Distinguished Honorary Professor at ANU College of Law and former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
What do constitutional interpretation and legal education have in common?
Completing an award at ANU is a significant academic achievement and is rightly celebrated at the University's prestigious Conferring of Awards ceremonies. Conferring of Awards ceremonies are happy, inspiring events that have both formal and symbolic significance.
Completing an award at ANU is a significant academic achievement and is rightly celebrated at the University's prestigious Conferring of Awards ceremonies. Conferring of Awards ceremonies are happy, inspiring events that have both formal and symbolic significance.
Past events
- Dr Virginia Marshall, ANU inaugural Indigenous Post-Doctoral Fellow
Join Dr Virginia Marshall, the ANU inaugural Indigenous Post-Doctoral Fellow for the ANU Reconciliation Week Lecture.
Whether you are an experienced professional wanting a qualification to help you go further or a recent graduate continuing on an academic pathway, ANU offers a wide range of postgraduate study options. To discover more, we invite you to attend our information evening.
- Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor, The Australian National University
Register now for this rare opportunity to hear one of Australia’s most experienced politicians and speakers set out what the international community can to do to protect populations against the mass abuse of human rights.
- Professor Pauline Ridge, ANU College of Law
- Mr Dilan Thampapillai, ANU College of Law
The High Court’s recent decision in Thorne v Kennedy raises difficult and troubling questions about the doctrine of unconscionable conduct.
- The Honourable John Pascoe AC CVO
The President and Council of the ACT Law Society request the pleasure of your company at the 33rd Annual Blackburn Lecture, delivered by The Honourable John Pascoe AC CVO, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia.
- Associate Professor Susan Harris-Rimmer, Griffith Law School
This paper analyses the layers of legal protection in post-conflict Afghanistan for sexual assault by Afghan armed forces, with a focus on US, Canada, The Netherlands and Australian forces as part of ISAF.
- Gillian Triggs, Former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
Former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Gillian Triggs will examine the state of play of human rights in Australia and revisit the case for an Australian Bill of Rights.
- David Manne, Executive Director of Refugee Legal
Executive Director of Refugee Legal, David Manne, will assess the current state of asylum and refugee policy in Australia.
- Dr Christopher Ward SC, Adjunct Professor, ANU College of Law
This discussion will consider some particular topics of international law as they have been raised before the High Court of Australia, including human rights, extradition, self-incrimination and extraterritorial criminal law and state and diplomatic immunities.
- Professor James Stellios, ANU College of Law
- Commentator: Professor William Gummow AC
At its inception, the role of the Federal Court in the development of constitutional law was not entirely clear, nor was its relationship to other courts such as the High Court and the State Supreme Courts.
