ANU College of Law

ANU College of Law
Type Public
Established 1960
(as the Faculty of Law)
Dean Professor Stephen Bottomley
Administrative staff
 around 130, including support staff and visiting fellows
Students 1,400
annual intake of about 300
Location Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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 the heart of 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.

The ANU College of Law is a premier law school in Australia. It is ranked 4th nationally and 15th in the world according to the 2016 QS World University Rankings by Subject.[1]

The Dean of the School is Professor Stephen Bottomley and the Deputy Dean is Professor Donald R Rothwell.[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 2016, the College is the 15th ranked law school in the world according to the QS World University Rankings.[5]

Notable alumni

The South Wing of the Australian National University College of Law.

Judges

Legal practitioners

Law professors

  • Jane Stapleton, Research Professor at the ANU College of Law, E.E. Smith Professor at Texas, Austin, Visiting Professor at Oxford, world-leading scholar on tort law
  • Thomas Alured Faunce, Professor at the ANU College of Law, health law expert
  • Dennis Pearce AO, former Dean of the ANU College of Law, administrative law expert, Commonwealth Ombudsmen 1988-1990
  • George Williams, Professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law, constitutional law expert
  • Andrew Byrnes, Professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law, international law expert
  • Megan Davis, Professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law, indigenous law expert
  • Martin Krygier, Professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law, legal theory expert
  • Anne Twomney, Professor at Sydney Law School, constitutional law expert
  • Vivienne Bath, Professor at Sydney Law School, constitutional law expert
  • Michael Dirkis, Professor at Sydney Law School, taxation law expert
  • Mark Findlay, Professor at Sydney Law School, criminal law expert
  • Christine Parker, Professor at Monash University Faculty of Law, legal regulation expert

Politics and government

Other

External links

Coordinates: 35°16′52″S 149°07′08″E / 35.281°S 149.119°E / -35.281; 149.119

References

  1. ↑ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Law". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ↑ http://law.anu.edu.au/anu-college-law/deans-welcome
  3. ↑ "ANU College of Law, Federal Law Review".
  4. ↑ "ANU College of Law, Australian Year Book of International Law".
  5. ↑ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/law-legal-studies#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
  6. ↑ "Altruism and business with Graham Tuckwell".
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