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

Q and A with Dalit Kaplan

An LLB graduate (Hons 2007), Dalit Kaplan did not expect her career to turn out the way it has; she has practiced in Australia, worked with immigrants in New York, and has now taken a step back from the law and into motherhood, as well as producing a weekly community radio show focusing on gender issues.

Published 24 Mar 2015

Foundation Director Cheryl Saunders delivering the 2015 Sir David Williams Lecture at Cambridge this Friday

Video of Cheryl Saunders lecture 'Devolution. Federation. Constitution. From Here to Where?

Published 19 Mar 2015

Professor Tim Lindsey discusses the Australia-Indonesia relationship, including how it is affecting the Bali Two

Professor Tim Lindsey discusses the Australia-Indonesia relationship, and how a tougher response to an inexperienced Indonesian government would be the wrong move, particularly for the 'Bali Two'.

Published 14 Mar 2015

Life outside of the law

Not every law student gets to attend briefings on terrorist organisations with US Senator John McCain, or work with one of President Barack Obama's campaign speech writers.

Published 13 Mar 2015

Melbourne JD student awarded Chief Justices Medal

Melbourne Law School Juris Doctor student Kate Fitzgerald was today awarded the 2015 Chief Justice's Medal for Excellence and Community Service.

Published 12 Mar 2015

What is wrong with our democracy?

Published 06 Mar 2015

Taking it to the streets

Melbourne Law School student Mohamed Khairat is not content with his online news source, Egyptian Streets, clocking up 800,000 unique views last month.

Published 05 Mar 2015

Pip Nicholson discusses generalisations about the death penalty in Southeast Asia

Generalisations about the death penalty in Southeast Asia suggest abolitionist sentiments are increasing, yet practices vary substantially, says Professor Pip Nicholson. Given the significance of the death penalty reform movement in the region, this activism must be understood in a local context.

Published 04 Mar 2015

Melbourne Law School hosts distinguished members of Japan's legal fraternity

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

Published 23 Feb 2015