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Emma Walling at her graduation ceremony

21-02-2024

The opportunity to pursue a thesis as part of her studies at the ANU College of Law provided Emma Walling with an avenue to answer “nagging questions” about the social, psychological, and legal aspects of infanticide. This thesis won Emma the Blackburn Medal for Research in Law.

Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley

24-01-2024

Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley FAAL and Professor Simon Bronitt (University of Sydney) have co-authored the fifth edition of a foundational legal textbook more than thirty years since the first edition was published in 1991.

Pipi Coddington

17-01-2024

Pipi Coddington’s journey into the world of law was ignited during a transformative gap year completing a legal traineeship at a local law firm in her hometown of Young.

The Genocide Convention and the ICJ: More Recent Developments

Tue, 26/03/2024 - 10:00 - Tue, 26/03/2024 - 11:00

In the first 68 years of being in force, the Genocide Convention was only the subject of three cases before the ICJ.  In the last four and half years, this has changed dramatically: with four new cases brought against four new States.  T

Internship in Cambodia: LAWS4301 - Law and Development Clinic Info Session

Mon, 25/03/2024 - 12:00 - Mon, 25/03/2024 - 13:30

Join us for an engaging lunch talk to gain insight into the Law and Development Clinic, tailored for law students keen on enrolling in the 2025 course.

Timber Capitalism: The Journey of Industrial Logging Across Tropical Forests in the Post-World War II Era

Mon, 18/03/2024 - 13:00 - Mon, 18/03/2024 - 14:00

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Negar Mansouri.

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Across undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees, ANU College of Law provides students with a unique understanding of current law and policy. Our capital city location links us with the nation’s key law-making and legislative bodies. We work with government departments, research agencies, NFPs/NGOs, other universities and the wider legal community to support and enhance legal education, research and policy in Australia and around the world. 

Nishadee Perera (BA/LLB (Hons) ’16, GDLP ‘17) completed her Master of Laws at Columbia University as a Fulbright Scholar. As a legal officer in the Office of International Law at the Attorney-General’s Department, her work covers trade and investment, law of the sea, human rights, refugee law, environmental law and more.

Watch as Nishadee reflects on her experience studying at law at Columbia University - including learning from Professors Amal Clooney and Sarah Cleveland - and her undergraduate studies at ANU, where her passion for law was nurtured. As a Sri Lankan-Australian raised in Canberra, Nishadee also discusses how, despite being "very much a STEM kid", she was motivated to study law to help marginalised people navigate systems that don't always work for them.

At a time when social injustice and race relations are at the forefront of global movements, how can Australia move forward in a post-pandemic world? On 25 June 2020, our alumni panel 'Being Asian-Australian in a pandemic world' examined the underlying issues of race relations with panellists sharing their perspectives of the Asian-Australian experience.

Hosted and moderated by 2020 ANU Student Volunteer of the Year (Undergraduate) Yasmin Poole (B IntR/LLB (Hons)), our alumni panel comprises Jean Sum (BComm/BActSt ‘04), Creative Strategist and Asian-Australian advocate; Helen Zhang (BAsSt (Chinese)/LLB (Hons) ’10, GDLP ’12), Diplomat and Foreign Policy Specialist; and Jieh-Yung Lo, Director, ANU Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership.

ANU College of Law Honorary Associate Professor, Dr Peter Burnett (MPubL ‘90, PhD '19), is a former long-term senior executive with the federal Environment Department, specialising in regulatory and policy issues and now researching at the College.

In this lunchtime seminar, Dr Burnett reflects on recent independent reviews of Australia’s most important single environmental law and the future of reform proposals in this fraught area of regulation and policy.

Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of Rolls of England and Wales, discussed the search for a digital justice system at a seminar held at the ANU College of Law on 18 October 2022.

Professor Hilary Charlesworth delivered her seminar "The UN Human Rights Council and Australia" on 21 October 2019. Co-presented by ANU Law Reform and Social Justice and Amnesty International, the seminar reviewed Australia's progress as a member of the UN Human Rights Council since 2017 and the role of the Council in promoting human rights.