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5 Oct 2026
Primary school children are anxious about climate change and keen to understand what it means – and the YouTube video series Climate Kids has returned with a second season to answer more of their questions.
24 Sep 2026
Australia and other nations should amend laws and practices to deal with millions of people who are expected to move because of climate-related hazards, according to a new report by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
23 Apr 2026
The long-held legal assumption that Australia’s High Court does not have the power to hear claims of Aboriginal sovereignty is wrong, according to new research by Melbourne Law School.
18 Mar 2026
Nearly half of all General Practitioners (GPs) are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) ‘scribes’ to listen to consultations and make notes, but patients are not always told, or asked for their permission, says a University of Melbourne Law School researcher.
23 Feb 2026
University of Melbourne researchers have found that health impacts from heavy vehicle emissions are costing the community more than A$6.2 billion per year.
16 Jul 2025
More than one in three young people have experienced being ripped off by employers, and most of them did not seek redress, according to a new study from Melbourne Law School.
13 May 2025
Former ABC Radio broadcaster Jon Faine is hosting a new podcast series spotlighting current legal issues in interviews with researchers at Melbourne Law School.
16 Aug 2024
Professor Michelle Foster has been appointed the Dean of the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne.
2 Jul 2024
More than half of young people are using strangulation during sex.
19 Jun 2024
Australia’s pawnbroking industry is too lightly regulated, harming vulnerable consumers and leaving them in greater financial distress, according to new research by the University of Melbourne.
16 Nov 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and magnified migrant and refugee communities’ difficulties in accessing social and legal services in Victoria, a new report has found.
1 May 2023
How the proposed Voice to Parliament may interact with government and enhance Australia's system of representation will be discussed by independent member for Kooyong Dr Monique Ryan MP, Former Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Terry Moran AC, Former Clerk of the Senate Dr Rosemary Laing, and SNAICC - National Voice for our Children CEO Catherine Liddle at the upcoming Conversations about the Voice event.
21 Apr 2023
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today gave a public address at Melbourne Law School on the challenges of protecting displaced people globally.
21 Dec 2022
World-leading expert on charity law and private law theory, Professor Matthew Harding, has been appointed as the Dean of the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne.
21 Jun 2022
The prestigious international Tang Prize in Rule of Law has been awarded to Professor Cheryl Saunders, Laureate Professor Emeritus at Melbourne Law School (MLS).
5 Apr 2022
Professor Matthew Harding has been appointed Dean of the Melbourne Law School (MLS) for an interim period of 12 months.
6 Nov 2021
Professor Hilary Charlesworth has been elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the first Australian woman and only the fifth woman elected to the United Nations body.
18 Mar 2021
A unique University of Melbourne initiative showcasing the University’s depth and breadth of expertise and leadership in climate research will be launched next week.
16 Feb 2021
Unsurprisingly, Australia’s COVID-19 response has featured heavily in weighing the nominees to be shortlisted for the 2020 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership.
9 Feb 2021
A University of Melbourne research team is developing a suite of tools to help Australian workers and regulators address exploitation and ‘wage theft’ in a new project launched today.