VIDEO: Leadership in the Legal Profession
In this three-part webinar series, Professor Pip Nicholson, Dean of Melbourne Law School and experts drawn from the MLS community discuss leadership in the legal profession.
Published 31 Aug 2020
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Championing author rights
Associate Professor Rebecca Giblin leads the Author’s Interest Project, conducting research aimed at improving the rights of creators as well as access to knowledge and culture
Published 27 Aug 2020
Three Questions with CAIDE: What do we lose when we outsource judgements to algorithms?
CAIDE Co-Director Tim Miller asks Associate Professor Tatiana Cutts about legal decision-making algorithms.
Published 19 Aug 2020
The Connected You: Home
Co-Director Jeannie Paterson spoke for the Melbourne Connect event 'The Connected You: Home' on the increased involvement of digital assistants in our lives.
Published 11 Aug 2020
Launch of the Australian Society for Computers and Law
Co-Director Jeannie Paterson spoke on a panel for the online launch of the Australian Society for Computers and Law.
Published 10 Aug 2020
How calculated career risks can pay off
As a trained lawyer and actuary, Joyce Au-Yeung’s willingness to embrace the unknown and be flexible about her career identity has led her in exciting and unexpected directions.
Published 30 Jul 2020
Should rivers have legal rights?
While a growing number of jurisdictions around the world are granting rivers legal personhood, the jury is still out on the benefits it delivers.
Published 30 Jul 2020
AI, Ethics and the Law in Film, Media and Literature
For our upcoming subject AI, Ethics and the Law the CAIDE team made a series of videos to discuss AI, Ethics in Film, Media and Literature.
Published 23 Jul 2020
Amplifying the Australian AI Conversation - Eliiza Podcast
Jeannie Paterson and Tim Miller join Eliiza to discuss AI, ethics, accountability and explainability. What is changing in these spaces, especially in light of Covid-19, and what should researchers and governments turn attention to in order to ensure helpful, beneficial AI that is used ethically?
Published 22 Jul 2020
Australian Government sued by 23-year-old Melbourne student over financial risk of climate change
A 23-year-old Melbourne law student is suing the Australian Government for failing to disclose the risk climate change poses to Australians' super and other safe investments. Katta O'Donnell, the head litigant for the class action suit, said she hoped the case would change the way Australia handled climate change.According to University of Melbourne Professor Jaqueline Peel, Australia is a "hotspot" for climate litigation."We have around 90 or so cases so far, stretching back to the 1990s," Professor Peel, who has published extensively on the topic, said.Read further on her comment in this ABC news piece here.The news was also published in The New York Times on 23 July 2020.
Published 22 Jul 2020
Video: Black Lives Matter
Do black lives matter in the Australian legal system? MLS hosted a panel discussion exploring ‘justice’ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
Published 20 Jul 2020
The Twitter hack targeted the rich and famous. But we all lose if trusted accounts can be hijacked
Twitter accounts that were hacked on Wednesday July 15 were all accounts of rich and famous people, but the implications of losing trusted accounts are concerning.
Published 20 Jul 2020
Twitter hack exposes platform's 'role-based access control' vulnerabilities
Kobi Leins tells ABC NewsRadio that while the July 15 Twitter hack secured relatively low returns, it exposed significant vulnerabilities on the platform.
Published 17 Jul 2020
Forward thinking leads to sports podcast
MLS sports law students Annie Poulton, Chloe Fabbro and Emily Thompson are celebrating women in sport with their podcast 'The Forward Line'.
Published 06 Jul 2020
Shining a spotlight on global health law
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.
Published 30 Jun 2020
Advocating for equity
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.
Published 24 Jun 2020
William Ah Ket – Australia’s first lawyer of Chinese descent
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.
Published 23 Jun 2020
AI and the Future of Exam Supervision
Dr Simon Coghlan and Professor Jeannie Paterson discuss the AI technologies and the future of remote exam supervision.
Published 23 Jun 2020
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