Monash University Faculty of Law
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Monash University Faculty of Law, or Monash Law School, is the law school
of Monash University
in Melbourne
, Victoria
. Established in 1963, it offers the LLB, J.D.
, LLM, S.J.D.
, LLD
and PhD
degrees in law. It has been ranked as one of the top 20 law schools in the world. As one of the Asia-Pacific's most prestigious and preferred law schools, its admission process is one of the most competitive in Australia.
The Law School currently has approximately 2800 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as well as several hundred academic staff, many of whom are world leaders in their field.
Currently, almost all of the senior judicial positions in Victoria - including Chief Justice of Victoria
, Chief Judge of the County Court
, Chief Magistrate
, President of VCAT
, Chief Magistrate of the Children's Court, Solicitor-General
and State Coroner
- are occupied by Monash Law School graduates. The School's alumni are also prominent in business and government.
The Monash University Law Review
, the School's flagship review, is one of the scholarly refereed law journals based at Monash Law School.
, who wanted a high quality, well-planned, original faculty of law. In the end, it was over a relatively short period of time - 5 months from October 1963 to March 1964 - that a first year law school curriculum was established and two teaching staff were appointed. However, when students first arrived in 1964, they did so with the knowledge that the curriculum for their later years was still being written. The University's law library was established with impressive speed, after substantial book donations from two former Supreme Court justices. Appropriately for a law school, the Faculty's establishment was delayed by a dispute over the interpretation of the Monash University Act, concerning when and how the University Council could set up new faculties. Debate between the University, the Crown Solicitor and the Parliamentary Draftsmen eventually resulted in an amendment to the Act.
was the Law School's first dean, beginning his term on 29 February 1964 after resigning his post as Professor of Jurisprudence at Melbourne University the day before. Immediately Derham sought to depart radically from the way that law had been taught previously in Australia. His appointment was announced on a Monday, and reportedly he was outlining detailed proposals for first year subjects by the following Friday. He drastically reworked the curriculum and teaching style which his faculty had taught at Melbourne University. Monash introduced small-group teaching, interactive lectures, and a curriculum which emphasised legal skills in addition to a knowledge of the law itself. According to Derham the reason for this was that the law is "not fixed and static. It moves and grows." This was in contrast to the conventional style of teaching in Australian law schools, in which part-time staff members would deliver lectures to a hall of students with little or no student-teacher interaction. A similar transformation later took place at the University of New South Wales
in Sydney. In later years Derham also managed to establish strong international links with law schools in North America
and Europe
, which continue today. The first intake of law school students began in March 1964 with an initial enrollment of 149 students, after a lengthy selection and interview process. The first lecture, for the first year subject "The Legal System", was held by Professor Derham on Monday 9 March 1964, with all staff sitting anxiously in the front row.
By all reports, the opportunity to develop a new and original law school excited all those involved in Monash Law School's early years. In addition to its teaching reforms, Monash also became the first law school in Australia to establish its own community legal centres, which were and continue to be run by students under the supervision of staff and other lawyers. In 1971 Monash set another precedent for Australian law schools when Professor Enid Campbell
became the first female Dean of any Law School in Australia's history.
. In 2008, Monash Law School announced that it would begin offering a dual Master of Laws
with the Washington College of Law
- the first such program by an Australian law school.
Monash Law has made a name for itself as a dynamic and progressive law school, in a field which has been criticised for being overly traditional and out of touch. It initiated numerous innovations in Australian law schools, such as the establishment of Faculty-run Community Legal Centres, staffed by undergraduate law students as part of their degrees. As a result, by the early 1990s its undergraduate law program was widely regarded by the legal profession as superior to that of its traditional rival, Melbourne University Law School
.
Today the Law Faculty has over 2800 undergraduate and postgraduate students, providing practical legal education (PLT, through the Monash Law School PDLP) as well as formal legal education.
requires an ENTER score of at least 99.3, meaning that students must be in to the top 0.7% of high school leavers. For double degree programs, the ENTER score requirement is as high as 99.50.
The Faculty's research is further supported by eight research 'clusters': commercial
and private law
; criminal law
and justice
; family law
; innovation and information law; international
, European
and comparative law
; legal philosophy and legal theory; public law
, government
and regulation
; and the legal profession.
There is a large focus on online learning, as there is as much focus as being on campus - which has resulted in programmes such as the Skills, Ethics and Research modules, being heavily based on online assessment work and tasks, as well as the vast majority of lectures being made available online in taped RealMedia
format.
This push for an uptake in technology is reflected by the fact that the Law Library was the first fully wireless accessible building; encouraging students to take advantage of wireless Internet access within the building, and often on the lawns of the grounds surrounding the Law Library. This has also been recently reflected in the further addition of 30 new computers, to form a 4th Computer Laboratory on the 2nd floor of the Law School building.
A relatively large staff run the library, helping students, organising books, carrying out repair work and supervision of the law library. Some of the staff have are perceived to be on the same level of students, being friendly, helpful and social.
The Monash Law library is often seen as very well resourced and particularly quiet, which attracts students from other faculties to study within the library.
. The Springvale Monash Legal Service, including the South East Centre Against Sexual Assault, is located in the South-Eastern Melbourne suburb of Springvale
. The Springvale service is now the oldest continually running community legal service in Australia. Among the students who were first to participate in the program in 1973 include the current Chief Justice of Victoria
Marilyn Warren
and current Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
(ASIC) Tony D'Aloisio
.
These centres operate to provide free legal services and education to meet the needs of the community. They are supervised by full-time and part-time qualified legal practitioners, but are essentially run by law students at Monash. Working at one of these centres for a semester or a summer is part of the Law School's Professional Practice units, which count towards the Monash Bachelor of Laws
. Student volunteers undertake a range of responsibilities, including interviewing clients, negotiating with other parties, letter drafting, preparing wills and court documents, and appearing in court on their client's behalf. Although most tasks are carried out by the students, they are under the supervision of practising solicitors. The Centres provide legal advice in areas such as criminal law, employment law, debt and family law. They also produce publications on law reform.
