This Chinese app could shape the election. It’s not TikTok

Published 06 Mar 2025

Bush kids ask about climate change on new videos

Young kids in the bush are worried about climate change because they can see its effects around them. Now, two mothers have developed a series of videos where primary-school children ask their questions and the mothers – who happen to be climate experts -  answer them in a fun, fact-checked way.

Published 17 Feb 2025

Edited collection furthering wellness across the legal profession

A new publication co-edited by Judith Marychurch and Kate Fischer Doherty of Melbourne Law School, together with Jacqueline Weinburg from Monash Law, makes an important contribution to the developing understanding of – and strategies to address – wellness across all facets of the legal profession.

Published 13 Feb 2025

Gillian Triggs awarded Companion of the Order of Australia

Congratulations Gillian

Published 12 Feb 2025

Elections mean more misinformation. Here’s what we know about how it spreads in migrant communities

Published 06 Feb 2025

Reflecting on the National Indigenous Legal Conference

Members of the Hub team report back on their experience at the 2024 National Indigenous Legal Conference, hosted by our friends at Tarwirri – the Indigenous Law Students and Lawyers Association of Victoria.

Published 13 Jan 2025

What Now? Protecting Australia's democracy in uncertain times

Published 20 Dec 2024

CCCS December 2024 Newsletter

Published 18 Dec 2024

Climate Change on Trial: Mobilizing Human Rights Litigation to Accelerate Climate Action

Presented by Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito and chaired by Professor John Tobin

Published 10 Dec 2024

Watch: When AI Takes the Stand: Safe and Responsible AI in Victoria's Courts and Tribunals

Revisit the panel discussion on the use of AI in Victoria's Courts and Tribunals, held at Melbourne Connect on Monday, 11 November 2024.

Published 27 Nov 2024

Professor Hélène Lambert to lead Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness.

The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School has appointed Professor Hélène Lambert as its new Director.

Published 19 Nov 2024

How do we speak for nature?

Rivers and other natural entities around the world continue to gain legal rights and recognition as living beings. However, it is not always clear how the interests of these natural beings are represented. How can their ‘voices’ be heard?

Published 23 Oct 2024

Trump plans to use Putin’s ‘dark arts’ if elected: new book

US Presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to use the same constitutional tactics that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used to build and cement his power over a nation, according to a new book.

Published 21 Oct 2024

Being Stateless: An Oral History Podcast

People who arrived in Australia stateless tell of their experiences in a new podcast by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne.

Published 10 Oct 2024

New podcast shares stories of stateless people

People who arrived in Australia stateless tell of their experiences in a new podcast by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne.

Published 10 Oct 2024

An Armchair Conversation with Professor Gillian Triggs: My Life as an International Lawyer

Co-hosted with the Institute for International Law and the Humanities and the Melbourne Journal of International Law

Published 08 Oct 2024

Employers challenge right to strike in court

Australian employers are represented in a case before the International Court of Justice that challenges the right to strike, warns Professor Sean Cooney of Melbourne Law School.

Published 03 Oct 2024