ANU College of Law

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 ACT courts.

ANU College of Law
TypePublic
Established1960
(as the Faculty of Law)
DeanSally Wheeler
Administrative staff
around 130, including support staff and visiting fellows
Students1,400
annual intake of about 300
Location
Canberra
,
Australian Capital Territory
,
Australia
CampusUrban
Websitehttp://law.anu.edu.au law.anu.edu.au

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.

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 ANU Law Revue. 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.

As of 2018, the College is the 12th ranked law school in the world according to the QS World University Rankings.[5]

Notable alumni
Main article: List of Australian National University people

Judges

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
  • James Stellios 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)
  • Mark Nolan SFHEA, Professor at [ANU College of Law] (2002-2020), Director of the Centre for Law and Justice, Charles Stuart University
  • Fiona Wheeler FAAL, Emerita Professor at [ANU College of Law], expert in constitutional law
  • Phillipa Weeks, Professor at [ANU College of Law] (-2006), expert in labour law
  • Jeremy Gans, Professor at [Melbourne Law School], expert in constitutional law

Politics and government

Other

See also

References
  1. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Law". Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "ANU College of Law, Federal Law Review".
  4. "ANU College of Law, Australian Year Book of International Law". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013.
  5. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2018/law-legal-studies#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
  6. "Altruism and business with Graham Tuckwell". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013.

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