Since Monash's establishment of Community Legal Services in the early 1970s, similar programs have been introduced at other Australian law schools, such as the University of New South Wales
, Chief Magistrate of the Children's Court, Solicitor-General, Director of Public Prosecutions
and State Coroner - are occupied by Monash Law School graduates.
Politics & Government
Judiciary and the Bar
Business
Social services and academia
Media & the Arts
Sport
Notable Monash Law academic staff include:
Law school
A law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
of Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. Established in 1963, it offers the LLB, J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
, LLM, S.J.D.
Doctor of Juridical Science
Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of the Science of Law, Scientiae Juridicae Doctor , abbreviated J.S.D. or S.J.D., is a research doctorate in law and equivalent to the PhD It is offered primarily in the United States, where it originated, and in Canada...
, LLD
Legum Doctor
Legum Doctor is a doctorate-level academic degree in law, or an honorary doctorate, depending on the jurisdiction. The double L in the abbreviation refers to the early practice in the University of Cambridge to teach both Canon Law and Civil Law, the double L indicating the plural, Doctor of both...
and PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
degrees in law. It has been ranked as one of the top 20 law schools in the world. As one of the Asia-Pacific's most prestigious and preferred law schools, its admission process is one of the most competitive in Australia.
The Law School currently has approximately 2800 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as well as several hundred academic staff, many of whom are world leaders in their field.
Currently, almost all of the senior judicial positions in Victoria - including Chief Justice of Victoria
Marilyn Warren
Marilyn Louise Warren AC, QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.- Early life :...
, Chief Judge of the County Court
Michael Rozenes
Michael Rozenes AO QC is the Chief Judge of the County Court.- Early life :Rozenes was born in Sosnowiec, Poland and migrated with his family to Australia when he was three years old. Rozenes was educated at the North Caulfield State school and then at Brighton Grammar School...
, Chief Magistrate
Ian Gray (Australian magistrate)
Ian Gray is the current Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates' Court of Victoria. He completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws at Monash University, graduating in 1973. He initially practised as a private solicitor, before beginning work as a community lawyer in a Community Legal Service...
, President of VCAT
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is a government agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. The name is pronounced 'vee-cat'...
, Chief Magistrate of the Children's Court, Solicitor-General
Pamela Tate
Pamela Tate SC was the Solicitor-General of Victoria, Australia. In 2003, she became the first woman to be appointed to the position. The Solicitor-General is the second highest law officer of state in Victoria, behind the Attorney-General...
and State Coroner
Graeme Johnstone
Graeme Johnstone was the state coroner of Victoria, Australia from 1994-2007. He retired on 29 November 2007, and was replaced by Judge Jennifer Coate. He is noted for often personally visiting the scenes of deaths that fall within his jurisdiction....
- are occupied by Monash Law School graduates. The School's alumni are also prominent in business and government.
The Monash University Law Review
Monash University Law Review
The Monash University Law Review is a scholarly refereed law journal based at the Monash University Faculty of Law. Each issue contains articles by prominent academics, judges and legal practitioners, critically discussing a range of legal issues. The Review is held in law libraries and law firms...
, the School's flagship review, is one of the scholarly refereed law journals based at Monash Law School.
Foundation
In the 1950s it had become clear that Melbourne's one law school would soon be unable to meet demand for legal education. This meant that although Monash was founded to focus primarily on science and technology, the university would inevitably contain a law school. The need was not considered pressing enough to make Law a foundation faculty of the new university; however, when the University of Melbourne imposed quotas on law school candidates due to a lack of resources, a new law school was immediately needed to cater for the extra students. The Victorian Council of Legal Education, the Chief Justice of Victoria and the Victorian Government pushed for the overnight establishment of a Monash law school, but this was resisted by the University's Vice-Chancellor, Sir Louis MathesonLouis Matheson
Sir James Adam Louis Matheson KBE was a British academic and university administrator, who was the first Vice-Chancellor of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.- Early life :...
, who wanted a high quality, well-planned, original faculty of law. In the end, it was over a relatively short period of time - 5 months from October 1963 to March 1964 - that a first year law school curriculum was established and two teaching staff were appointed. However, when students first arrived in 1964, they did so with the knowledge that the curriculum for their later years was still being written. The University's law library was established with impressive speed, after substantial book donations from two former Supreme Court justices. Appropriately for a law school, the Faculty's establishment was delayed by a dispute over the interpretation of the Monash University Act, concerning when and how the University Council could set up new faculties. Debate between the University, the Crown Solicitor and the Parliamentary Draftsmen eventually resulted in an amendment to the Act.
Early years
Professor David P. DerhamDavid Derham
Sir David Plumley Derham KBE CMG was an Australian jurist and university administrator. He was an expert in Australian constitutional law...
was the Law School's first dean, beginning his term on 29 February 1964 after resigning his post as Professor of Jurisprudence at Melbourne University the day before. Immediately Derham sought to depart radically from the way that law had been taught previously in Australia. His appointment was announced on a Monday, and reportedly he was outlining detailed proposals for first year subjects by the following Friday. He drastically reworked the curriculum and teaching style which his faculty had taught at Melbourne University. Monash introduced small-group teaching, interactive lectures, and a curriculum which emphasised legal skills in addition to a knowledge of the law itself. According to Derham the reason for this was that the law is "not fixed and static. It moves and grows." This was in contrast to the conventional style of teaching in Australian law schools, in which part-time staff members would deliver lectures to a hall of students with little or no student-teacher interaction. A similar transformation later took place at the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney. In later years Derham also managed to establish strong international links with law schools in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, which continue today. The first intake of law school students began in March 1964 with an initial enrollment of 149 students, after a lengthy selection and interview process. The first lecture, for the first year subject "The Legal System", was held by Professor Derham on Monday 9 March 1964, with all staff sitting anxiously in the front row.
