Melbourne Law School

Melbourne Law School students and recent graduates were recognised for their outstanding achievements at the MLS Prize Celebration this month.

MLS JD students are teaming up to build legal apps in collaboration with not-for-profit legal services.

Melbourne JD graduate Blake Connell is the Law Institute of Victoria’s 2019 Rising Star of the Year.

It was at an MLS careers consultation that second year Melbourne JD student, Elisa Wong learned of Law Without Walls X (LWOWX) Social Enterprise Hackathon – a four-month virtual competition for law students around the world.

Masters student Balu Gopalakrishnan Nair reflects on his experience at Melbourne Law School, and how he has benefited so far as the inaugural Melbourne Law Masters recipient of the Alex Chernov Scholarship.

Since joining a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade graduate program fresh out of law school, Sarah Storey has enjoyed an exciting diplomatic career, with postings from Brussels to Bangkok. Now, the MLS alumna has embarked on her “dream job”, as US Congressional Liaison Officer for the Australian Embassy in Washington.

It may be summer break, but our legal internship students are busy in a wide range of placements in Melbourne, across Australia and overseas. Hear from our students about what it's like studying the Legal Internship program as part of the Melbourne JD.

Melbourne Law School congratulates a number of alumni and friends who were recently recognised in the 2019 Australia Day Honours list. The awards are a testament to the contributions and outstanding commitment made by MLS alumni to the Australian community.

MLS JD students have spent a week in Hong Kong SAR as part of the elective subject Economic and Business Law in Asia.

MLS JD students have spent a week in Shanghai as part of the elective subject Economic and Business Law in Asia.

New research projects to be conducted by Melbourne Law School academics have been awarded major funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) grants.

MLS Professor Jason Varuhas has been awarded the prestigious Inner Temple New Authors Book Prize.

Studying the Melbourne Law Masters has enabled Alexander Davani to combine his passion for sport with a career in the law.

MLS alumnus Saul Wakerman is the co-founder of Atticus, a legal tech startup that provides law firms with a platform to complete document disclosure verifications.

Designing an app to help prisoners apply for bail has changed the way that Erin Kanygin thinks about the law.

Developing an app to help people living with a disability has given JD student Alexander Meredith valuable insight into the principles of human-centred design.

For law graduate Jack Aquilina, completing his Master of Tax has set him up for a diverse legal career.

MLS alumna Di Miao helps Chinese and Australian clients interact and understand key legal issues at play.

JD student Tim Tabalujan reflects on his experience in Institutions in International Law, a two-week study intensive in Geneva, Switzerland.

Speaking at a public lecture at MLS, Dr Margaret Hagan from the Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School explained how we can use design to make the legal system work better for people.

Elise Pulbrook recently travelled to the United States for Global Lawyer, a two-week study intensive taught in the Melbourne JD. She reflects on her experience.

Melbourne JD student Monique Andreatta’s experience in the Law Without Walls X Social Entrepreneurship competition has further developed her understanding of how technology influences legal practice.

Second-year Melbourne JD student Mona Zhang says support from her peers has helped her transition from the Bachelor of Biomedicine to postgraduate study in law.

MLS alumna Sally Capp (BCom, LLB(Hons) 1991) was sworn in as Lord Mayor of Melbourne in May this year.

MLS Associate Professor and Future Fellow Tarun Khaitan has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Letten Prize.

MLS students were given an insight into how blockchain and smart contracts are transforming the legal profession at a panel discussion in May.

25 students from Melbourne Law School have just ended a week in New York City as part of the JD elective subject Global Lawyer.

MLS graduate and 2018 Supreme Court Prize winner Julia Nikolic (JD 2017) served in the Australian Intelligence Corps before studying law at MLS.

25 students from Melbourne Law School (MLS) have spent their first week in the United States as part of the JD elective ‘Global Lawyer’, run by Professors Andrew D Mitchell, Bruce Oswald CSC and Tania Voon each year since 2011.

The Honourable Diana Bryant AO, Melbourne Law School’s latest judge in residence, reflects on her career in family law.

