22-06-2022

Editor's note: Ever wondered what it’s like to study abroad? ANU Law student ambassador Cherish Tay gives us the low-down on her adventures and experiences studying in Taiwan in her new blog series.

By Cherish Tay (student ambassador)

In 2019, Taiwan became the only place in Asia were same-sex marriage is legal.

20-06-2022

The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law congratulates all members of our community who have been acknowledged in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. 

Three ANU Law alumni have been recognised in the 2022 Queen's Birthday 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.

Mary Allan (BA/LLB '87) AM

14-06-2022

From data privacy to accountability of algorithms, there are a myriad of new challenges posed by the rapid reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.

While data-based technologies provide us with a world of possibilities, they also present a range of associated risks, ethical concerns and biases.  

This begs the question: what role can the law play in the regulation and governance of AI to ensure justice, social inclusivity and trust in administrative and contractual processes?

09-06-2022

For many undergraduate students, university is a time for ‘breaking away’ from their parents.

06-06-2022

Edward (Ned) Cheston (BA '20, LLB (Hons) '21) was pleasantly surprised when he first learned that he had been awarded the 2021 Frohlich Scholarship to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

02-06-2022

By Aidan Hookey (student ambassador)

The past two years have heightened understandings of emergency and provoked new questions about what it means to be in 'crisis'. Lockdowns have isolated but also concentrated our minds. Justice and the law, viewed at a distance, seemed at once more significant, but increasingly disjointed.   

23-05-2022

Editor's note: Ever wondered what it’s like to study abroad? ANU Law student ambassador Cherish Tay gives us the low-down on her adventures and experiences studying in Taiwan in her new blog series.

By Cherish Tay (student ambassador)

19-05-2022

By Audrey Mims (student ambassador)

When Lillian Ireland moved from Tasmania (lutruwita) to Canberra (Ngunnawal-Ngambri Country) in 2016 to study at The Australian National University (ANU), she was excited about growing within a supportive community of Indigenous students.

05-05-2022

Charlotte Hoynes (BA/LLB (Hons) '21) knew from the outset that she wanted her honours thesis to focus on the relationship between the rule of law and administrative law.

What she didn’t know at the time was that her thesis would result in her being awarded the 2021 Blackburn Medal for Research in Law from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law.

03-05-2022

Over the last decade, Pakistan’s superior judiciary has emerged as a powerful and overtly political institution. In his new book, Associate Professor Moeen Cheema examines the power and politicisation of the judiciary and presents a deeply contextualised historical account of judicial review in postcolonial Pakistan.

28-04-2022

Editor's note: Ever wondered what it’s like to study abroad? ANU Law student ambassador Cherish Tay gives us the down-low on her adventures and experiences studying in Taiwan in her new blog series.

By Cherish Tay (student ambassador)

19-04-2022

By Varshini Viswanath (student ambassador)

Every first-year law student wants to know the secret to success in law school. 

While there are no short cuts to high distinctions, first-year law students can develop academic skills vital to their academic and professional career through the Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) program at The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law.

07-04-2022

By Aidan Hookey, ANU College of Law Student Ambassador

Two teams of students from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law have travelled overseas to take part in prestigious mooting competitions.

28-03-2022

Editor’s note: Ever wondered what it’s like to study abroad? ANU Law student ambassador Cherish Tay gives us the low-down on her adventures and experiences studying in Taiwan in her new blog series.

By Cherish Tay (student ambassador)

24-03-2022

Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) has serious governance flaws and is potentially wasting billions of dollars in taxpayers' money, a leading expert from The Australian National University (ANU) warns.

10-03-2022

By Aiden Hookey (student ambassador)

A scholar at The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law and two of his stand-out students have been awarded significant funding to develop legal technology.

08-03-2022

A book of essays honouring Emeritus Professor Peter Cane FBA FAAL FASSA has recently been published.

Professor Cane spent 20 years at Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford before moving to The Australian National University (ANU) in 1997, where he remained until 2016.

16-02-2022

The Australian National University (ANU) has awarded honorary doctorates to three of its legal scholars for their exceptional contributions across law, academia and public service. Emerita Professor Robin Creyke AO FAAL, Emeritus Professor John McMillan AO FAAL and Emeritus Professor Dennis Pearce AO FAAL were conferred their honorary doctorates at a graduation ceremony on 7 February 2022 at Llewellyn Hall.

15-02-2022

The Australian National University (ANU) College of Law has hosted the largest national round of the Jessup moot in recent history, with 18 law schools competing in the 2022 DLA Piper National Rounds from 8-12 February 2022.

This year marked the second that the competition was held online to enable law schools to compete regardless of border restrictions, with the students rising spectacularly to the challenges they faced in preparing for the moot in the midst of lockdown restrictions and surging COVID cases.

09-02-2022

Robyn Lewis (BPolPhilEc '19, LLB (Hons) '21) decided to study law because she wanted to make a difference in the world and “liked an argument”.  

Robyn came to The Australian National University (ANU) with a background in environmental and political campaigning, and is leaving with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics under her belt.