The College of Arts, Law and Education was founded in 2017 as a college of the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first pro ...

that incorporated the School of Humanities, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Creative Arts (formerly the Tasmanian College of the Arts) and the Faculties of Law and Education. The College offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs. The Colleges hosts a number of institutes including the Institute for the Study of Social Change, the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute, and the Asia Institute Tasmania.

History

The College was established in March 2017 after the merging of the School of Humanities, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Creative Arts (formerly the Tasmanian College of the Arts) and the Faculties of Law and Education as a single entity. The College model followed other Australian Universities in the combining of academic units to promote further interdisciplinary teaching and research as well as a streamlined administrative process.

Schools and Faculties

The College hosts five schools and facilitates which offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs.

School of Creative Arts and Media

The School of Creative Arts offers Art and Design, Media, Music and Theatre and Performance studies and research curricula. The School operates five Gallery spaces across Tasmania, the Plimsoll Gallery and the Entrepôt Gallery based at the School's Hunter Street Campus in Hobart, the Academy Gallery and Powerhouse Gallery in Launceston, and the Makers' Space Gallery in Burnie. Research centres and Institutes
Australian Music and Art Research Group

Faculty of Education

School of Humanities

The School of Humanities focuses on the study and research of English, Global Cultures and Languages, History and Classics, and Philosophy and Gender Studies. Much of the School's research is significantly focused on the Universities 'Creativity, Culture and Society' research theme. Research centres and Institutes
Asia Institute TasmaniaInstitute for the Study of Social ChangeCentre for Tasmanian Historical Studies
(CTHS)
Experimental Histories Research GroupOceanic Cultures and Connections Research GroupAntarctic Engagements Research GroupEnvironmental Change Research GroupAnimal Studies Research Group

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law (formally the School of Law) was founded in 1893 and is the fourth oldest law school in Australia. The ''University of Tasmania Law Review'' and the ''Journal of Law, Information and Science'' are based within the Faculty as well as numerous publications produced by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute. In addition to its academic programme, the law faculty promotes a range of co-curricular activities including mooting, negotiation and client interview competitions, membership of the ''University of Tasmania Law Review'' student editorial, and membership of law students' societies the Tasmania University Law Society (TULS) and the Student Environment and Animal Law Society (SEALS) which provides opportunities for law students to become engaged in environmental law in such a way which encourages the building of legal skills and professional connections. Research centres and Institutes
Australian Forum for Climate Intervention GovernanceTasmania Law Reform InstituteCentre for Law and GeneticsClimate Justice NetworkJournal of Law, Information and ScienceUniversity of Tasmania Law Review

School of Social Sciences

The School of Social Sciences focuses on Political Science, International Relations, Social Work Sociology and Criminology. The School's research focus has been assessed at world-class and above world standards levels.
Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies
(TILES)
Housing and Community Research Unit
(HACRU]
Criminology Research Unit
CRU)
Criminology, Law and Police Studies Research Group
(CLPS)
Disaster Resilience Research GroupFuture Energy Research Group

Notable alumni

Judges

* Stanley Burbury, Sir Stanley Burbury, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1956–1973 * Ewan Crawford, former

Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

of Tasmania * Sir William Lambert Dobson, KCMG, FLS, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1885–1898 * Sir John Stokell Dodds, KCMG, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1898–1914 *

Stephen Estcourt Stephen Peter Estcourt (born 20 March 1953 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian judge, who has been Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania since April 2013. From 2004 to 2013, he maintained barristers' chambers in Hobart and Melbourne ...

QC, Tasmanian Supreme Court judge * Philip Lewis Griffiths, former Chief Judge of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea * Peter Heerey AM, QC, former Judge of the

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Duncan Kerr Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr, SC (born 26 February 1952) is a barrister. He is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He also served as President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2012 to 2017. Kerr was previously a poli ...

, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and former Attorney-General of Australia *

Davendra Pathik Davendra Pathik was an Indo-Fijian lawyer and judge who graduated as a lawyer from the University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is ...

, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji

Legal practitioners

Damian Bugg Damian John Bugg is an Australian barrister who served as the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions between 1999 and 2007. Prior to this appointment, he was the Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions from July 1986 to 1999. In 2005, he ...

, former Commonwealth and Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions *

Michael Mansell Michael Alexander Mansell (born 5 June 1951 in northern Tasmania) is a Tasmanian Aboriginal leader who, as an activist and lawyer, has worked for social, political and legal changes to improve the lives and social standing of Tasmanian Aborigina ...

, Aboriginal rights activist and lawyer

Legal academics

Enid Campbell Enid Mona Campbell, AC, OBE, FASSA (30 October 1932 – 20 January 2010) was an Australian legal scholar, and was the first female professor and Dean of a law school in Australasia. She is known for her work on constitutional law and administ ...

AC, former Dean of

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and first female law professor in Australasia *

Kate Warner Catherine Ann Warner (born 14 July 1948) is an Australian lawyer and legal academic who was the 28th Governor of Tasmania from 2014 to 2021. Early life and education Warner was born Catherine Ann Friend in Hobart, Tasmania, and attended St Mi ...

AM, current Governor of Tasmania and legal academic

Politics and government

Eric Abetz Eric Abetz (born 25 January 1958) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for Employment and the Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Abbo ...

, Senator for Tasmania * Guy Barnett, Senator for Tasmania *

David Bushby David Christopher Bushby (born 17 July 1965) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from August 2007 to January 2019, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Chief Government Whip in the Senate f ...

, Chief Government Whip in the Senate *

Roy Fagan Roy Frederick Fagan (28 December 1905 – 18 July 1990) was an Australian Labor Party politician, who was Deputy Premier of Tasmania from 1959 to 1969. Early life Fagan was born in Waratah, Tasmania in 1905, the eldest son of James Fagan and ...

, former Deputy Premier of Tasmania *

Adrian Gibson Adrian Gibson (3 November 1935 – 30 April 2015) was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated there at Hutchins School and at the University of Tasmania where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1959. He became a ...

OAM, former Liberal politician and barrister *

Lara Giddings Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings (born 14 November 1972) is a former Australian politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she ...

, Labor politician and former Premier of Tasmania *

Bill Hodgman William Clark Hodgman (14 May 1909 – 3 May 1997) was a Tasmanian politician. He served as a Member of the House of Assembly for Denison from 1955 to 1964 and a Member of the Legislative Council from 1971 to 1983. He was President of the Ta ...

, OBE, QC, former

President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council The President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Council A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a t ...

Michael Hodgman William Michael Hodgman AM QC (16 November 193819 June 2013) was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Minister for the Capital Territory in the Fraser Government from 1980 to 1983. He was ac ...

AM, QC, former Liberal politician and barrister *

Will Hodgman William Edward Felix Hodgman (born 20 April 1969) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who has been the High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore since February 2021. He was the 45th Premier of Tasmania and a member for the Divisio ...

, Premier of Tasmania *

Michael Tate Michael Carter Tate AO (born 6 July 1945) is a legal academic and former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest. Early life and education Tate was born in Sydney in 1945. He was educated a ...

, former Labor politician and diplomat, legal academic and Catholic priest *

Peter Underwood Peter George Underwood, (10 October 1937 – 7 July 2014) was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Cou ...

, former Governor of Tasmania *

Hannah Yeoh Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (; born 9 January 1979) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022. Previously, she ser ...

, speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly

Diplomacy

Ralph Harry Ralph Lindsay Harry (10 March 19177 October 2002) was one of Australia's pioneer diplomats and intelligence specialists. He was recognised as a skilled diplomatic professional with a mastery of the traditional conventions and methods of diploma ...

AC, CBE, Diplomat and former Ambassador to the United Nations

Business

Andrew MacLeod Andrew Michael MacLeod is an Australian/British businessman, author, humanitarian lawyer, philanthropist and former aid worker. MacLeod is CEO and Chair of British-based Griffin Law, a Non-Executive Director of the New York-based Cornerstone ...

, businessman, author, former humanitarian lawyer and aid worker

References

External links

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