School of Law

	Profile

The TC Beirne School of Law is a long-established and leading Australian law school with a fine record of postgraduate legal education and of contributing to the production of lasting and cutting edge research.

The School boasts talented and conscientious academic staff members, who embrace the rewarding challenge of research and are dedicated to teaching at the highest and most demanding levels. Some are scholars of international standing, while others are highly knowledgeable and experienced experts, advising government agencies, non-governmental organisations and businesses, involved in general community pursuits or actively involved as legal consultants.

The School has a strong commitment to research, which is seen as deepening the knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon in human society that we call law. Our staff regularly publishes textbooks, monographs, and articles in leading national and international journals.

The School has two research centres that act as a focal point for research activity in their relevant areas:

Marine & Shipping Law Unit (MASLU)
The School's coursework postgraduate and research higher degree programs are constantly being improved and are taking on an increasingly international and comparative perspective. The school also seeks extensive interaction with the legal profession, business, industry and government. The involvement of many Adjunct Professors, drawn from the ranks of leading practitioners, in the school's teaching and research programs greatly enhances the quality and relevance of these programs.

A number of international links to leading law schools in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia offer considerable advantages, facilitating student and staff exchanges and providing new learning opportunities.

The discipline of law has been a central part of the business of the world's finest universities for many centuries. With pride, the TC Beirne School of Law takes its place in that history, but deeply conscious of its responsibilities. The study and teaching of law require passion, commitment and hard work. Studying law is about examining and analysing the rules and structures which have been established in society to promote justice, order and well-being. It is also about developing a deep watchfulness for those things that destroy justice, order and well-being, such as cruelty, violence and the abuse of power. These features require from all students and teachers of law the highest degree of intellectual commitment and ability.

	Links

Law Homepage, Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law , Marine & Shipping Law Unit

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