By all reports, the opportunity to develop a new and original law school excited all those involved in Monash Law School's early years. In addition to its teaching reforms, Monash also became the first law school in Australia to establish its own community legal centres, which were and continue to be run by students under the supervision of staff and other lawyers. In 1971 Monash set another precedent for Australian law schools when Professor Enid Campbell
Enid Campbell
Professor Enid Mona Campbell, AC, OBE was an Australian legal scholar, and was the first female professor and Dean of a law school in Australasia...
became the first female Dean of any Law School in Australia's history.
Recent history
When Monash University expanded in the 1990s, the Law School chose not to extend itself to other campuses. Instead, it chose to selectively use the University's internationalisation to create new opportunities for international study and research. The result was the establishment and expansion of international collaboration and exchange programs with law schools around the world. Additionally, the Law School established the Prato Program and the Malaysia Program, allowing its students to complete part of their degrees at the University's campuses in Malaysia and TuscanyMonash University, Prato Centre
The Monash University Prato Centre is a teaching and research centre in Tuscany. It is located in an 18th century palace, the Palazzo Vaj, in the historical centre of Prato. It was opened on 17 September 2001, as part of Monash University's internationalisation policy...
. In 2008, Monash Law School announced that it would begin offering a dual Master of Laws
Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
with the Washington College of Law
Washington College of Law
American University Washington College of Law is the law school of American University. It is located on Massachusetts Avenue in the Spring Valley neighborhood of northwest Washington. WCL is ranked 50th among law schools by US News and World Report...
- the first such program by an Australian law school.
Monash Law has made a name for itself as a dynamic and progressive law school, in a field which has been criticised for being overly traditional and out of touch. It initiated numerous innovations in Australian law schools, such as the establishment of Faculty-run Community Legal Centres, staffed by undergraduate law students as part of their degrees. As a result, by the early 1990s its undergraduate law program was widely regarded by the legal profession as superior to that of its traditional rival, Melbourne University Law School
Melbourne University Law School
Melbourne Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of Melbourne, and is one of Australia's oldest law schools. It retains a reputation for high quality teaching and research, with approximately 3500 undergraduate and postgraduate students, and a number of Australia's...
.
Today the Law Faculty has over 2800 undergraduate and postgraduate students, providing practical legal education (PLT, through the Monash Law School PDLP) as well as formal legal education.
Deans
- Sir David Plumley DerhamDavid DerhamSir David Plumley Derham KBE CMG was an Australian jurist and university administrator. He was an expert in Australian constitutional law...
(1964–1968) - Louis WallerLouis WallerProfessor Louis Peter Waller AO is an Australian jurist. He is particularly well known for his work in medical and criminal law. He was Sir Leo Cussen Professor of Law at Monash University from 1965 until 2000. He continues to serve as chairman of a number of medical and legal organisations,...
(1969–1970) - Enid Mona CampbellEnid CampbellProfessor Enid Mona Campbell, AC, OBE was an Australian legal scholar, and was the first female professor and Dean of a law school in Australasia...
(1971) - David Ernest Allan (1971–1976)
- Patrick Gerard Nash (1977–1980)
- Robert BaxtBob BaxtProfessor Robert Baxt AO is an Australian lawyer and a former Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission , former Dean of Law at Monash University and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne.-Early life:...
(1980–1988) - Charles Robert Williams (1988–1998)
- Stephen John ParkerStephen John ParkerStephen John Parker is a legal academic and university administrator. He is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra.Parker was born in the north of England. He graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a Bachelor of Laws. He went on to obtain a PhD from the...
(1999–2003) - Arie FreibergArie FreibergProfessor Arie Freiberg AM LLD LLM LLB FASSA is an Australian legal academic. He has been Dean of Monash Law School since 2004. His expertise is in criminal law and criminology and he is current Chair of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council...
(2004-)
Admissions
As one of Australia's most prestigious and preferred law schools, its admission process is one of the most selective of Australian law schools. According to statistics recently published by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Council, the Monash undergraduate law degree was the preferred and most sought after undergraduate law degree of any offered by a university in Victoria. Acceptance into the Bachelor of LawsBachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
requires an ENTER score of at least 99.3, meaning that students must be in to the top 0.7% of high school leavers. For double degree programs, the ENTER score requirement is as high as 99.50.
Research
Academic staff at Monash Law School publish books and journal articles across almost all areas of law. Part of this research is organised around specialist centres, including:- The Castan Centre for Human Rights LawCastan Centre for Human Rights LawThe Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is a research centre located within the Monash University Law Faculty in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 2000 to meet the need for, and interest in, the study of human rights law globally, regionally and in Australia. It grew rapidly to become the...
- The Centre for Regulatory Studies
- The Australian Society of Legal Philosophy
- The Australian Centre for Court and Justice System Innovation
- The Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health
- The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration
- The Commercial Law Group
The Faculty's research is further supported by eight research 'clusters': commercial
Commercial law
Commercial law is the body of law that governs business and commercial transactions...
and private law
Private law
Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts or torts, as it is called in the common law, and the law of obligations as it is called in civilian legal systems...
; criminal law
Criminal law
Criminal law, is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is not allowed because it is held to threaten, harm or endanger the safety and welfare of people, and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on people who do not obey...
and justice
Justice
Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
; family law
Family law
Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including:*the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;...
; innovation and information law; international
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
, European
European Union law
European Union law is a body of treaties and legislation, such as Regulations and Directives, which have direct effect or indirect effect on the laws of European Union member states. The three sources of European Union law are primary law, secondary law and supplementary law...
and comparative law
Comparative law
Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law of different countries. More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law...
