Karri Walker is one of 25 students who just returned from Geneva, where she took part in Institutions in International Law, a two-week study intensive and a flagship subject in the Melbourne JD program. She reflects on her experience.
Published 25 Aug 2017
Speaking to a full house in a public lecture at Melbourne Law School on Monday 7 August 2017, Professor Philip Alston predicted that human rights are not going to disappear, but they will become increasingly difficult to defend and to uphold.
Published 25 Aug 2017
The boundaries of public law are increasingly becoming a point of contention amongst legal scholars across the globe.
Published 25 Aug 2017
Rajesh Gounder recently travelled to the United States for Global Lawyer, a two-week study intensive that gives Melbourne JD students unparalleled insight into the US and international legal spheres. He shares his story with MLS.
Published 22 Aug 2017
MLS alumna Gaayathri Periasami (BCA 2007, JD 2010) is Compliance Manager for Superannuation at Bendigo Bank, a mother of two and an entrepreneur with a successful online business. Though moving to regional Victoria has not been without its challenges, Gaayathri’s positive attitude and the skills she gained through her studies have ensured the rewards of regional life have been great.
Published 22 Aug 2017
Jordan Osrin relocated from Perth to study at MLS. Since arriving in Melbourne, Jordan has made the most of his JD experience.
Published 17 Aug 2017
With his JD studies drawing to a close, Matthew Acciarito sought to diversify his industry experience by interning on the Metro Tunnel Project.
Published 17 Aug 2017
MLS academic Dr Alysia Blackham has been named runner-up in the 2017 UK Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship. This is the second consecutive year that an MLS academic has been recognised by this prize.
Published 16 Aug 2017
University of Melbourne students participated in the #BreakingLaw Corporate Law Hackathon presented by King & Wood Mallesons and Melbourne Law School.
Published 11 Aug 2017
Senior Lecturer Kate Fischer Doherty is Director of the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) at MLS. For Fischer Doherty, a highlight of her role is helping students put their learning into practice in the community.
Published 09 Aug 2017
A first of its kind Australian conviction of a Japanese company for cartel conduct shows reforms in this area of the law are starting to work and these cases can be prosecuted successfully.
Published 08 Aug 2017
Final-year JD student Thibaut Clamart is a passionate advocate for international students. He shares his story with MLS.
Published 07 Aug 2017
Méabh Loughnane has spent the last three years balancing her studies in the JD with her role as Co-founder and CEO of Chalk Circle | The Gender Literacy Foundation. Her work in the primary prevention of domestic violence across Australia has informed her newfound passion in law: family law and child protection.
Published 07 Aug 2017
Jason Bosland is a Senior Lecturer at MLS and is Deputy Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law, researching principally in the areas of defamation, privacy and open justice. He has seen first-hand how research can lead to legal reform.
Published 07 Aug 2017
Melbourne Law School Associate Professor Sunita Jogarajan spent a year studying medicine before she discovered a passion for accounting and law. Now Associate Dean of the Breadth program at MLS, Jogarajan loves inspiring undergraduate students to consider their own pathways in the law.
Published 07 Aug 2017
MLS Associate Professor Joo-Cheong Tham is interested in the complex relationship that the law has with justice and democracy. For Tham, key to the role of an academic is harnessing research to contribute to the betterment of society.
Published 07 Aug 2017
Second-year JD student Tess never imagined that studying law would lead to an interest in podcasting.
Published 07 Aug 2017
Joshua Quinn-Watson was living and researching in India when he developed a keen interest in the law.
Published 07 Aug 2017
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