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Dec

"Bills of Rights in Australia: History, Politics and Law" by Andrew Byrnes, Hilary Charlesworth and Gabrielle McKinnon - a very timely publication  
  
 Professors Graham Greenleaf, Andrew Byrnes and Rosemary Rayfuse Chief Investigators in successful ARC LIEF grant for 2009  
  
 Future Indigenous lawyers and leaders  
  
 UNSW marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights  
  

Nov

Death of George Winterton, constitutional law scholar, friend and former colleague  
  
 2nd Biennial Ingram Colloquium draws capacity audience  
  
 Emeritus Professor Hal Wootten reflects on the challenges faced by those who choose a career in law  
  
 Spotlight on Human Rights - Attorney General Robert McClelland has opened the 18th Annual Regional Human Rights Defenders Program  
  
 UNSW Law Students prove to be 'Outstanding Delegation' at Model UN in China  
  

Oct

Faculty of Law’s top students acknowledged in Dean’s List The Dean’s List reception on 3 September 2008 recognised and celebrated the achievements of the top performing students in the Faculty of Law.
Dean of the Faculty, Professor David Dixon hosted the cocktail reception where he acknowledged the efforts and success of the students from the Law School and the Australian School of Taxation who had achieved first place in their course in Summer Semester and Semester 1 this year.
The Faculty of Law congratulates all the students named on the Dean’s List.
 
  
 Australian Federalism Thematic Issue of the UNSW Law Journal launched by the Hon Ian Callinan AC  
  
 UNSW Law wins the World Final of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition  
  
 Essays in Sport and the Law book launch showcases Law School faculty, alumni and students  
  
 UNSW launches Master of Human Rights Law and Policy  
  

Sep

High Court Judge Michael Kirby has received UNSW’s highest honour – an honorary Doctorate of Laws  
  

Aug

UNSW Melbourne Open Day, 26 August 2008  
  
 UNSW Law academics appointed to the Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council  
  
 Grant to increase free access to the law  
  

Jun

UNSW Law Journal: Latest Launch on International Commercial Arbitration  
  
 UNSW Law student, Tanvir Uddin, named a Goldman Sachs Global Leader 2008  
  
 Dean's List reception celebrates top students in the Faculty of Law  
  
 Look Who's Talking - Adam Liberman, from Law firm to CSIRO,
31 July, Sydney CBD
Adam Liberman (BCom/LLB ’76), General Counsel and General Manager of Intellectual Property at CSIRO and President Elect of Licensing Executives Society International, will be joined by Lynne Peach, IP Partner, Minter Ellison to discuss the ins and outs of being an intellectual property lawyer.
RSVP: Susie Phe, lawalumni@unsw.edu.au
 
  
 Top recruits headed to UNSW Law School  
  

May

Honours in Law – A very special graduation ceremony for the Law School  
  
 2008 Essay Competition Winners Announced! This year’s essay topic was The Government should impose stronger penalties on individuals who engage in unauthorised downloading and file sharing. Discuss.  
  

Apr

Australia 2020 Summit – Faculty of Law staff members selected to help shape the nation’s future  
  
 Faculty of Law Prize Ceremony 2008  
  
 Outstanding success for UNSW Law in the international round of the Jessup International Law Moot competition  
  
 UNSW Lachs Space Law Moot team win Asia-Pacific championships and progress to world finals in Scotland  
  
 UNSW World Model United Nations delegation returns from a highly successful conference in Mexico  
  
 Arguing for more than monetary compensation for victims of the Stolen Generation  
  

Mar

Professor Chris Evans appointed to UK tax experts’ panel  
  
 National Pro Bono Resource Centre survey finds $250 million pro bono legal work undertaken by Australian solicitors in 2007  
  
 Law students compete in the ICC International Mediation Competition in Paris  
  
 High Schools from around Sydney vie for victory at the 2008 UNSW Invitational Debating Tournament  
  
 Representing Australia at the World Model United Nations conference in Mexico  
  
 Professor Martin Krygier and Robert Manne discuss the tensions between human rights, the law and law enforcement  
  
 New book release: Forced Migration, Human Rights and Security edited by Dr Jane McAdam, Senior Lecturer and Director of international Law Programs in the Faculty of Law.  
  
 Let’s make small business tax simpler – Australian School of Taxation’s 8th International Tax Administration conference  
  

Feb

Success for UNSW Law students in the Jessup International Law Moot

Come and see our team in action in an Exhibition Moot before guest judges Justice Michael Kirby, Ms Anna Katzmann SC, and Professor Andrew Byrnes
 
  
 UNSW Law Essay competition - CLOSES THIS WEEK!  
  
 High Court judgement: analysing the High Court’s decisions at the 7th Constitutional Law Conference  
  

Jan

Class of 84 Boardroom Lunch, November 2007  
  
 Report on Inquiry into Options for a New National Industrial Relations System headed by Professor George Williams released.  
  







 




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