; legal philosophy and legal theory; public law
Public law
Public law is a theory of law governing the relationship between individuals and the state. Under this theory, constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are sub-divisions of public law...
, government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
and regulation
Regulation
Regulation is administrative legislation that constitutes or constrains rights and allocates responsibilities. It can be distinguished from primary legislation on the one hand and judge-made law on the other...
; and the legal profession.
Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies
The Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies is a teaching and research centre with a multidisciplinary focus, leading studies on the regulation of areas such as business, health sciences and technology. The current Director of the Centre is Professor Graeme Hodge.Publications
The following legal journals are based at Monash Law School:- Monash University Law ReviewMonash University Law ReviewThe Monash University Law Review is a scholarly refereed law journal based at the Monash University Faculty of Law. Each issue contains articles by prominent academics, judges and legal practitioners, critically discussing a range of legal issues. The Review is held in law libraries and law firms...
- Alternative Law JournalAlternative Law JournalThe Alternative Law Journal is a quarterly, refereed law journal published by the Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd in Melbourne, Australia....
- Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy
Law Library
Student Areas
The Law School Library is split over 4 levels in the David Derham Law School Building. Academic staff offices surround the library. The main areas of student activity are located on the first level;- The Discussion Room provides an open space for students to carry out work and discussion.
- The Quiet Study Area towards the back of the building, overlooking Ring Road North on campus, is a quiet area, but not silent, where most students carry out work.
- Level 1 Computer Labs provide computer and internet access for students and staff. Printing facilities and photocopiers are also present within the Computer Lab area.
- Level 4 Computer Labs provide much the same functionality, but provide access for postgraduate students located on campus.
- The lounge is another area for students to read newspapers, chat and often nap. The newspapers provided include The AgeThe AgeThe Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, The Herald Sun, Australian Financial Review, The AustralianThe AustralianThe Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
and Lawyers' Weekly. - The Monash Law Students' Society office (colloquially 'LSS') and the adjoining recreation room provide LSS members and LSS officials' office space, couches and tea and coffee facilities.
Resources
The Monash University Law Library houses a major collection of printed and electronic material. Most Commonwealth jurisdiction law reports can be found, including non-official and official reports. These include law reports from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Pacific Island regions, the United States and Europe. A vast array of electronic materials such as journals, articles and professional publications can also be found on a substantially large number of commercial and local databases that students have access to.There is a large focus on online learning, as there is as much focus as being on campus - which has resulted in programmes such as the Skills, Ethics and Research modules, being heavily based on online assessment work and tasks, as well as the vast majority of lectures being made available online in taped RealMedia
RealMedia
RealMedia is a proprietary multimedia container format created by RealNetworks. Its extension is ".rm". It is typically used in conjunction with RealVideo and RealAudio and is used for streaming content over the Internet....
format.
This push for an uptake in technology is reflected by the fact that the Law Library was the first fully wireless accessible building; encouraging students to take advantage of wireless Internet access within the building, and often on the lawns of the grounds surrounding the Law Library. This has also been recently reflected in the further addition of 30 new computers, to form a 4th Computer Laboratory on the 2nd floor of the Law School building.
A relatively large staff run the library, helping students, organising books, carrying out repair work and supervision of the law library. Some of the staff have are perceived to be on the same level of students, being friendly, helpful and social.
The Monash Law library is often seen as very well resourced and particularly quiet, which attracts students from other faculties to study within the library.
Community Legal Services
Monash was the first law school in Australia to incorporate Community Legal Services into its teaching programs. Currently, the Monash Law Faculty runs two Community Legal Services. The Monash-Oakleigh Legal Service, which includes the Family Law Assistance Program, is located just outside the western border of the University's Clayton CampusMonash University, Clayton campus
Monash University, Clayton Campus is the main campus of Monash University located in Clayton, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria....
. The Springvale Monash Legal Service, including the South East Centre Against Sexual Assault, is located in the South-Eastern Melbourne suburb of Springvale
Springvale, Victoria
Springvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately 20 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...
. The Springvale service is now the oldest continually running community legal service in Australia. Among the students who were first to participate in the program in 1973 include the current Chief Justice of Victoria
Chief Justice of Victoria
The Chief Justice of Victoria is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Victoria. The Chief Justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head...
Marilyn Warren
Marilyn Warren
Marilyn Louise Warren AC, QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.- Early life :...
and current Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australia's corporate regulator...
(ASIC) Tony D'Aloisio
Tony D'Aloisio
Tony D'Aloisio was Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission . He held the position from 13 May 2007 to 2011, having previously served as an ASIC commissioner....
.
These centres operate to provide free legal services and education to meet the needs of the community. They are supervised by full-time and part-time qualified legal practitioners, but are essentially run by law students at Monash. Working at one of these centres for a semester or a summer is part of the Law School's Professional Practice units, which count towards the Monash Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
. Student volunteers undertake a range of responsibilities, including interviewing clients, negotiating with other parties, letter drafting, preparing wills and court documents, and appearing in court on their client's behalf. Although most tasks are carried out by the students, they are under the supervision of practising solicitors. The Centres provide legal advice in areas such as criminal law, employment law, debt and family law. They also produce publications on law reform.
Since Monash's establishment of Community Legal Services in the early 1970s, similar programs have been introduced at other Australian law schools, such as the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
Notable alumni
Monash Law School, though relatively young, has produced some notable graduates who are currently leaders in politics & government, the law, business, social services & philanthropy and the media. Presently, almost all of the senior judicial positions in Victoria - including Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chief Judge of the County Court, Chief Magistrate, President of VCATVictorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is a government agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. The name is pronounced 'vee-cat'...
