2021

Articles

Students create platform to report sexual harassment, bullying in law firms

A group of students at the University of Sydney have developed Confidant - an online platform where users can anonymously report and seek redress and support for bullying and sexual harassment in law firms.

Why benchmark human rights in financial services?

The link between financial services' business activities and their human rights impacts are not well understood. Publicly benchmarking performance can create pressure to improve: our benchmark offers a snapshot of FSE performance and a way toward better outcomes.

People more confident about vaccines in countries where trust in science is high

Using the world's largest vaccine confidence survey, researchers established that the more a national population trusts science, the more likely they are to believe that vaccines are safe and effective.

Social justice and the law in action

For Law Week 2021, Professor Simon Rice speaks about law reform and the importance of community legal centres for access to justice.

Ivan Roberts Scholarship now open

Two postgraduate scholarships available to support domestic and international Sydney Law School students and graduates.

Undergraduate law scholarships to help finance your study

Sydney Law School offers several undergraduate equity scholarships to help fund your law degree.

Student insights: Unique international focus of Juris Doctor

Vinuri Gajanayake shares her experience as a Juris Doctor student at Sydney Law School and speaks about the ‘unique international focus’ of the degree.

Financial sector fails human rights test

Research on 22 ASX-listed financial companies has found that they fail to walk their human rights talk: there is no board-level accountability for human rights breaches, despite the existence of pro-human rights policies.

Intellectual property, law and technology

On World Intellectual Property Day, Professor Kimberlee Weatherall speaks about her research into data collection and use, copyright, and artificial intelligence ethics.

Biden’s challenges at the Climate Summit: what are his levers?

Professor Rosemary Lyster writes an opinion piece on the Earth Day 2021 Climate Summit, and US President Joe Biden's challenges and levers.