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

Wurundjeri Cultural Walk and Ceremony

Published 30 Jul 2018

2019 MLS Indigenous Student Applications

Published 30 Jul 2018

A week in New York for 25 Melbourne JD students

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

Published 23 Jul 2018

From the Military to MLS

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

Published 19 Jul 2018

Professor Beaton-Wells launches new podcast on competition in a digital age.

Published 18 Jul 2018

Global Lawyer JD class commences in Washington DC

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.

Published 17 Jul 2018

MLS Judge in Residence: The Hon Diana Bryant AO

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

Published 17 Jul 2018

Duty and honour at the heart of Indigenous recognition

The Voice to Parliament proposed in the Uluru Statement would ensure Indigenous Australians are consulted about laws that affect them, as is already done in Canada and New ZealandBy Professor Kirsty Gover, University of MelbourneThs article was originally published on Pursuit on 17 June 2018

Published 13 Jul 2018

Institutions in International Law Class of 2018 ends in Geneva, Switzerland

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.

Published 06 Jul 2018