, Chief Magistrate of the Children's Court, Solicitor-General, Director of Public Prosecutions
Director of Public Prosecutions
The Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world...
and State Coroner - are occupied by Monash Law School graduates.
Politics & Government
- Richard AlstonRichard Alston (politician)Richard Kenneth Robert Alston was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1986 to 2004, representing the state of Victoria....
- Former Australian Senator and Minister, and Australian High Commissioner in London - Kevin AndrewsKevin Andrews (Australian politician)Kevin James Andrews is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is a member of the House of Representatives and was Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Howard Government, having previously been Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 7...
- Former Australian Minister for Immigration and Workplace Relations - Peter CostelloPeter CostelloPeter Howard Costello AC is an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the Treasurer in the Australian government from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Treasurer in Australian history. Costello was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2009, representing...
- Longest-serving Treasurer of AustraliaTreasurer of AustraliaThe Treasurer of Australia is the minister in the Government of Australia responsible for government expenditure and revenue raising. He is the head of the Department of the Treasury. The Treasurer plays a key role in the economic policy of the government...
, former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of AustraliaLiberal Party of AustraliaThe Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... - Simon CreanSimon CreanSimon Findlay Crean is an Australian politician, and the current Minister for the Arts and Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government in the Australian Federal Government. He was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level,...
- Australian Minister for TradeMinister for Trade (Australia)The Australian Minister for Trade has been Dr. Craig Emerson since 14 September 2010.-Portfolio:Currently the Minister for Trade administers the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, although prior to 1987 there was a separate Department of Trade...
, former Leader of the OppositionLeader of the OppositionThe Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government...
and Australian Labor PartyAustralian Labor PartyThe Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
Leader - Michael KrogerMichael KrogerMichael Norman Kroger is a businessman and a powerbroker within the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne.-Early Life :...
- Prominent Businessman and former President of the Victorian Liberal Party - John LendersJohn LendersJohn Lenders is an Australian Labor Party politician representing the Southern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. He was most notably the Minister for Education in the Bracks Government and Treasurer of Victoria in the Brumby Government....
- Former Victorian TreasurerTreasurerA treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
and longest-serving Finance MinisterFinance ministerThe finance minister is a cabinet position in a government.A minister of finance has many different jobs in a government. He or she helps form the government budget, stimulate the economy, and control finances...
of Victoria - Tony LuptonTony LuptonAnthony Gerard "Tony" Lupton , Australian politician, was the Australian Labor Party member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2010.-Early life:...
- Former Secretary of the Victorian Cabinet - Brendan O'Connor - Current Australian Minister for Home Affairs
- Clare O'NeilClare O'NeilClare O'Neil is an Australian politician and student.She attended Loreto Mandeville Hall, and studied for a Bachelor of Arts and then a Bachelor of Laws degree at Monash University...
- Youngest female Mayor of a Local Government Area in Australia's history, and now Fulbright Scholar - Martin PakulaMartin PakulaMartin Philip Pakula is an Australian politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. He was Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Public Transport in the Labor Government of Premier John Brumby.-Early life:...
- Former Victorian Minister for Public Transport, now Shadow Attorney-General - Peter ReithPeter ReithPeter Keaston Reith, , former Australian politician, was a Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and then a senior Cabinet minister in the first two terms of the Howard Government.-Early life:...
- Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentFounded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 30 countries from central Europe to central Asia. Its mission was to support the formerly communist countries in the process of establishing their...
, former Defence MinisterDefence ministerA defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
and Minister for Workplace Relations - Bill ShortenBill ShortenWilliam Richard "Bill" Shorten is an Australian politician, the Member for Maribyrnong in the Australian Parliament, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services. He was the Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children's Services in the Rudd/Gillard Government...
- Assistant Treasurer of Australia, former National Secretary, Australian Workers' UnionAustralian Workers' UnionThe Australian Workers' Union is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s, and currently has approximately 135,000 members...
and Victorian State ALPAustralian Labor PartyThe Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
President - John ThwaitesJohn Thwaites (Australian politician)Johnstone William "John" Thwaites , Australian politician, was Deputy Premier of the state of Victoria from 1999 to 2007.-Early life :...
- Former Deputy Premier of the State of Victoria and Minister for Environment and Water - Dean Wells - Attorney-General of QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
in the GossWayne GossWayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996.-Early life:He was born at Mundubbera, Queensland and educated at Inala High School and the University of Queensland...
Government
Judiciary and the Bar
- Kevin Bell - Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
, Current President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative TribunalVictorian Civil and Administrative TribunalThe Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is a government agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. The name is pronounced 'vee-cat'...
(VCATVictorian Civil and Administrative TribunalThe Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is a government agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. The name is pronounced 'vee-cat'...
) - Diana BryantDiana BryantDiana Bryant QC was appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia on 5 July 2004.Bryant attended grammar school in Melbourne, at the Firbank Girls' School. Chief Justice Bryant holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Melbourne University, and a Master of Laws degree from Monash University....
- Current Chief Justice of the Family Court of AustraliaFamily Court of AustraliaThe Family Court of Australia is a superior Australian federal court of record which deals with family law matters. Together with the Federal Magistrates Court, it covers family law matters in all states and territories of Australia except Western Australia...
; former and first Chief Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates' Court of AustraliaFederal Magistrates' Court of AustraliaThe Federal Magistrates Court is an Australian court established by the Federal Magistrates Act 1999 , although its first officers were not appointed until 2000... - Julian BurnsideJulian BurnsideJulian William Kennedy Burnside AO QC is an Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author. He is known for his staunch opposition to the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, and has provided legal counsel in a wide array of high-profile cases...
QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
- High profile barrister, human rights advocate, author - Jennifer CoateJennifer CoateJennifer Coate is an Australian judge, and the current State Coroner of Victoria. She is the first woman to be appointed to the position. Until 2006, she served as the first President of the Children's Court of Victoria.-Early life:...
