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Adjourned: Your Fortnightly News Round-Up
Welcome back to university, Survivors. If you have been stuck under a pile of books and haven’t left the library all week, here are some cur
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Survive Law
Feb 17, 20163 min read
Adjourned: Your Legal News Round-up
University starts in T-minus 5 days and counting! Back to multiple chapter readings, interrogative professors, rambling judgements and ‘stud
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Apr 14, 20151 min read
Australia’s Next High Court Judge Revealed
The federal government has named the 52nd justice of the High Court of Australia. When Justice Kenneth Hayne retires from the Court on 5...
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Oct 31, 20141 min read
UNSW Students Launch Indigenous Mooting Competition
Indigenous students at the University of New South Wales recently held the inaugural Mooting Competition of Australia’s First Peoples – a mo
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Oct 30, 20141 min read
Bond takes out first Animal Law Moot title
Students from Bond University have defeated the University of Tasmania to win the inaugural Voiceless Australian-New Zealand Intervarsity Mo
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Oct 29, 20141 min read
UQ wins AAT Moot
The University of Queensland has defeated the University of Western Australia to take out this year’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal Nation
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Oct 16, 20141 min read
The Virtual Moot: Coming to a Law School Near You
When it comes to international competitions for law students, virtual moots might just be the next big thing. Bond University has announced
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Oct 14, 20141 min read
UWA Wins Kirby Contract Law Moot
The University of Western Australia is celebrating after its team took out the fourth annual Michael Kirby Contract Law Moot. Held at Victor
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Sep 18, 20142 min read
Newly Admitted Lawyer may be Victoria’s Youngest Ever
Admission is a rite of passage for every lawyer, but Liuzhuo Chen’s admission to the Supreme Court of Victoria last month was particularly s
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Sep 17, 20141 min read
Courts on Camera: NSW Passes New Law
New South Wales has passed legislation to give the media better access to the state’s courtrooms. The new law creates a presumption in favou
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Aug 25, 20141 min read
Meet the Juris Dogtor
He’s not quite a legal beagle, but a poodle by the name of Riley is one of the newest faces at Melbourne Law School. Nicknamed “The Juris Do
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Aug 18, 20141 min read
Two in a Row: USyd takes out Torts Moot
After claiming last year’s title, Sydney Law School has followed it up with a second win at the Shine Torts Moot Competition in Brisbane ear
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Jul 31, 20141 min read
New Website to Crowdsource for Human Rights
For those who are passionate about human rights, it’s sometimes hard to find opportunities to make a meaningful contribution. But a newly la
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Jul 17, 20141 min read
Australia’s Most Trusted Professions: How Lawyers Rated
The annual Reader’s Digest list of Australia’s Most Trusted Professions has been released. As in previous years, paramedics, firefighters, r
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Jul 16, 20141 min read
Bond and USyd Dominate ALSA Conference Competitions
Teams from law schools across Australia and New Zealand competed in the Australian Law Students’ Association’s competitions in Brisbane last
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Jun 23, 20141 min read
New Law Dean for UWA
Professor Erika Techera has been named the new law dean at the University of Western Australia. For the past 15 months, Professor Techera ha
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Jun 10, 20141 min read
Julian Burnside QC wins Peace Prize
Australian human rights barrister Julian Burnside AO QC has been named the recipient of the 2014 Sydney Peace Prize. The award recognises Bu
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Jun 4, 20141 min read
UQ Wins the First NOOT Competition
When it comes to law school competitions, mooting attracts most of the attention. But at the new Negotiating Outcomes on Time (NOOT) Competi
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May 13, 20141 min read
New Guidelines Focus on Mental Health in the Legal Workplace
In a world-first for the legal industry, the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation yesterday unveiled its Psychological Wellbeing: Best Practic
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May 8, 20141 min read
USyd Wins Peden Contract Law Moot
Sydney Uni is celebrating after winning this year’s Sir John Peden Contract Law Moot. The USyd team of Sarah Bradbury, India O'Neill and
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