Q and A with Jenny Taing

Published 16 Feb 2016

Beginning of a legal education: orientation at Melbourne Law School

Semester one is underway for our new Melbourne Juris Doctor cohort, with more than 300 students attending orientation earlier this month and currently undertaking Legal Method and Reasoning (LMR).

Published 15 Feb 2016

Persecution of minority groups had increased markedly post Suharto: Professor Tim Lindsey

A minority Muslim group has been ordered to convert to Sunni Islam or be expelled from Bangka island, off the coast of Sumatra, in the latest religious crackdown in Indonesia, write Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Published 02 Feb 2016

Australia Day Honours

Melbourne Law School would like to acknowledge and congratulate our alumni who were awarded 2016 Australia Day honours.

Published 29 Jan 2016

Professor Tim Lindsey comments on the bomb attack claimed by Islamic State in Jakarta

Professor Tim Lindsey, CILIS Director, reacts to the deadly gun-and-suicide bomb attack claimed by Islamic State in central Jakarta. He speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn on "Trending Business."

Published 28 Jan 2016

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei recognises work of MLS Professor Di Otto

The irony of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei using a Lego-type product to create a room-scale installation focusing on human rights and freedom of speech has not been lost on Melbourne Law School’s Professor Di Otto.

Published 22 Jan 2016

Preparation underway for MLS Jessup Moot

Melbourne Law School’s Jessup Moot team knows there is still much hard work to be done between now and the national championship to be held in Canberra in February next year.

Published 24 Dec 2015

MLS alumnus leading transition for Indigenous students

Executive Director of the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School and Melbourne Law School alumnus Edward Tudor is helping to support Indigenous students as they transition to education away from home.

Published 26 Nov 2015

Visit by Supreme Court of Japan's General Secretariat Family Bureau

The ALC hosted two prominent visitors from the Supreme Court of Japan's General Secretariat Family Bureau at the beginning of February.

Published 26 Nov 2015

Social media and the law at 2015 Media and IP Law Conference

Who is responsible for a defamatory comment posted to a public Facebook page the author, the page administrator, both?

Published 24 Nov 2015

Melbourne Law Masters Mentors

A big thank you to the MLM mentors. As the year winds to a close, the MLM takes the opportunity to thank the many friends and supporters of the Melbourne Law School who have given their time to mentor international MLM students.

Published 20 Nov 2015

MLS alumnus honoured in memorial unveiling

The new Victorian Jewish WWI and WWII Memorial was unveiled and consecrated at Ripponlea on Sunday, 15 November to commemorate those Jewish servicemen fallen in conflict.

Published 19 Nov 2015

The experience of a lifetime

Dominique Simsion saw going on exchange during her Juris Doctor as a way to appease the regret she held for not doing it during undergraduate studies.

Published 19 Nov 2015

Q and A with Amy Barber

Working as an Associate Appeals Council at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR) was a valuable experience for Master of Public and International Law student Amy Barber to work at the cutting-edge of the law at an international level.

Published 13 Nov 2015

A law degree not just for lawyers

A Melbourne Law Masters degree is not just for lawyers as the Grattan Institute's Danielle Wood proved upon completion of her Master of Competition and Consumer Law recently.

Published 13 Nov 2015

A barrier to change: submission calls for spent convictions

Third year JD student Annamiek van Loon has seen first hand how policy can be used to effect change.

Published 13 Nov 2015

Introducing high school students to the law

A program that gives underrepresented and disadvantaged high school students an insight into university life has once again proved successful.

Published 12 Nov 2015