Communications Law Centre now ‘all systems go’

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:40:47 +1000

12 March, 2010

Story by: Wenee Yap

On 3 March 2010, Senator Stephen Conroy, Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, declared the Communications Law Centre launched at an exclusive evening event held at Clayton Utz, Sydney....

Huckerby scoops top alumni award in China

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:10:40 +1000

March 8, 2010

The inaugural Australia China Alumni Awards were held recently in Beijing, recognising the most outstanding Australian alumni in China. UTS Law alum Martyn Huckerby, a Partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, took out Australian Education International's Young Australian...

Laws of survival

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:03:29 +1000

Wenee Yap is not one to sit idly by. An Orientation Coordinator and journalist in the Faculty of Law, she is also a 2009 Communication/Law graduate and the founder of Survive Law – a project aimed at tackling the high rate of depression among law students.

A new voice in protecting freedom of expression

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +1000

Australia's only independent centre representing the public interest in the media and communications industries is being launched early next month by UTS.

The non-profit Communications Law Centre (CLC), specialising...

Study gives insight on handling student complaints

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:19:41 +1000

Universities have a new resource for developing more effective student grievance and discipline processes at the end of a nationwide study by legal academics from three NSW universities, including UTS.

Professor Jim Jackson and Helen Fleming of Southern...

New Estate Planning subject for financial planners

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:10:51 +1000

Are you a financial planner? Looking to improve your understanding of estate planning theory and practice?

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), the peak professional body for over 12,000 Australian financial planners, has joined forces with the UTS Faculty of Law to deliver...

ALRC internship now part of Community Justice Studies

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:53 +1000

November 13, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo by: www.sxc.hu

Students of Community Justice Studies, a UTS: Law elective focused on practice-based learning, can now complete an internship with the Australian Law Reform Commission, or...

UTS winner of Sir Harry Gibbs Moot 2009

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +1000

November 13, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap

Eight weeks of preparation. Four moot team members, some seasoned, some fresh. Four intense days of competition. Six rounds, one winner - this is the UTS Gibbs Moot 2009.

"I knew all along that...

Dinner, drinks & murder most foul

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:54 +1000

November 12, 2009

Story & Photo by: Wenee Yap

Dinner, drinks and a side of murder most foul marked the 2009 Perspectives on Law Dinner, an annual event hosted by the UTS Law Student Society and the UTS Faculty of Law. Held at sleek CBD watering hole...

Following your heart's desire: Anny Slater Woman Lawyer of the Year in Private Practice

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:44:01 +1000

October 27, 2009

Story by: Sarah Christian

Taking the risk to go after your heart's desire is no small feat. Dorothy was knocked around in a cyclone, propelled into the Land of Oz and thrust back out again; realising that she only...

India's battle over cheap medicine for the masses

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:12:13 +1000

October 26, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo by: www.sxc.hu

From third-world copycat to wealthy R&D drug development hub, the rise of India's pharmaceutical industry reveals an unlikely story in the economic ascendancy of developing...

UTS: Law Alumni Honoured at UTS:ALUMNI Awards

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:05:18 +1000

October 19, 2009

Story By: Sarah Christian

Across the globe, around 140,000 UTS alumni can be found working in a vast range of professions - from government, private business and the community sector. They are renowned for their determination, entrepreneurship...

"Now I have freedom": The Anti-Slavery Project

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:39:54 +1000

October 12, 2009

Story By: Sarah Christian

A client of the Anti-Slavery Project visited their office to collect a letter from the Department of Immigration informing her that she had been granted permanent residence...

Michael Kirby: Twitter is "the voice of freedom"

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:18:46 +1000

October 7, 2009

Story By: Sarah Christian

The Honourable Michael Kirby used his role as a keynote speaker at the UTS: Law Spring Graduations to promote the role of new technologies in mobilising support for human rights causes. After...

Digital revolution overshadows parallel import controversy, says bookshop CEO

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:47:19 +1000

September 23, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo supplied by: www.sxc.hu

CEO and Director of the Melbourne University Bookshop, Graeme Connelly, declared the controversy over allowing parallel imports of books into Australia - a...

How to be an insufferable law school know-it-all...without really trying.

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:10:03 +1000

September 14, 2009

It's Week 1. What you thought would be an ease-in introduction to studying law has turned into a whirlwind of lectures, imminent deadlines, and frenzied textbook-buying, culminating in an impossibly high pile of readings, all due yesterday. Everyone in your class...

Hamburg Law Student wins UTS:Law LLM Scholarship

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:42:43 +1000

August 24, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo supplied by: Annika Guhse

"I am convinced that life is what you make it" said Annika Guhse, UTS: Law's latest LLM Scholarship winner for continuing LLM students. At 26, the Hamburg...

The GFC - Global Financial Crisis or Great For Change?

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:27:42 +1000

August 11, 2009

Story by: Sarah Christian
Image by: www.sxc.hu

The GFC tag has attracted many meanings in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis but the resounding message from the UTS Faculty of Law Forum 'Surviving the Downturn...

Reforms protecting slaves in Australia a welcome change

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:43:12 +1000

Members of the Anti-Slavery Project have welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of major reforms to visas that are available for victims of trafficking and slavery.

Victims of trafficking and their families will now have more stability...

On the brink

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:28 +1000

The world’s population is increasing and natural resources are rapidly decreasing. In 50 years, our overcrowded planet will struggle to support an extra two billion people. As debate rages over what we can do to ensure a sustainable future, five UTS experts offer a glimpse of what life...

Protecting public interest

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:38:27 +1000

The Australian communication landscape is changing. Lesley Hitchens looks at how the Federal Government’s planned national broadband network raises broader issues about the future role of the media and the public’s access to information they can trust.

UTS: Law news

Communications Law Centre now ‘all systems go’

Huckerby scoops top alumni award in China

Laws of survival

A new voice in protecting freedom of expression

Study gives insight on handling student complaints

New Estate Planning subject for financial planners

ALRC internship now part of Community Justice Studies

UTS winner of Sir Harry Gibbs Moot 2009

Dinner, drinks & murder most foul

Following your heart's desire: Anny Slater Woman Lawyer of the Year in Private Practice

India's battle over cheap medicine for the masses

UTS: Law Alumni Honoured at UTS:ALUMNI Awards

"Now I have freedom": The Anti-Slavery Project

Michael Kirby: Twitter is "the voice of freedom"

Digital revolution overshadows parallel import controversy, says bookshop CEO

How to be an insufferable law school know-it-all...without really trying.

Hamburg Law Student wins UTS:Law LLM Scholarship

The GFC - Global Financial Crisis or Great For Change?

Reforms protecting slaves in Australia a welcome change

On the brink

Protecting public interest