Crossing the globe in pursuit of excellence

After being accepted to study at a number of law schools around the world, Alessandra Gai chose Melbourne Law School to undertake her Master of Health and Medical Law.

Published 13 May 2015

Walking for Justice

Hundreds of students, community lawyers, politicians and others walked today to demonstrate their support for fairness, access to justice and a thriving pro bono culture.

Published 13 May 2015

A need for courageous reform

Published 05 May 2015

CILIS Associate Arjuna Dibley comments on why withdrawing Australian aid to Indonesia is misguided

CILIS Associate Arjuna Dibley writes in the Guardian on why Geoffrey Robertson's call to withdraw Australian aid after the execution of Chan and Sukumaran is misguided.

Published 01 May 2015

Melbourne Law School Australia's number one again

Melbourne Law School has again been recognised as Australia's number one law school in the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Published 29 Apr 2015

Professor Tim Lindsey comments on why the Bali pair should not have been killed

Professor Tim Lindsey explains the key reasons why Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan should not have been executed.

Published 29 Apr 2015

Q and A with Asian Law Centre's visiting Japanese judge, Judge Aya Kobayashi

Ms Stacey Steele, Associate Director (Japan) at the Law School's Asian Law Centre, caught up with the Centre's 12th Japanese Judge-in-Residence after a recent presentation at MLS. Judge Kobayashi shares her views about her life in Australian and her preliminary thoughts about Australian class actions.

Published 28 Apr 2015

The passing of an influential legal figure

Few educators can boast of a standing ovation following one of their lectures but it was not uncommon for Professor Robin Sharwood AM, who passed away on April 12, aged 83.

Published 28 Apr 2015

Melbourne Law School assists the Australian Taxation Office reclaim revenue

Melbourne Law School is assisting the Australian Taxation Office's efforts to reclaim revenue lost by businesses engaging illegal phoenix activity.

Published 28 Apr 2015

Nurturing innovation in the law

Starting one of Australia's first virtual law firms, Nest Legal, was not high on Laura Vickers' agenda when she graduated with an LLB from Melbourne Law School in 2006.

Published 27 Apr 2015

'Be Yourself': The Hon Michelle Gordon's Rise To The High Court

Melbourne Law School congratulates the Hon Michelle Gordon of the Federal Court on her appointment to the High Court. Justice Gordon, also a Senior Fellow at MLS, will replace the Hon Justice Kenneth Hayne, who reaches the compulsory retirement age of 70 on June 5 this year.

Published 23 Apr 2015

Melbourne Law School and UBC form degree partnership to advance international legal education

Melbourne Law School has added to its suite of international dual degrees, partnering with the University of British Columbia's Peter A. Allard School of Law (Vancouver, Canada) to offer a Juris Doctor/ Law Masters partnership program.

Published 21 Apr 2015

MLS Running Club Launch

Melbourne Law School launches the MLS Running Club for 2015 this Thursday, 16 April.

Published 15 Apr 2015

Vale Robin Sharwood

The Melbourne Law School community is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Professor Robin Sharwood AM on Sunday, 12 April. He was 83.

Published 14 Apr 2015

Tim Lindsey and Simon Butt observe waning support for President Widodo in the crippling face of KPK, Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency

Professor Tim Lindsey and Associate Professor Simon Butt observe waning support for President Widodo in the crippling face of KPK, Indonesia's anti-corruption agency.

Published 08 Apr 2015

Therapeutic yoga empowering next generation of Cambodian youth

Published 27 Mar 2015

Second year student balances study with being CEO

Passionate about addressing the "visible inequality in education in Australia," it was the capacity of law and law-makers to create social change that attracted second year student Morgan Koegel to the JD.

Published 25 Mar 2015

A submission on freedom of speech to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Inquiry into Traditional Rights and Freedoms.

Professsor Adrienne Stone with Anna Dziedzic and Alexandra Harrison-Ichlov, prepared a submission on freedom of speech to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Inquiry into Traditional Rights and Freedoms.

Published 24 Mar 2015