A University of Queensland study found many Indigenous women who died in custody had not been sentenced by a court, but were on remand or in protective custody.
9 February 2023
Two University of Queensland educators have combined their law and social work classes to break down professional stereotypes and better ready their students for working life.
2 November 2022
Legal professionals, journalists and researchers now have access to a new-and-improved version of the Deaths in Custody Project – the first comprehensive national database of its kind.
13 July 2020
New research from The University of Queensland has called for an end to solitary confinement in Queensland prisons because of the impact on the mental and physical health of prisoners.
18 May 2020
Ensuring society’s most vulnerable have access to legal services is the focus of The University of Queensland’s Pro Bono Centre, which is celebrating a decade of continued service to the community.
5 September 2019
A number of human rights experts at The University of Queensland Law School have welcomed the Queensland Government’s Human Rights legislation tabled in Parliament yesterday.
1 November 2018
A team of law students and staff at The University of Queensland has developed Australia’s first comprehensive deaths in custody website.
2 August 2018
Learning about the statistics of Aboriginal imprisonment in Western Australia led University of Queensland law student Nicholas Frazer to put his legal skills into practice and investigate.
12 December 2017Research undertaken hand-in-hand with business and industry received a $4.3 million boost at The University of Queensland today, in the latest Australian Research Council Linkage Projects grants.
31 May 2017
A group of outstanding teachers has been recognised at The University of Queensland's 2013 UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Internationalisation ceremony last night.
29 October 2013UQ research has shown that a new court model is restoring faith in the justice system for vulnerable defendants, including the homeless and those suffering from mental health difficulties.
7 October 2011Inappropriate intervention in child protection cases has left many parents, especially mothers, feeling bewildered, confused and distrustful of the system, new UQ research suggests.
8 July 2009Projects providing free legal advice to the homeless and aiding farmers in the Asia-Pacific have won this year’s UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.
14 May 2008The University of Queensland’s elite athletes and officials were honoured recently at the 2007 Blues and Sports Awards dinner.
12 November 2007Queensland’s police move-on powers need to be amended to protect homeless people according to a new law report.
1 December 2006Police should avoid charging people for public swearing, vomiting, drinking, urinating or defecating, according to a new UQ law report.
3 May 2006UQ research released today suggests that homeless people in Queensland face a wide range of legal problems, and have great difficulty obtaining legal advice and assistance.
28 February 2006A new report launched today by a University of Queensland academic argues that in many ways, imprisoning people undermines community safety.
28 October 2005
