“We will tell our children about today” Victorian Treaty with Indigenous people signed into law

HISTORY IS MADE: Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan formally signed Australia’s first-ever Treaty with Indigenous people into law.

Published 13 Nov 2025

From education to precision use, AI Centre eyes next five years

Five years ago, artificial intelligence was only starting to move from expert circles into everyday life. Anticipating its growth, the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics (CAIDE) began in 2020, to ensure that regulation, research and community literacy kept pace with this new technology.

Published 12 Nov 2025

Why Art for Future Lawyers? An exploration of power, law and art

Presented by Sri Vamsi Matta

Published 11 Nov 2025

A Climate Conscious Labour Law

Published 06 Nov 2025

Recording: Understanding Victoria's Statewide Treaty Bill

View the recording of our webinar on the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025 (Vic), presented by the Australian Association of Constitutional Law in collaboration with the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law.

Published 31 Oct 2025

Occasions rather than events

Published 31 Oct 2025

‘As a first-generation migrant, this resonates deeply’

Published 31 Oct 2025

Regulating A Thousand Cuts

Professor Rebecca Nelson, in her new book, explores cumulative environmental problems from biodiversity loss, to urban air pollution, and environmental injustice, and offers a new framework for designing law and policy solutions.

Published 27 Oct 2025

Prof Heather Douglas and Prof Jacqueline Peel win prestigious UoM awards

The University of Melbourne has announced the recipients of the 2025 Woodward, Marles and inaugural Littlejohn Medals, celebrating outstanding research excellence and impact across a range of disciplines.

Published 23 Oct 2025

Book Launch: Residental Construction Law (2nd ed)

Published 16 Oct 2025

Dr Erin O'Donnell wins 2025 Paul Bourke Award

Dr Erin O’Donnell of Melbourne Law School has won an Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Paul Bourke Prize for Early Career Research in the field of law, history and philosophy.

Published 13 Oct 2025

Climate Resilience Clinic launches at MLS.

Last week, Melbourne Law School Clinics proudly launched its newest clinical subject, the Climate Resilience Clinic (CRC).

Published 02 Oct 2025

Read the Hub's October Newsletter

Published 02 Oct 2025

Professor Nicole Watson appointed Director of Indigenous Law and Justice Hub

Published 01 Oct 2025

Professor Nicole Watson appointed Director of Indigenous Law and Justice Hub

Melbourne Law School has appointed distinguished academic Professor Nicole Watson as the next Director of the Indigenous Law and Justice Hub.

Published 19 Sep 2025

Private Law: Inside and Out

Melbourne Law School partnered with Harvard Law School this July to co-host Obligations XI, the Eleventh Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations, as part of the Obligations Conference Series.

Published 18 Sep 2025