Member Details

Name Monash University, Faculty of Law
Address Building 12, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, AUSTRALIA
Join Date 30/06/2012
Website http://www.law.monash.edu.au/
Monash Law School is one of the largest and most prestigious law schools in Australia and was recently ranked number 15 in the QS World University rankings. We have a broad teaching base, strong international links and an excellent reputation offering a range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research Degrees.

Each the law school provides legal education and training to over 3500 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Postgraduate students are taught out of a new purpose built facility in the heart of Melbourne’s legal precinct in the CBD.

As part of the Group of Eight research-intensive universities in Australia, Monash Law School has a vibrant research culture. Monash academic staff and students undertake diverse and innovative research that attracts funds from a variety of sources and is published in scholarly books, journals and submissions to government and law reform agencies. Monash Law School hosts a number of highly respected teaching and research centres including:

·Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI)

·Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

·Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health (CALMH)

·Centre for Regulatory Studies

·Commercial Law Group

Within the legal fraternity alone, Monash graduates hold some of the most senior judicial positions in Victoria, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chief Magistrate, Chief Judge of the County Court, Chief Justice of the Family Court as well as the President of the Children’s Court of Victoria. In Australia and around the world, other Monash notable alumni hold senior positions in government, the media, entertainment industries and governing bodies including the United Nations and World Bank.