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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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Legal AI: MLS celebrates 10 years of a clinic breaking new ground
Last month, current students, alumni and supporters of Law Apps gathered for a subject reunion, ten years after the inaugural cohort of this innovative subject.
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Asian Law Centre: Since 1985 and still growing.
When the Asian Law Centre was founded at Melbourne Law School forty years ago, Australian engagement in Asia was more of a concept than an established practice.
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Tragedy a Genesis for Change
Eight years on from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in West London in June 2017, a new book is examining building safety failures across Australia and internationally through the prism of private law.
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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.
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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.
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