- Current State CoronerCoronerA coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...
of VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
; first President of the Children's Court of VictoriaChildren's Court of VictoriaThe Children’s Court of Victoria is a statutory court created in Victoria, a State of Australia. The court deals with criminal offences committed by children aged between 10 and 17 as well as with proceedings relating to the care and protection of children.... - Raymond FinkelsteinRaymond FinkelsteinRaymond Finkelstein QC is an Australian lawyer and judge. From 1997 until 2011, he served as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. His judgments were highly influential in commercial law, giving rise to new approaches in insolvency, competition law and class actions.-Early life and...
- High profile Justice of the Federal Court of AustraliaFederal Court of AustraliaThe Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges... - Paul GrantPaul GrantPaul Grant was a British bodybuilder. He was born as a twin in Wales in 1943. He left school at 16 and began working with his own bread delivery business whilst training with weights to increase his muscle mass....
- Current President of the Children's Court of VictoriaChildren's Court of VictoriaThe Children’s Court of Victoria is a statutory court created in Victoria, a State of Australia. The court deals with criminal offences committed by children aged between 10 and 17 as well as with proceedings relating to the care and protection of children.... - Ian Gray - Current Chief Magistrate, Magistrates' Court of VictoriaMagistrates' Court of VictoriaThe Magistrates' Court of Victoria is the lowest court in the Victorian court system, with the County Court of Victoria and the Supreme Court of Victoria respectively judicially higher...
- Felicity HampelFelicity HampelFelicity Pia Hampel SC was a prominent Australian human rights lawyer and, since 2005, judge of the County Court of Victoria. Hampel's career as a barrister began in 1981, and she became a Senior Counsel in 1996....
- Prominent human rightsHuman rightsHuman rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
lawyer, now judge of the County Court of VictoriaCounty Court of VictoriaThe County Court of Victoria was established in 1852 by the County Courts Act 1852. The court has jurisdiction in the State of Victoria, Australia... - Graeme JohnstoneGraeme JohnstoneGraeme Johnstone was the state coroner of Victoria, Australia from 1994-2007. He retired on 29 November 2007, and was replaced by Judge Jennifer Coate. He is noted for often personally visiting the scenes of deaths that fall within his jurisdiction....
- State CoronerCoronerA coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...
of Victoria (1994–2007) - Murray KellamMurray KellamMurray Kellam was formerly a judge of the County Court of Victoria in Australia before being appointed as a judge on 28 January 1998 to the Supreme Court of Victoria, the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria. He was also the first President of VCAT...
- Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
and first President of VCATVictorian Civil and Administrative TribunalThe Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is a government agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. The name is pronounced 'vee-cat'... - Lex Lasry QC - High profile barrister, Chairman of the Victorian Criminal Bar Association, human rights advocate and now Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
- Stuart MorrisStuart MorrisStuart Morris QC is an Australian lawyer. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and as President of VCAT from 2003 until 2007. Former Chairman of the Victorian Government's Local Government Commission, 1986 under the Cain Government. Stuart Morris worked as a barrister, and was...
- Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
, Former President of VCATVictorian Civil and Administrative TribunalThe Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is a government agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. The name is pronounced 'vee-cat'... - Ross RayRoss RayRoss Ray QC is an Australian barrister and is currently the President of the Law Council of Australia.Ross Ray studied at Monash University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws, graduating in 1975....
- Prominent barrister, Current President of the Law Council of AustraliaLaw Council of AustraliaThe Law Council of Australia is an association of law societies and bar associations from the States and territories of Australia, and the peak body representing the legal profession in Australia. The Council was formed in 1933 to unite the various state legal associations, in order to represent... - Neil ReesNeil ReesProfessor Neil Rees is an Australian jurist and legal academic. He is currently the Chairperson of the Victorian Law Reform Commission , Victoria's chief law reform organisation....
- Current Chairman of the Victorian Law Reform Commission, foundation Dean of the University of NewcastleUniversity of Newcastle, AustraliaThe University of Newcastle is an Australian public university that was established in 1965. The University's main and largest campus is located in Callaghan, a suburb of Newcastle in New South Wales...
Law Faculty - Michael RozenesMichael RozenesMichael Rozenes AO QC is the Chief Judge of the County Court.- Early life :Rozenes was born in Sosnowiec, Poland and migrated with his family to Australia when he was three years old. Rozenes was educated at the North Caulfield State school and then at Brighton Grammar School...
- Current Chief Judge of the County Court of VictoriaCounty Court of VictoriaThe County Court of Victoria was established in 1852 by the County Courts Act 1852. The court has jurisdiction in the State of Victoria, Australia... - Pamela TatePamela TatePamela Tate SC was the Solicitor-General of Victoria, Australia. In 2003, she became the first woman to be appointed to the position. The Solicitor-General is the second highest law officer of state in Victoria, behind the Attorney-General...
- Current Justice of the Victorian Court of Appeal, former and first female Solicitor-General of VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... - Marilyn WarrenMarilyn WarrenMarilyn Louise Warren AC, QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.- Early life :...
- Current and first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state... - Mark Weinberg - Justice of the Victorian Court of Appeal, former Chief Justice of Norfolk Island, former Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Business
- Mark BirrellMark BirrellMark Alexander Birrell is a solicitor, company director and a former Cabinet Minister in the Australian state of Victoria.-Early life:...
- Company Director, Former Minister for Industry, Science and Technology - Tony D'AloisioTony D'AloisioTony D'Aloisio was Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission . He held the position from 13 May 2007 to 2011, having previously served as an ASIC commissioner....
- Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments CommissionAustralian Securities and Investments CommissionThe Australian Securities & Investments Commission is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australia's corporate regulator...
