The ANU College of Law is the

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at the

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and one of the seven academic

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of the ANU. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. This provides the College with opportunities to connect with the work of the

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, the

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, 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 equal 17th in the world according to the 2021

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by Subject. The Dean of the College is Professor Anthony Connolly.

History

The College was established in 1960 as the Faculty of Law.

Faculty and services

The ANU College of Law is home to numerous internationally-regarded researchers and practitioners, and offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate law programs. The College publishes the ''

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'' and ''Australian Year Book of International Law''. 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

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. 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.

Notable alumni

Judges

* Peter Buchanan, former Justice of the

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(8 September 2006 - 9 September 2016) * Stephen Gageler, Justice of the

since 2012,

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2008–2012 * Terence Higgins, former Chief Justice of the

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(2 July 1990 - 30 January 2003) *Geoff Lindsay, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, appointed 6 August 2012. *

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, AO, CVO, former Chief Judge of the

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(13 October 2017 – 9 December 2018) and Deputy Chancellor of the University of New South Wales * Rachel Pepper (judge), NSW Land and Environment Court, appointed 1 May 2009. * Richard Refshauge, Acting Judge of the Australian Capital Territory Drug and Alcohol Court since 2020, former Justice of the

(2008-2017), former

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of the

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(1998-2008) * Alan Robertson SC, former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (2011-2020) *James Stevenson, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, appointed 1 February 2012. * Louise Taylor (jurist), Magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory since 2018, and the ACT's first Aboriginal judicial officer. * Tony Whitlam, former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (1 January 1993 -1 May 2005)

Legal practitioners

* Tupou Draunidalo, Fijian Lawyer *David Risstrom, barrister * Jennifer Robinson, human rights and

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lawyer, Rhodes Scholar 2006

Law professors

Thomas Faunce Thomas Faunce (Thomas Alured Faunce) (1958–2019) was a professor at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. He practiced both law and medicine, and his professorship was a joint one, being in both the ANU College of La ...

, Professor at ANU College of Law and

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(2006-2019) * Jeremy Gans, Professor at

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, expert in criminal law and animal law, and prominent

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E.E. Smith Professor at Texas, Austin, 38th Master of Christ's College, Cambridge (2016–present) *

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, Professor at the ANU College of Law, constitutional law expert, barrister *

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, Professor at ANU College of Law (-2006), expert in labour law *

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, Emerita Professor at ANU College of Law, expert in constitutional law * George Williams, Professor at the

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, constitutional law expert

Politics and government

* Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Senator for New South Wales *

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AC DBE, former Senator for Victoria * John Hannaford, former New South Wales Government Minister * Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia *

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, former Senator for the Australian Capital Territory * Kate Jones, former Queensland Government Minister * Joe Ludwig, Senator for Queensland * John McMillan AO, Australian Information Commissioner * Brett Mason, Senator for Queensland *

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, former Senator for South Australia * Simon Overland APM, Tasmanian Justice Department Secretary, 23rd Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police *

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, Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly * Warwick Smith AM, former Member of the Australian Parliament *

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, 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

* James Popple ,

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of the

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* Stephen Rice, journalist * Tim Rogers, musician * Anu Singh, criminal *Graham Tuckwell, Founder and Chairman of ETF Securities Limited * Jack Waterford AM, Editor-at-Large of ''

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References

External links

ANU College of Law Website
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