ANU College of Law
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| Established | 1960 as the Faculty of Law |
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| Dean | Professor Stephen Bottomley |
| Students | 1,400 annual intake of about 300 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | 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 national capital. This provides the College with unique 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.[citation needed]
The ANU College of Law is a premier law school in Australia. It is ranked 4th nationally, 16th in the world and 5th in Asia-Pacific according to the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject.[1]
The Dean of the School is Professor Stephen Bottomley.[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 Federal Law Review[3] and Australian Year Book of International Law[4] are based at the College.
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 champion of 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 2013, the College is the 14th 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
- John Pascoe, AO, CVO, Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia since 2004 and Deputy Chancellor of the University of New South Wales
- Terence Higgins, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory since 2003
- Alan Robertson, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia since 2011
- John Griffiths, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia since 2012
- John Faulks, Deputy Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia since 2004
- Robert Beech-Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2012
- Geoffrey Lindsay, Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2012
- Peter Buchanan, Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 1997
- Tony Whitlam, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia 1993-2005
- Richard Refshauge, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory since 2008
- Rachel Ann Pepper, Justice of the Land and Environment Court of NSW since 2009
- Nicola Hope Margaret Pain, Justice of the Land and Environment Court of NSW since 2002
Legal practitioners
- Jennifer Robinson, Human Rights and Wikileaks Lawyer, Rhodes Scholar 2006
- Anthony Hartnell, Founding Partner of Atanaskovic Hartnell, Founding Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- John Weber, Chief Executive Partner of Minter Ellison
- Shannon Finch, Partner in Charge of King & Wood Mallesons Sydney
- Kate Jordan, Partner in Charge of Clayton Utz Sydney
- David Risstrom, Barrister
- Tupou Draunidalo, Fijian Lawyer
- Martijn Wilder AM, Head of the Global Environmental Markets practice at Baker & McKenzie
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
- Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Senator for New South Wales
- James Popple, Senior Member, Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- John McMillan AO, Australian Information Commissioner
- 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
- 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
- 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
External links
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References
- ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 - Law". http://www.topuniversities.com/. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ http://law.anu.edu.au/anu-college-law/deans-welcome
- ^ "ANU College of Law, Federal Law Review".
- ^ "ANU College of Law, Australian Year Book of International Law".
- ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studies
- ^ "Altruism and business with Graham Tuckwell".