MLS Judge in Residence: The Hon Marilyn Warren AC QC

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

Published 05 May 2020

Do we really need a tracking app and can we trust it?

Mass digital surveillance is increasingly being used around the world to control COVID-19. But once the pandemic fades, will the surveillance stay?

Published 01 May 2020

Are our new virtual workplaces equitable?

Working and studying from home has become a feature of many peoples lives under COVID19 but for some with access issues or many without a home office, this might not be an equitable solution.

Published 01 May 2020

JD students take bushfire app to Georgetown

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

Published 30 Apr 2020

A life of two halves

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

Published 27 Apr 2020

Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster

Published 17 Apr 2020

Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster

Published 17 Apr 2020

The cost to freedom in the war against COVID-19

Mass digital surveillance is increasingly being used around the world to control COVID-19. But once the pandemic fades, will the surveillance stay?

Published 06 Apr 2020

Launch of MLS's new Indigenous Study and Research Space

Published 01 Apr 2020

Innovation win for MLS students

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

Published 30 Mar 2020

Disarmament: what is it good for?

Efforts to control the weaponisation of new technologies like AI are fragmented, but the UN hosts an existing disarmament framework that could bring these efforts together.

Published 22 Mar 2020

Studying in London– developing global perspectives in the JD

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

Published 06 Mar 2020

2019 Disability and Human Rights Clinics projects now available

View the projects undertaken by our 2019 participants, and their collaborative approaches to tackling real-world issues.

Published 06 Mar 2020

Your Jessup Moot questions answered

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.

Published 25 Feb 2020

AI: it's time for the law to respond

The law is always behind technology but given the sweeping changes heralded by new technologies, legislators need to get in front of the issue

Published 18 Feb 2020

Can legal action force governments and businesses to respond to climate change?

Australia's devastating summer bushfires, and now flooding rains, fit with scientific predictions for how climate change might affect the weather.For many in the community this extreme weather highlights the need for a political response, yet more and more people believe governments and companies aren't doing enough to combat the changing climate.Can the courts provide a solution?  Professor Jacqueline Peel wrote for ABC News.Read the full article here.

Published 14 Feb 2020

Indonesia: the not so good news

"Indonesia is becoming a wealthy country, but it still has an enormous number of very poor people, and they are not doing well .. reviving Australian aid for health, education, and governance can help"- Tim Lindsey & Tim Mann

Published 10 Feb 2020

From Melbourne to Bangalore – reflections on receiving the inaugural Melbourne Law Masters Alex Chernov Scholarship

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

Published 05 Feb 2020