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Associate Professor Heather Roberts FAAL

03 October 2025

News

The ANU Law School is proud to announce that Associate Professor Heather Roberts has been appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
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18 June 2025

Student life

LRSJ group Law Students for Gender Equality is bringing students and staff together to think through past and future paths for legal change. This semester’s evening event, ‘Voices by the Fire: Stories of Gender and Justice’, fostered discussion on gender, justice, and lived experiences of women and gender-diverse people in the legal system.
Mooting Competition 2025

06 May 2025

Student life

The ANU Law Students’ Society’s 2024 Ashurst Senior Mooting Competition showcased 38 students' advocacy skills in a contract law dispute, culminating in a Grand Final victory for Luke McNamara, Ashna Sahi, and Francesca Boardman, with McNamara also winning Best Speaker.
Stephan Free SC

12 April 2025

Chief Justice Andrew Bell welcomes the appointment of Stephen Free SC to the New South Wales Court of Appeal.
How a passion for social justice drives AAL First Nations Scholar Lillian Ireland

19 May 2022

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.
ANU Law PhD candidate awarded ABC TOP 5 Arts residency

25 July 2022

Lawyer, storyteller and PhD candidate gets boost in research exploring how art practices can be used to advance coronial justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
ABC News Logo

16 September 2025

Associate ProfessorEmma Aisbett  speaks to ABC News
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01 September 2025

Associate Professor Faith Gordon speaks to AAP
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30 July 2025

Associate Professor Faith Gordon write in The Conversation
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23 July 2025

Associate Professor Faith Gordon write in The Conversation
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10 July 2025

Professor Donald Rothwell speaks to ABC News
Scales of Law

09 October

09 October 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm

HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, Fellows Rd, Acton, ACT.

Flags of different nations

24 October

24 October 2025 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Nigel Bowen Commonwealth Law Courts Building, Canberra


In-person and online (live-streamed)

Frans Francken (II) - Mankind's Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice

13 February

13 February 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm

ANU Law School 
Australian National University in Canberra. 

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