ANU College of Law
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1960 (as the Faculty of Law) |
| Dean | Sally Wheeler |
Administrative staff | around 130, including support staff and visiting fellows |
| Students | 1,400 annual intake of about 300 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://law.anu.edu.au law.anu.edu.au |
The ANU College of Law is the law school at the Australian National University and one of the seven Colleges of the ANU. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. This provides the College with opportunities to connect with the work of the Parliament of Australia, the High Court of Australia, the departments and agencies of the Federal Government, as well as the local ACT law-making institutions – the Legislative Assembly and the .[citation needed]
The ANU College of Law is a premier law school in Australia. It is ranked 4th nationally and equal 15th in the world according to the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject.[1]
The Dean of the School is Professor Sally Wheeler and the Deputy Dean is Professor Peta Spender.[2]
History[]
The College was established in 1960 as the Faculty of Law.[citation needed]
Faculty and services[]
The ANU College of Law offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes, as well as practical legal training through their 'Legal Workshop' programme.
The College publishes the Federal Law Review[3] and Australian Year Book of International Law.[4]
In addition to its academic programme, the law school promotes a range of co-curricular activities including mooting, negotiation and client interview competitions, membership of the Federal Law Review student editor board, and . The College has been the world champion team in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition two times, in 1981 and 2010, and runner up once, in 1998.[citation needed]
As of 2018, the College is the 12th ranked law school in the world according to the QS World University Rankings.[5]
Notable alumni[]
Judges[]
- Stephen Gageler, Justice of the High Court of Australia since 2012, Solicitor-General of Australia 2008–2012
- Louise Taylor (jurist), Magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory since 2018, and the ACT's first Aboriginal judicial officer.
- , NSW Land and Environment Court, appointed 1 May 2009.
- John Pascoe, AO, CVO, former Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (13 October 2017 – 9 December 2018) and Deputy Chancellor of the University of New South Wales
- Terence Higgins, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (2 July 1990 - 30 January 2003)
- Peter Buchanan, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (8 September 2006 - 9 September 2016)
- Tony Whitlam, former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (1 January 1993 -1 May 2005)
- Richard Refshauge, Acting Judge of the Australian Capital Territory Drug and Alcohol Court since 2020, former Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (2008-2017), former Director of Public Prosecutions of the Australian Capital Territory (1998-2008)
- Alan Robertson SC, former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (2011-2020)
- James Stevenson, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, appointed 1 February 2012.
- Geoff Lindsay, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, appointed 6 August 2012.
Legal practitioners[]
- Jennifer Robinson, human rights and WikiLeaks lawyer, Rhodes Scholar 2006
- David Risstrom, barrister
- Tupou Draunidalo, Fijian Lawyer
Law professors[]
- Jane Stapleton, Emerita Professor at the [ANU College of Law], E.E. Smith Professor at Texas, Austin, 38th Master of Christ's College, Cambridge (2016–present)
- George Williams, Professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law, constitutional law expert
- FAAL, Professor at the [ANU College of Law], constitutional law expert, barrister
- Thomas Faunce, Professor at [ANU College of Law] and [ANU Medical School] (2006-2019)
- SFHEA, Professor at [ANU College of Law] (2002-2020), Director of the Centre for Law and Justice, Charles Stuart University
- FAAL, Emerita Professor at [ANU College of Law], expert in constitutional law
- , Professor at [ANU College of Law] (-2006), expert in labour law
- , Professor at [Melbourne Law School], expert in constitutional law
Politics and government[]
- Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Senator for New South Wales
- Margaret Guilfoyle AC DBE, former Senator for Victoria
- John Hannaford, former New South Wales Government Minister
- Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia
- Gary Humphries, former Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
- Kate Jones, former Queensland Government Minister
- Joe Ludwig, Senator for Queensland
- John McMillan AO, Australian Information Commissioner
- Brett Mason, Senator for Queensland
- Nick Minchin, former Senator for South Australia
- Simon Overland APM, Tasmanian Justice Department Secretary, 23rd Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police
- James Popple, Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
- Shane Rattenbury, Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
- Warwick Smith AM, former Member of the Australian Parliament
- Jon Stanhope, former Chief Minister of the ACT, Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories
- Shane Stone AC, QC, 5th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- Feleti Teo OBE, former Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
- Andrew Tink, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
- Tony Whitlam QC, former Member of the Australian Parliament, former judge
- Peter Woolcott, Australian diplomat
Other[]
- Graham Tuckwell, Founder and Chairman of ETF Securities Limited[6]
- Jack Waterford AM, Editor-at-Large of The Canberra Times
- Stephen Rice, journalist
- Tim Rogers, musician
- Anu Singh, criminal
- Anita Ondine Smith, transmedia storyteller
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Law". Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "ANU College of Law, Federal Law Review".
- ^ "ANU College of Law, Australian Year Book of International Law". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013.
- ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2018/law-legal-studies#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
- ^ "Altruism and business with Graham Tuckwell". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013.
External links[]
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- Australian National University
- Law schools in Australia
- Educational institutions established in 1960
- 1960 establishments in Australia