Dr Amanda Whiting on Malaysia
Dr Amanda Whiting (Associate Director (Malaysia)) has recently published some articles about Malaysia.
Published 02 Jun 2015
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Professor Pip Nicholson on the Death Penalty in Southeast Asia
'The Death Penalty in SE Asia: Is there a Trend towards Abolition?' by Professor Pip Nicholson has been published in The Conversation.
Published 02 Jun 2015
New ALC Members 2015
In early 2015, we welcomed two new ALC members to the team: Associate Professor Sunita Jogarajan and Professor Susan Kneebone. Please find below profiles of these new ALC members, together with the profile of a longstanding member of the ALC, Associate Professor Cally Jordan.
Published 02 Jun 2015
Interview with Associate Professor Sunita Jogarajan (by Joshua Quinn-Watson, Research Assistant, ALC)
Associate Professor Sunita Jogarajan has been involved in research in Asia for the length of her academic career.
Published 02 Jun 2015
Interview with Associate Professor Cally Jordan
Associate Professor Cally Jordan brings two decades of professional and academic experience in Asia to Melbourne Law School and the ALC.
Published 02 Jun 2015
Interview with Professor Susan Kneebone (by Joshua Quinn-Watson, Research Assistant, ALC)
Professor Susan Kneebone, previously a Professor at Monash University, joins the Melbourne Law School and the Asian Law Centre after a long and distinguished involvement in Asia.
Published 02 Jun 2015
Australian Journal of Asian Law (Volume 15 Number 2)
We are pleased to advise that the latest issue (volume 15 number 2) of the Australian Journal of Asian Law is now available on-line.
Published 02 Jun 2015
Chuo Summer School 2015
The ALC welcomed students from Chuo Law School to the ALC, together with Professor Dan Rosen and Professor Chuck Ito, from 23 February to 6 March, 2015.
Published 02 Jun 2015
Report on 'Sports Law and Integrity Workshop
On 27 February 2015, the Sports Law Program and the ALC co-hosted a Sports Law and Integrity Workshop at K and L Gates. This article provides a summary of the event, including a key presentation by Mr Andrew Menz from Betfair Australia, who has qualified for Melbourne Law School's Graduate Diploma in Sports Law.
Published 02 Jun 2015
Report on 'ALC Brown Bag Seminar - Life of a Judge' (by Sarah Yang, Research Assistant, ALC)
Judge In Deok Seo, Judge of the Daegu District Court in Korea and currently a Visiting Research Scholar at the ALC, spoke about the Korean judicial system and the legal education reforms at a Brown Bag Seminar hosted by the ALC on 2 March 2015. Judge Seo's precis of his presentation appears below:
Published 02 Jun 2015
Completion of PhD by Richard Powell
Richard Powell has recently passed his PhD with flying colours. His topic was on language use in Malaysian courts and the politics of de facto bilingualism (English-Malay) in a legal regime where Malay is the official language, but litigants often speak (only) a third or fourth language. Richard was co-supervised by Dr Amanda Whiting (Associate Director (Malaysia), ALC) and Professor Joseph Lo Bianco (Education / Linguistics).
Published 02 Jun 2015
Alumna leads Royal Commission into Family Violence
Melbourne Law School alumna and former Supreme Court of Victoria judge, The Hon Justice Marcia Neave AO, is leading the State Government's Commission into Family Violence.
Published 01 Jun 2015
The dynamic of IP law
From what a was a fleeting introduction to intellectual property as an undergraduate, Mollie Tregillis, an IP Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright, has established herself as a young leader with considerable achievements in the field, as her nomination as a finalist in Lawyers' Weekly's 30 under 30 illustrates.
Published 29 May 2015
MLS recognises student achievements
The law has the power to change our society and is far more dynamic and creative than many people understand, guest speaker Norman O'Bryan AM SC told those in attendance at the Melbourne Law School annual awards ceremony last night.
Published 27 May 2015
Family upskills in Commercial Law
Husband and wife Jimmy and Gertrude Elai have relocated to a new country to undertake their Master of Commercial Law at Melbourne Law School.
Published 26 May 2015
A golden reunion
Stories of days gone by at Melbourne Law School flowed freely at this year's Golden Alumni reunion, with more than 85 former students who graduated more than 50 years ago in attendance.
Published 20 May 2015
Breaking the cycle of Aboriginal over imprisonment
Poverty and disadvantage are the largest drivers behind the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in imprisonment rates across Australia.
Published 18 May 2015
The benefits of Breadth law
Aidan Clarke does not want to be a lawyer but he can still see the benefits of undertaking the Breadth program's law stream throughout his undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne.
Published 14 May 2015
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