University of Adelaide Law School

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University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide Law School is a law school in Australia, founded in 1883. It is the second oldest Law School in Australia and is a division of the Faculty of Professions at the University of Adelaide. As of 2005, it has 1300 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate courses.

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[edit] Degrees

Undergraduate:

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Postgraduate:

  • Master of Laws (LLM)
  • Master of Business Law (MBusLaw)
  • Master of Comparative Law (MCL)
  • Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD)
  • Doctorate of Laws (LLD)

[edit] Bachelor of Laws

Core subjects which need to be completed include:

  • Introduction to Australian Law
  • Law of Contract
  • Law of Contract II (from 2007 only)
  • Law of Torts
  • Law of Torts II (from 2007 only)
  • Corporate Law
  • Law of Crime
  • Property Law
  • Australian Constitutional Law
  • Equity
  • Legal Research and Writing
  • Administrative Laws
  • Litigation Practice
  • Civil and Criminal Procedure
  • Introduction to Advocacy
  • Law of Evidence
  • Legal Ethics

[edit] Notable alumni

Prominent contemporary alumni include:

  • Professor John Finnis,[1] Rhodes Scholar, one of the world's leading authorities on legal philosophy and jurisprudence.[2] His Treatise Natural Law and Natural Rights, is regarded as one of the definitive works of natural law philosophy.[3]
  • Hon Julie Bishop MP - Australian Federal Minister for Education Science and Training.
  • Julian Disney - Rhodes Scholar, social activist and founder of Global Governance Group.
  • Professor Ivan Shearer AM,[1] member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee,[4] Former Dean of Adelaide and Sydney University Law Schools.[5]
  • John Doyle AC - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, Rhodes Scholar and Chair of the Australian Judicial College.
  • Robert Hill - former Australian Federal Minister for Defence, now Australian Ambassador to the UN, New York City.
  • Chief Justice Robin Rhodes Millhouse QC - Chief Justice of Kiribati, former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, former Attorney General for South Australia and first Australian Democrats Parliamentarian.
  • Governor Dame Roma Mitchell - first female Governor of an Australian state (South Australia), first female Supreme Court Justice, first female Queens Counsel in Australia.
  • Michael Smith - Australian Ambassador to the UN, Geneva.
  • Senator Amanda Vanstone - Former Australian Federal Immigration Minister, appointed Australian Ambassador to Italy
  • Shaun Micallef - Comedian
  • Hon Dr John C Bannon - former Premier of South Australia
  • Hon Justice John W Perry AO QC - former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
  • Alexander Ward - Past President of the South Australian Law Society (2005) President-Elect of the Law Council Of Australia
  • Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, VC, CMG, CBE, who was awarded the VC for efforts on 23 July 1916, at Pozières, France, in which he commanded 50 men on a daring trench capture and bombing mission. He was later appointed commander of 'Black Force', the Dutch resistance movement in Java, but was captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. He was awarded the CBE for his distinguished efforts against the Japanese at Java.

[edit] Adelaide University Law Students' Society

The Adelaide University Law Students' Society, or "the LSS", is an unincorporated association of which all students enrolled at the University of Adelaide School of Law are automatically members. It was founded in 1898 and is the second oldest organisation for law students in Australia. The LSS is operated by students of the University of Adelaide Law School and its purposes are to improve student life at the school. Its primary activities are to organise social events, such as the annual Law Ball and Law Dinner, to organise competitions, such as mooting and trial advocacy, and to represent the student body on law school boards and committees. It also conducts a myriad of other activities aimed at assisting students and improving their time at the school.

[edit] Adelaide Law Review

The Adelaide Law Review Association publishes the biennial law journal, the Adelaide Law Review.

[edit] References

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  2. ^ http://www.law.nd.edu/faculty/facultypages/finnis.html
  3. ^ Oxford University Press: Natural Law and Natural Rights: John Finnis
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ Emeritus Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD - Sydney Law School - The University of Sydney

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