Indigenous Peoples and Law (Undergraduate)

Indigenous Peoples and Law (Postgraduate)

Indigenous Community Legal Clinic

Legal Education for True Justice: Indigenous Perspectives and Deep Listening on Country

The ANU College of Law and the Law Reform and Social Justice program started the Indigenous Reconciliation Project, which provides students with the opportunity to engage in law reform activities that promote Indigenous Reconciliation – strengthening the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, for the benefit of all Australians.

This is a student-led project that meets regularly as a team and with academics in the College to plan our activities and research projects, and develop our ideas for future ventures.

Past Projects of the Reconciliation Project include:

• The ‘Options for Truth Telling in the ACT’ project produced factsheets and a report for the Minister.
• Inaugural Indigenous Law Reform and Advocacy Competition at ANU
• Launch of the ‘Raise the Age Campaign’
• Law reform submission to the Northern Territory Treaty Commission
• Panel discussion regarding the ‘raise the age’ campaign

For more information on the project and how to get involved, please visit their website.

The ANU Graduate Attributes signal clearly the values of ANU and are distinctive across all degree programs. By 2025, the three Graduate Attributes will be embedded into the disciplinary context of each degree. The relevant graduate attribute is: Insight into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ knowledges and Indigenous peoples’ perspectives

To know the true nature of things, ANU graduates acknowledge and understand our history. At ANU, we are committed to knowing our country and learning its rich history. To do this, we recognise and incorporate Indigenous Australian peoples’ diverse languages and knowledges into the fabric of our University and our curriculum. ANU graduates continue to learn from and respect the knowledges and cultures that First Nations peoples have been developing and nurturing on their lands for millennia.

A Program Learning Outcome was incorporated into the LLB (Hons) degree in 2020 that specifies this graduate attribute. The convenors of each of the 16 LLB (Hons) compulsory courses worked with educational developers and indigenous advisors to embed Indigenous knowledge and competencies in their courses. This work has been mapped.

The mapping has identified specific learning outcomes, teaching activities and assessment tasks that map to the new graduate attribute. Over eight units' equivalence has been identified through mandatory assessment tasks as meeting the minimum requirement for this graduate attribute with a substantial number of optional tasks available to further increase this unit value. Teaching activities also exceed the minimum.

Cultural appropriateness will be checked by a small group of indigenous staff and students periodically.

ANU College of Law Indigenous Justice and Education Grant

Chris and Kerryn Marks Travel Grant

Freilich Indigenous Student Scholarship in Law

Tina and Tano Salpietro Travel Grant