Law app helps people living with a disability seek support

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.

Published 12 Oct 2018

Taking on a Master of Tax

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

Published 03 Oct 2018

Cultural connection: alumna links Chinese and Australian legal systems

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

Published 25 Sep 2018

Call for Papers

This workshop aims to bring together postgraduate students from Australia and New Zealand who are researching topics relating to Vietnamese legal studies.

Published 24 Sep 2018

If privacy is increasing for My Health Record data, it should apply to all medical records

In response to the public outcry against the potential for My Health Record data to be shared with police and other government agencies, Health Minister Greg Hunt recently announced moves to change the legislation.

Published 21 Sep 2018

Professor Andrew Kenyon giving keynote address at SLS

Published 07 Sep 2018

An inside view of institutions in international law

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

Published 31 Aug 2018

Human-centred design for legal help

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.

Published 30 Aug 2018

Australian Academy of Law 2018 Patron's Address

The Rt. Honourable Dame Sian Elias presents Back to the Future?  How local history, customs and traditions are still shaping our legal orders

Published 30 Aug 2018

Call for Papers - 14th Annual CILIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference

This conference aims to bring together postgraduate students, from around Australia and overseas, who are researching topics relating to Islam.

Published 29 Aug 2018

An opportunity to be inspired by global lawyers

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.

Published 28 Aug 2018

JD student breaks down barriers for post-prisoners in global legal tech competition

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.

Published 28 Aug 2018

With a little help from her friends: Biomed student finds her “niche” in the law

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.

Published 28 Aug 2018

Reflections on the Lord Mayoral campaign

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

Published 20 Aug 2018

Prof Tim Lindsey AO comments on political changes and democracy in Indonesia

In Conversation with Professor Tim Lindsey AO was posted by The Australia-Indonesia Centre on 2 August 2018.Professor Tim Lindsey AO discusses the current state of democracy in Indonesia, and how demographic shifts will affect the 2019 elections.Watch the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY_anJhw8aw&feature=youtu.beTim Lindsey is Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society at the Melbourne Law School. Tim is a member of the Victorian Bar and was the long-serving Chair of the Australia Indonesia Institute until 2016. His publications include Indonesia: Law and Society; Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia (three volumes); The Indonesian Constitution; Drugs Law and Practice in Southeast Asia; and Religion, Law and Intolerance in Indonesia. He is a founder and an executive editor of The Australian Journal of Asian Law.

Published 09 Aug 2018

MLS academic wins 2018 Letten Prize

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

Published 09 Aug 2018

Blockchain and the law

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

Published 01 Aug 2018