2018
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08 May 2018
Law students represent Australia at global innovation program
Bachelor of Laws students Olivia Grivas and Brent Liang headed to Miami last month to present at the final event of international legal innovation program, LawWithoutWalls (LWOW).
01 May 2018
Awards to honour recent graduates
Sydney Law School is pleased to announce that two recent graduates have been recognised in the 2018 Alumni Awards as Graduate Medal finalists.
24 April 2018
How #MeToo has created a safe space for women
The #MeToo movement has put male privilege on notice. A student and a graduate discuss the mechanics of social change and their experience of the movement.
17 April 2018
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is back
Read Professor Luke Nottage's submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry.
03 April 2018
iWitnessed app launched by memory experts, police, QC
A unique app available for download in Australia should assist witnesses and victims of one-off events and ongoing occurrences make mobile records in a way that can help with convictions and prevent miscarriages of justice.
23 March 2018
Everything you need to know about daylight saving
Daylight saving is a ritual observed by over 40 percent of the world, but why do we change our clocks and how does it impact your sleep? University of Sydney experts explain.
15 March 2018
University welcomes future research leaders
After an international call, the University of Sydney has appointed 10 high-achieving postdoctoral researchers to its flagship external fellowship scheme.
13 March 2018
Gun laws stopped mass shootings in Australia
The odds that a 22-year absence of mass shootings in Australia since 1996 gun reforms are due to chance are one in 200,000, new research reveals.
12 March 2018
6 new academic staff join Sydney Law School
The Law School continues to expand research and teaching expertise with new appointments.
06 March 2018
Sydney Policy Lab fellows combine theory and practice
Gender equality, valuing the benefits of infrastructure projects and online dispute resolution are among the policy issues being tackled by the University of Sydney's inaugural Sydney Policy Lab fellows.
02 March 2018
Government's foreign donations bill is flawed
The federal government's bill is highly vulnerable to a constitutional challenge and needs to be redrafted, writes Professor Anne Twomey from the University of Sydney Law School.
26 February 2018
10 questions with Associate Professor Rita Shackel
In celebration of International Women’s Day, SOAR Fellow, Associate Professor Rita Shackel shares her personal thoughts on career success, inspirational women, and the need for society to step up to sexual abuse and violence.
23 February 2018
Alumna Laina Chan shares her career insights
International Women's Day MC, Laina Chan (BSc Hons LLB Hons '94), shares her career journey and tips for women entering the legal profession.
22 February 2018
5 career barriers and how to break through them
Gender barriers in the workplace can be hard to break. University of Sydney academics offer tips to tackle career obstacles this International Women's Day.
14 February 2018
Jessup team to represent Australia in Washington DC
A team of law students have returned from Canberra as national champions in the Australian round of the prestigious Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
13 February 2018
Sydney Law School alumni recognised in Australia Day honours
Congratulations to our Sydney Law School community members who were acknowledged in the 2018 Australia Day Honours List.
25 January 2018
Emerging research pioneers championed with fellowships
Twenty-two gifted early and mid-career researchers have been named as the University of Sydney's 2018 Sydney Research Accelerator (SOAR) fellows.
12 January 2018
For women fighting the gender pay gap discrimination law is limited
Discrimination law has limited capacity to address the gender pay gap, writes legal expert Alice Orchiston.