Melbourne Law School

Australian first network puts focus on elections

10 May 2012, 10.09 AM

A new network established at the University of Melbourne will put a spotlight on the regulation of elections across Australia.

Professor Andrew Christie discusses privacy and defamation in social media

4 May 2012, 4.47 PM
Professor Andrew Christie discusses privacy and defamation in social media

Cyber Law expert and Professor of Intellectual Property at the Melbourne Law School, Professor Andrew Christie, discusses the legal implications of posting private information on social media sites such as Facebook.

Malcolm Fraser awarded honorary doctorate

21 Dec 2011, 4.10 PM

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Melbourne Law School at the University’s final graduation ceremony for 2011.

Vale Sir Zelman Cowen

9 Dec 2011, 12.33 PM

The University of Melbourne has expressed its deep sadness at the passing yesterday of an alumnus and ex-Dean, the former Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowen.

American Ambassador speaks on eliminating violence against women

25 Nov 2011, 10.36 AM

American Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich will use the 2011 Nathan and Pamela Jacobson lecture at the University of Melbourne to discuss how the USA and Australia are working together to tackle violence against women.

University of Melbourne academic appointed to Israeli flotilla commission

19 Jul 2011, 9.24 AM

International humanitarian law expert Professor Tim McCormack has been named one of two international observers to the second phase of the Israeli Government’s Turkel Commission.

Global law centre honoured with international education award

17 Mar 2011, 2.39 PM

The Centre for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS), in which Melbourne Law School is the only Australian partner, has received the 2011 Andrew Heiskell Award for International Partnerships from the Institute for International Education. 

Money politics damaging Australia’s democracy, says political funding expert

3 Aug 2010, 9.55 AM

While voting has assumed centre stage now the Federal election has been called, electoral choice is ‘biased’ towards powerful and wealthy interests according to Dr Joo-Cheong Tham from the Melbourne Law School.

Home loan exit fees sting consumers

15 Jun 2010, 9.26 AM

Home owners with loans from finance companies that are not banks, credit unions or building societies are slugged with exit fees up to 350% higher than other home owners with loans, according to a new University of Melbourne study. 

On one point, Ruddock is right: Dean of Law

16 Oct 2009, 10.59 AM

The Prime Minister’s personal intervention to convince the Indonesian President to arrest and hold 260 Sri Lankans off Krakatoa Island this week smacks of the Howard administration’s program says the Dean of the Melbourne Law School, Professor James Hathaway.