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Researchers are launching a $9 million study which aims to embed ethics and the law into autonomous defence systems, such as self-driving military vehicles.

The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law will once again send a team to Washington DC to compete in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

The Hayne Royal Commission has been described as “one of the most consequential royal commissions ever conducted in Australia”. Dr Vicky Comino breaks down what the commissioner has promised - and explains why it might not be delivered.

Australia Day 2019 Honours have been conferred on four alumni and friends from the TC Beirne School of Law.

UQ Law students are taking their skills from the Queensland class room to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as they complete internships to expand their practical law experience.

Dr Justine Bell-James explains the recent NSW Land and Environment Court's landmark judgement, confirming a decision to refuse a new open-cut coal mine.

A team of University of Queensland staff and students have taken the next step in their project on trafficking in persons, following a presentation to a group of international experts at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria.

Migrant women with temporary visa status are particularly vulnerable when it comes to domestic and family violence. That vulnerability is intensified when you add technology to the mix.

How did you spend your summer vacation? Six University of Queensland Law students decided to expand their horizons with a study trip to the United States. Students Emily McClelland and Harry Meixner share their experience.

“Make Australia Great.” So began several million text messages, sent last week from Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party. Palmer’s bumptious campaign techniques actually predated those of Donald Trump.

A future where impairment is accepted as part of human diversity without question or fanfare is the dream of The University of Queensland School of Law’s latest Fulbright Scholar.

Pursuing their passions abroad will be made easier for four University of Queensland business, economics and law students thanks to financial support from the Australian Government’s 2019 New Colombo Plan program.

Despite sleeping through most of his classes, Kirby Bell was an im-paw-tant guest at The University of Queensland’s December graduation ceremonies.

The four-year-old terrier cross had a job to do – assisting owner Brianna Bell as she graduated from the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) program.

In name alone, I Dreamed a Dream could well be the appropriate title track to multi-talented Sarah Copley’s time at The University of Queensland.

The high achieving School of Law and UQ Business School graduate not only spent 2018 completing her Bachelor of Business Management/Bachelor of Laws (Honours), but also played the lead role in an amateur theatre production of Les Miserables.

A three-year partnership between The University of Queensland Law School and national law firm Holding Redlich will provide new research opportunities for students interested in property law.

The University of Queensland Law School is partnering with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to develop university modules on wildlife, forest, and fisheries crime.

University of Queensland law students have been acknowledged for their outstanding mooting achievements at the Law School’s seventh annual David F Jackson Mooting Dinner.

Inspired by his own university experience, leading funds manager Matt McLennan has donated $1 million to The University of Queensland Law School to provide students with collaborative learning spaces.

International lawyer Melinda Taylor talks to Contact about her duty to stand up for basic human rights – even when her own safety is at risk.

Chloe Widmaier is in her first week at law firm Ashurst, and studying at night to finish this semester’s work. She’ll soon graduate with a Bachelor of Laws with a Diploma of Languages in Chinese. In her third year of studying Law, Chloe volunteered at the UQ Pro Bono Centre. She helped refugees on Saturdays at a free clinic run by the Uniting Church to understand the process of applying for asylum.