ANU College of Law
 | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established |
1960 (as the Faculty of Law) |
| Dean | 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
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
- Peter Buchanan, Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 1997
- Tony Whitlam, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia 1993-2005
Legal practitioners
- Jennifer Robinson, Human Rights and Wikileaks Lawyer, Rhodes Scholar 2006
- David Risstrom, Barrister
- Tupou Draunidalo, Fijian Lawyer
Law professors
- Jane Stapleton, Research Professor at the ANU College of Law, E.E. Smith Professor at Texas, Austin, Visiting Professor at Oxford
- George Williams, Professor at the UNSW Faculty of Law, constitutional law 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
References
- ↑ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Law". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- ↑ "ANU College of Law, Federal Law Review".
- ↑ "ANU College of Law, Australian Year Book of International Law". Archived from the original on 2013-11-06.
- ↑ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/law-legal-studies#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
- ↑ "Altruism and business with Graham Tuckwell". Archived from the original on 2013-11-06.
External links
Coordinates: 35°16′52″S 149°07′08″E / 35.281°S 149.119°E