(ASIC) and former CEO, Australian Securities ExchangeAustralian Securities ExchangeThe Australian Securities Exchange was created by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange in July 2006. It is the primary stock exchange group in Australia....
(ASX) - Will FowlesWill FowlesWill Fowles is an Australian businessman. He is the Principal of Piper Capital, a boutique hospitality and property investment firm based in Melbourne. He shot to prominence in 2005 when he became the youngest ever member of the Committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club...
- Melbourne property investor, youngest ever member of the Melbourne Cricket ClubMelbourne Cricket ClubThe Melbourne Cricket Club is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is regarded as the oldest sporting club in Australia.... - Tan LeTan LeTan Le , a Vietnamese-Australian telecommunications entrepreneur, is a co-Founder of Emotiv. She was named the 1998 Young Australian of the Year....
- Technology entrepreneur, 1998 Young Australian of the Year - Joshua FrydenbergJoshua FrydenbergJoshua Anthony "Josh" Frydenberg is an Australian banker and politician. He has been the Liberal member for Kooyong in the Australian House of Representatives since August 2010....
- Prominent investment banker, now politician - Graeme SamuelGraeme SamuelGraeme Julian Samuel AC is an Australian businessman. He is currently works as chairman of the Melbourne office of investment bank Greenhill Caliburn, and is a member of the Australian National University Council...
AOOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
- Current Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer CommissionAustralian Competition and Consumer CommissionThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is an independent authority of the Australia government. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Trade Practices Commission and the Prices Surveillance Authority to administer the Trade Practices Act 1974...
(ACCC)
Social services and academia
- Tim CostelloTim CostelloTimothy Ewen Costello AO is a prominent Baptist minister and current CEO of World Vision Australia.He is an "Australian Living Treasure". He is the brother of former treasurer of Australia and Federal Member for Higgins Peter Costello....
AOOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
- Director of World VisionWorld VisionWorld Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
Australia - Mick DodsonMick DodsonProfessor Michael James "Mick" Dodson, AM is an indigenous Australian leader, a member of the Yawuru peoples in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia. His brother is Patrick Dodson, also a noted Aboriginal leader.Following his parents' death, he boarded at Monivae...
- 2009 Australian of the YearAustralian of the YearSince 1960 the Australian of the Year Award has been part of the celebrations surrounding Australia Day , during which time the award has grown steadily in significance to become Australia’s pre-eminent award. The Australian of the Year announcement has become a very prominent part of the annual...
, Convenor of the ANUAustralian National UniversityThe Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
Institute for Indigenous Australia - Hugh Evans - 2004 Young Australian of the Year, Author and Philanthropist
- Arie FreibergArie FreibergProfessor Arie Freiberg AM LLD LLM LLB FASSA is an Australian legal academic. He has been Dean of Monash Law School since 2004. His expertise is in criminal law and criminology and he is current Chair of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council...
- Prominent legal academic - Barbara Hocking - Human rights advocate and scholar, lawyer of Eddie MaboEddie MaboEddie Koiki Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander who is known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that overturned the legal fiction of terra nullius which characterised Australian law with regards to land and...
- Peter HoggPeter HoggPeter Wardell Hogg, CC, QC, FRSC is a Canadian lawyer, author and legal scholar. He is best known as a leading authority on Canadian constitutional law....
QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
- Canadian legal scholar - Sarah JosephSarah Joseph (Australian legal academic)Professor Sarah Louise Joseph is an Australian human rights scholar. Joseph is currently the Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University, a position she has held since 2005...
- human rights scholar - Ron McCallumRon McCallumProfessor Ronald Clive McCallum, AO is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney...
- Prominent legal academic - Simon Molesworth, AMOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
, QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
- Prominent environmental lawyer; Chairman, Australia Council of National Trusts - Beth WilsonBeth WilsonBeth Wilson is a senior Australian public servant. She is currently Victoria's Health Services Commissioner, a position she has held since 1997. Previously, she worked as the President of Victoria's Mental Health Review Board. She is a well known public speaker, and conducts over 100 speeches and...
- Victorian Health Services Commissioner
Media & the Arts
- Jeffrey Browne - Executive Director of Nine Network Australia, Managing Director of Nine Network Melbourne
- Damien Carrick - presenter, ABCAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
Radio National Law Report - Jon FaineJon FaineJon Faine is an Australian radio presenter and host of a morning program on 774 ABC in Melbourne.Faine was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and emigrated to Sydney with his parents at a young age. Later they moved to Melbourne, where he attended Melbourne High School.In the late 1970s and early 1980s...
- Prominent Melbourne radio personality - Campbell McComasCampbell McComasGeoffrey Campbell McComas AM was an Australian comedian, writer and actor.McComas attended Caulfield Grammar School and Scotch College in Hawthorn, Melbourne, and studied law and arts at Monash University...
(1952–2005) - Comedian and actor - Louise MilliganLouise MilliganLouise Milligan is a reporter for Seven News in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Milligan became State Political Reporter for New South Wales in October 2004, the same time she joined Seven News and moved to Sydney to become their state political reporter...
- political journalist - Charlie PickeringCharlie PickeringCharlie Pickering he grew up in Melbourne, Australia and attended an Independent Anglican Boys' School; Brighton Grammar...
- comedian - Elliot PerlmanElliot PerlmanElliot Perlman is an Australian author and barrister. He has written two novels and one short story collection.-Life:Perlman is the son of second-generation Jewish Australians of East European descent...
- writer, (Three Dollars, The Reasons I Won't Be ComingThe Reasons I Won't Be ComingElliot Perlman's The Reasons I Won't Be Coming is a collection of 9 short stories published in 2005. Each story is interconnected and has a different perspective....
), AFIAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
Award winner - Matt TilleyMatt TilleyMatthew "Matt" "Old Mate" Vernon Thompson Tilley is an Australian radio presenter and comedian who has worked for Melbourne radio station FOX FM since 1990.-Biography:...
