Research

UNSW Law is one of Australia's leading law faculties. It comprises the Law School and 12 affiliated legal research, education and advocacy centres.  The quality of the Faculty’s research is recognised by a consistently high level of prestigious funding from the Australian Research Council and other bodies. 

Research is disseminated not only through the conventional academic publication of books and articles, including Faculty journals and publications, but also through contributions to policy formulation via parliamentary submissions, law reform commissions, government departments and other agencies. 

In addition to the work of Faculty members, many of whom have significant international reputations, it has a strong cohort of outstanding higher degree research students enrolled in research programs which include the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), the Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) and the Master of Laws (LLM) by Research.

Areas of research strength

• Business and commercial law
• Constitutional and public law
• Criminal law, criminal justice and criminology
• Evidence and civil procedure
• Human rights and social justice
• Indigenous peoples and the law
• Intellectual property
• International and comparative law
• Law reform
• Legal institutions and governance
• Legal theory
• National security and terrorism
• Private law, including contracts, equity, law of obligations and torts

Research @ UNSW Law

• Faculty research centres
• Research networks and groups