21-02-2020

A leading environmental law and policy scholar from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law has been appointed to a Royal Commission that will investigate the country’s devastating bushfires over the past spring and summer.

21-02-2020

Students from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law recently met with Shane Rattenbury MLA, ACT Minister for Justice, to deliver a report on the ACT’s implementation of the Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).

20-02-2020

Leo Cussen Centre for Law has announced it will be delivering practical legal training at ANU from January 2021.

The Leo Cussen Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice will be offered from the Australian National University Acton campus and will be open to students in the ANU College of Law along with law graduates from other institutions

At the completion of their ANU Law degree, ANU students will have the option to undertake the Leo Cussen Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice being offered from the ANU campus and complete their practical legal training requirements in Canberra.

06-02-2020

Thailand’s new Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) will take effect in May 2020, subjecting organisations to new rules that safeguard the personal data of individuals. The law is modelled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and borrows many of its rules and requirements.

But how will it affect civil society? What does it tell us about legal reception? And can a market-driven law become a tool for human rights and democratisation?

28-01-2020

The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law congratulates all members of our community who have been acknowledged in the Australia Day 2020 Honours List.

Six ANU Law alumni have been recognised in the Australia Day 2020 Honours List for their outstanding achievements across a broad range of fields, and for their invaluable contribution to our society. We are proud to extend our warmest congratulations to all of our alumni who were recognised this year.

Dr Frank Brennan (LLB (Hons) ‘90) AM

21-01-2020

Ali Khan (LLB (Hons) ’04, GDLP ’10), an alumnus from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law, has been awarded a 2019 Churchill Fellowship and will head overseas later this year to undertake research on supporting gay male survivors of domestic violence.

Established in 1965, the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust helps Australians to travel overseas to conduct research in their chosen field that is not readily available in Australia.

17-01-2020

How does one lead a life of law, love and freedom?

15-01-2020

For many law students at The Australian National University (ANU), Beverley (Bev) Joyce King provided more than just administrative services; she was a source of warmth, familiarity and reassurance.

Bev worked for 25 years at the ANU Law front office, ensuring students were equipped with all the printed materials – from course outlines to voluminous readings – needed to succeed in their studies. She died on 19 December 2019 in Canberra. She was 77.

08-11-2019

27-09-2018

A new research paper co-authored by Associate Professor David Letts AM, CSM and Professor Hitoshi Nasu highlights consequences surrounding the legal characterisation of lethal autonomous maritime systems (LAMS).

Katherine Flint has been intrigued by the law of the sea since she first heard about it in her International Law (LAWS6250) course at The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law. 

Dr Jessica Hambly is a socio-legal scholar and deputy director of the ANU Law Reform and Social Justice (LRSJ) research and policy group. She joined the ANU College of Law as a postdoctoral fellow in February 2020.

With research interests spanning asylum law and procedure, refugee rights, gender and migration, legal geography, and other fields, Dr Hambly was drawn to the ANU College of Law by its reputation as “a top research institution with leading scholars in the field”.

By Helen Tong (student ambassador)

Team Australia comprising of Henry Palmerlee and Bas Braham, both students at The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law, has won the 24th International Negotiation Competition (INC) held at the Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Dr Philippa (Pip) Ryan is a barrister and senior lecturer at ANU College of Law, where she is director of the Master of Laws (LLM) program.

1. Tell us a bit about yourself including what brought you to ANU.

I did my sabbatical here in 2018 and decided I loved it so much that I just had to come back permanently

By Aidan Hookey, ANU College of Law Student Ambassador

For 2020 New Colombo Plan scholar Cherish Tay, law reform research has been a passion throughout her Bachelor of Asian Studies/Laws (Honours) degrees.

To mark International Women's Day this year we are celebrating some of the women who make our College a world-leading institution for legal education and research.

Helen Tong 

Team Australia comprising of Henry Palmerlee and Bas Braham, both students at The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law, has won the 24th International Negotiation Competition (INC) held at the Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Thomas Fearon is Deputy Manager of Marketing and Communications at ANU College of Law.

1. Tell us a bit about yourself including what brought you to ANU.

Originally from Newcastle, NSW before settling in Canberra in 2017, with about a decade in China in between. I was drawn to ANU because I wanted to work with great minds building a better future.

2. What do you enjoy most about working at the ANU College of Law?

The close-knit community and diverse expertise