- comedian
Sport
- Mordy BrombergMordy BrombergMordecai "Mordy" Bromberg SC is a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and former Australian rules footballer for St Kilda Football Club...
- Former AFLAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
footballer, now Judge of the Federal Court - Anna MillwardAnna MillwardAnna Millward, née Wilson, is an Australian female cycle racer. She holds an LLB/BSc degree from Monash University . During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career...
(née Wilson) - Cyclist, two-time world champion (1999 and 2001) - Murray ThompsonMurray ThompsonMurray Thompson is currently a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He has served the Sandringham electorate since 1992. The electorate includes the suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock, Cheltenham , Hampton , Highett , Mentone and Sandringham...
- Former AFLAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
footballer, now politician
Notable academic staff
Monash Law School has many nationally and internationally renowned academic staff, who are distinguished by either having worked in the profession or gained recognition in the academic sphere.Notable Monash Law academic staff include:
- Professor Stephen Barkoczy — tax lawTax lawTax law is the codified system of laws that describes government levies on economic transactions, commonly called taxes.-Major issues:Primary taxation issues facing the governments world over include;* taxes on income and wealth...
expert, winner of the 2008 Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year - Professor Robert BaxtBob BaxtProfessor Robert Baxt AO is an Australian lawyer and a former Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission , former Dean of Law at Monash University and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne.-Early life:...
— scholar and solicitor in commercial law, former Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission (now the ACCC), former Dean of Monash Law School - Professor Enid CampbellEnid CampbellProfessor Enid Mona Campbell, AC, OBE was an Australian legal scholar, and was the first female professor and Dean of a law school in Australasia...
, OBE AC — scholar in constitutional law and administrative law. - The Hon. Stephen Charles — former Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
- Sir Daryl DawsonDaryl DawsonSir Daryl Michael Dawson, AC, KBE, CB Australian judge and naval officer, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1982 to 1997.-Education:...
— former Justice of the High Court of AustraliaHigh Court of AustraliaThe High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and... - Professor Mark Davison — Intellectual property law expert; author of Shanahan’s Australian Law of Trade Mark and Passing Off, the leading reference work on Australian trade mark law.
- Justice Raymond FinkelsteinRaymond FinkelsteinRaymond Finkelstein QC is an Australian lawyer and judge. From 1997 until 2011, he served as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. His judgments were highly influential in commercial law, giving rise to new approaches in insolvency, competition law and class actions.-Early life and...
— former Justice of the Federal Court of AustraliaFederal Court of AustraliaThe Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges... - Professor Arie FreibergArie FreibergProfessor Arie Freiberg AM LLD LLM LLB FASSA is an Australian legal academic. He has been Dean of Monash Law School since 2004. His expertise is in criminal law and criminology and he is current Chair of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council...
— current Dean of the Law School and Chairman of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council - Professor The Hon. George Hampel, QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
— former Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
; leading advocacy instructor - Judge Felicity HampelFelicity HampelFelicity Pia Hampel SC was a prominent Australian human rights lawyer and, since 2005, judge of the County Court of Victoria. Hampel's career as a barrister began in 1981, and she became a Senior Counsel in 1996....
SCSenior CounselThe title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel is given to a senior barrister or advocate in some countries, typically equivalent to the title "Queen's Counsel" used in Commonwealth Realms...
— prominent human rightsHuman rightsHuman rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
lawyer, now judge of the County Court of VictoriaCounty Court of VictoriaThe County Court of Victoria was established in 1852 by the County Courts Act 1852. The court has jurisdiction in the State of Victoria, Australia... - Justice Peter HeereyPeter HeereyPeter Cadden Heerey was an Australian Federal Court Judge of the Federal Court of Australia between 1990 and 2009.Heerey attended university in Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws...
— Justice of the Federal Court of AustraliaFederal Court of AustraliaThe Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges... - Professor Sarah JosephSarah Joseph (Australian legal academic)Professor Sarah Louise Joseph is an Australian human rights scholar. Joseph is currently the Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University, a position she has held since 2005...
— scholar in human rights and constitutional law; Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights LawCastan Centre for Human Rights LawThe Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is a research centre located within the Monash University Law Faculty in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 2000 to meet the need for, and interest in, the study of human rights law globally, regionally and in Australia. It grew rapidly to become the... - Professor H.P. Lee — leading Australian constitutional law academic
- Dr. Karrine Ludlow — Bioethicist, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology law expert
- Justice Nahum Mushin — Justice of the Family Court of AustraliaFamily Court of AustraliaThe Family Court of Australia is a superior Australian federal court of record which deals with family law matters. Together with the Federal Magistrates Court, it covers family law matters in all states and territories of Australia except Western Australia...
- Justice Marcia NeaveMarcia NeaveJustice Marcia Ann Neave AO was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeals division, on 22 February 2006.Before her appointment, Neave was the foundation Chair of the Victorian Law Reform Commission and Professor of Law at Monash University...
— Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state... - Jeremy Rapke QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
— Victorian Director of Public ProsecutionsDirector of Public ProsecutionsThe Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world... - Professor Louis WallerLouis WallerProfessor Louis Peter Waller AO is an Australian jurist. He is particularly well known for his work in medical and criminal law. He was Sir Leo Cussen Professor of Law at Monash University from 1965 until 2000. He continues to serve as chairman of a number of medical and legal organisations,...
AO — Chairman, Appeals Committee, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; Chairman, Ethics Committee of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; Chairman, Infertility Treatment Authority - Professor Christopher WeeramantryChristopher WeeramantrySri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972. He was a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1991 to 2000, and was Vice-President of the ICJ from 1997 to 2000...
— Former Judge and Vice-President of the International Court of JusticeInternational Court of JusticeThe International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...