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Jon Faine returns to the airwaves in new podcast
Former ABC Radio broadcaster Jon Faine is hosting a new podcast series spotlighting current legal issues in interviews with researchers at Melbourne Law School.
The series, JUSTICE with Jon Faine, will unpack legal complexity, analyse cases and often prompt calls for law reform.
The podcast involves discussions on a wide range of topics with legal experts in each field. Subjects include an international challenge to the right to strike, AI discrimination in job recruitment and patients’ right to record their doctors.
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Improving workplace culture key to lawyers’ wellbeing: new survey
A new study of Australian lawyers shows that workplace culture is critical to improving their wellbeing. It recommends the introduction of more or better flexible working arrangements, improved management of lawyer wellbeing by firms, and greater understanding of the specific wellbeing needs of both junior lawyers and those managing them.
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Bringing the Melbourne Law School to Aotearoa: 2024 cohort of Indigenous Law and Justice Hub travelling subject visit New Zealand
The Indigenous Law and Justice Hub was excited to once again collaborate with friends and partners in Aotearoa (New Zealand) to bring Melbourne Law students and visitors to eminent Indigenous law and legal knowledge.
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Edited collection furthering wellness across the legal profession
A new publication co-edited by Judith Marychurch and Kate Fischer Doherty of Melbourne Law School, together with Jacqueline Weinburg from Monash Law, makes an important contribution to the developing understanding of – and strategies to address – wellness across all facets of the legal profession.
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Law research involves the systematic study and analysis of legal principles, statutes, case law, and legal precedents to address complex legal issues and develop informed interpretations. Researchers in this field aim to contribute to the advancement of legal knowledge, the improvement of legal systems, and the promotion of justice and fairness within society. Our research and teaching can be categorised into five areas of interest.
MLS Indigenous
Learn more about Melbourne Law School’s commitment to building and supporting just relations between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the state and between their respective laws, legal traditions and jurisprudence.
*Times Higher Education. World university rankings by subject, 2025