Melbourne Law School

MLS sports law students Annie Poulton, Chloe Fabbro and Emily Thompson are celebrating women in sport with their podcast 'The Forward Line'.

MLS Professors Ian Freckleton QC and Julian Savulescu, and Associate Professor Jonathan Liberman are exploring the ongoing impact of COVID-19 in new and existing health law MLM subjects.

The last time we spoke to Jenny Taing, she was a senior lawyer at ASIC and about to begin studies at Harvard. Four years and one OAM later, Jenny reflects on her journey and what drives her to give back to the community.

Associate Professor Andrew Godwin is researching the life and times of MLS alum William Ah Ket and is working with the descendants of the Ah Ket family for this purpose. Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. Contact Andrew at a.godwin@unimelb.edu.au.

To celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2020, Melbourne Law School hosted a three-part webinar series where academics , experts and indigenous leaders discussed treaty, sovereignty, and the role of the legal industry in achieving reconciliation.

Melbourne Law School congratulates a number of our alumni who were recently recognised in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The awards are a testament to the contributions and outstanding commitment made by MLS alumni to the Australian community.

The move to a virtual classroom has been a significant change for Melbourne Law School. Here, students and teachers reflect on the challenges, the benefits and the lessons learned.

Melbourne Law School’s 2020 judge in residence likes to do things differently.

From creating legal apps to competing in the Georgetown Law Iron Tech Lawyer competition, MLS JD students are future-ready.

Principal solicitor and ‘Multicultural Women in Sport’ founder Molina Asthana says that in both sport and law, it pays to persevere.By Clare O'Brien

MLS JD student Chris Girardi and MLS alum Laura Hamblin have come out tops in the 2019-20 U21 & PwC Student Innovation Challenge.

2019 Melbourne JD graduate Finbar Piper reflects on the semester he spent studying at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London.

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot is one of the world’s biggest celebrations of the art of argument. Competing in it is not for the fainthearted.

The Alex Chernov Scholarship is awarded each year to an international student from India undertaking the Masters program.

Melbourne Law School congratulates a number of alumni and friends who were recently recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours list. The awards are a testament to the contributions and outstanding commitment made by MLS alumni to the Australian community.

From Hong Kong to Capitol Hill, these are your most-read articles from MLS eBrief 2019

Melbourne Law School has received more than $840,000 in funding as part of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards.

A Federal Court ruling that the Australia government’s ‘Robodebt’ system is unlawful shines a much-needed light on what the law actually says.

The remote community of Laramba is taking action against the CEO of the Northern Territory Department of Housing  with the help of an app developed by MLS JD students.

On 23 October, the Hon Dr Barry Jones AC paid tribute to Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC in a speech at the Melbourne Law School's Golden Alumni Reunion.

Every semester, Melbourne Law School’s JD students are conceiving and designing apps that tackle a range of legal issues – from media law and risk assessment to creating advance care directives for the community.

MLS alumnus and co-founder of Josef, Sam Flynn, reflects on MLS's first ever Law Tech Design Pop-Up.

Melbourne JD student Philippa Sutherland reflects on her time in the United States as part of the Melbourne elective ‘Global Lawyer’.

Melbourne JD student Ken Zhunwye Kiat reflects on his time in Geneva as part of the Melbourne elective ‘Institutions in International Law’.

Unrepresented individuals, small businesses and small not-for-profit organisations can now apply to receive free tax assistance from the Melbourne Law School (MLS) Tax Clinic.

On Wednesday 29 May, MLS hosted the Law Apps Awards celebrating a semester of hard work by Law Apps JD students. MLS spoke with the winners of the Law Apps Award about their experience of developing a community justice-centred app.