Is Democracy in Crisis? The Trump phenomenon

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP says it is not the democratic constitutional structure that is in crisis, but the ideas that govern it.

Published 10 Mar 2016

Former ICC president: continue to seek global justice and change

Published 29 Feb 2016

Research Publications

Read the latest research reports and research papers published by centre members.

Published 23 Feb 2016

Research Impact

See updates on research work undertaken by our Centre members and the impact our research has had on legal and social developments.

Published 23 Feb 2016

Public Law Adjudication in Common Law Systems: Process and Substance

Published 22 Feb 2016

Internet Infrastructure & Human Rights

‘Internet Infrastructure & Human Rights’ at ‘Computers, Privacy and Data Protection’ Annual Conference in Brussels, 29 January, 2016

Published 17 Feb 2016

Melbourne Law School Postdoctoral Fellow | Dr Monika Zalnieriute

Dr. Monika Zalnieriute begins new research at the Melbourne Law School, CMCL

Published 17 Feb 2016

MLS offers first online masters degree

Launching in October 2016, it is the impressive expertise and innovative use of technology that sets Melbourne Law School's new Global Competition and Consumer Law masters program apart.

Published 17 Feb 2016

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