25 Melbourne JD students have ended their two weeks in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the elective subject Institutions in International Law, run by Profs Andrew Mitchell, Bruce Oswald CSC and Tania Voon.

The Melbourne Law School JD elective Institutions in International Law is currently taking place in Geneva, Switzerland.

Melbourne JD graduate Rachel Tucker (National Scholar, BCom 2011, JD 2016) is a Senior Consultant at KPMG 3dc, a role that combines her interest in business and the law.

Melbourne Law School community members joined to celebrate the unveiling of Professor Michael Crommelin’s portrait in June.

Melbourne Law School congratulates a number of our alumni who were recently recognised in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. It is a tribute to the dedication and commitment of these members of our community who have worked tirelessly in their fields.

Melbourne Law School students and recent graduates were recognised at the MLS Prize Celebration in May.

Technology is transforming healthcare research and delivery. But is the law keeping up? A new research team at Melbourne Law School is exploring the key legal challenges and opportunities.

A new centre which will focus on the plight and rights of stateless people was officially launched at Melbourne Law School on Monday 26 March.

In 2018, first year Melbourne Juris Doctor (JD) student Kate Mak became the inaugural recipient of the Melbourne Law School Yao Yi & Xu Bin Asia Leaders Scholarship, an initiative made possible through the generous support of Beijing-based MLS alumni Yao Yi and her husband Xu Bin.

For much of the early part of the last decade the focus of Australian competition law and enforcement has been on the introduction and implementation of criminal sanctions for individuals for cartel conduct, introduced in 2009. Almost ten years on, a critical review of civil penalties for companies is timely.

Professor Gillian Triggs, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne and former Australian Human Rights Commission President, delivered the annual Integrity/Jim Carlton Lecture, which is jointly hosted by the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies (CCCS) and the Accountability Round Table (ART), at Melbourne Law School this evening.

Bachelor of Commerce graduate Emily Mackay moved from Perth to study the Melbourne JD.

Melbourne Law School congratulates a number of our alumni who were recently recognised in the 2018 Australia Day Honours list. It is a tribute to the dedication and commitment of these members of our community who have worked tirelessly in their fields.

Nick Felstead commenced the Melbourne JD in February 2017. He reflects on his experiences in his first few weeks of law school.

Professor Pip Nicholson commences as Dean of the University of Melbourne Law School this week.

Dr Sally Cockburn and her daughter, Amelia Edwards, celebrate their graduation from the Melbourne Law Masters program together.

In his spare time, MLS alumnus Mark Tyndall hosts a podcast exploring the hidden talents, projects and stories of lawyers.

For lawyer Rowan Kendall, working in Brisbane, London and now Myanmar has been no barrier to completing Melbourne Law School’s Master of Competition and Consumer Law.

Professor Pip Nicholson has been appointed the new Dean of Melbourne Law School.

Dylan Tromp (BA(Hons)/BSc 2005, MPub&IntLaw 2010) has built a career working for the United Nations and other international organisations. He is now passing his experience along to a new crop of JD students through the MLS Mentor Program.

MLS alumni Nick Boyd-Caine and Zan Mazharullah have established a scholarship in memory of their classmate and good friend, Daniel Wright.

Speaking at the MLS Alumni Breakfast Seminar in November, Executive Director and Co-Head of Macquarie Capital Tim Joyce (BCom, LLB(Hons) 1998) shared his insights and commentary on the impact current economic trends are having on Australian businesses.

New research projects to be conducted by Melbourne Law School academics have been awarded major funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) grants.

The Honourable Justice Julie Dodds-Streeton joins Melbourne Law School as the latest judge in residence.

Media personality, writer and MLS alumnus Tony Wilson offers his top tips on public speaking.

Speaking at a public lecture at MLS, US Defence attorney Dean Strang reflected on the importance of defending the ‘indefensible’.

MLS student John Zhang relocated from China to study at the University of Melbourne. Now in his second year of the JD, John is the International Student Representative on the Law Students’ Society and is passionate about enriching the University experience for his fellow students.

MLS students heard from alumni working in the technology and start-up space at the latest Beyond Law School panel.