Tagged with Law and Criminology

The world’s first dedicated police and security research centre was launched at Griffith University today. The Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) is headquartered at Griffith University, in partnership with the Australian National University, the University of Queensland and Charles Sturt University, bringing international focus to the study of policing […]

Legal studies students from Gold Coast High Schools have been demonstrating their legal nous through an essay competition run by the Griffith Law School (GLS) and local firm Short Punch Greatorix (SPG). Open to all high school students on the Gold Coast, the legal essay competition invited students to submit one of their school essays […]

The age-old adage of most public sector whistleblowers being shunned and tormented by their peers has been disproved, according to the results of a major national study headed by Griffith Law School Senior Research Fellow Dr AJ Brown. The results of the Australian Research Council-funded Whistling While They Work project will be released today at […]

Mainstream lenders and government agencies need to step up to the plate to increase protections and access to affordable credit for consumers on low incomes according to Centre for Credit and Consumer Law (CCCL) Director Nicola Howell. “In this Anti-Poverty week (October 14 — 20), it is important to acknowledge the lifeline that small amount, […]

Lawyers, community workers, policy makers and students from around the world will converge on the Sunshine Coast for the ”9th Australian Clinical Legal Education Conference”, hosted by Griffith University. More than 50 people will attend from South Africa, Nigeria, Thailand, Australia and the United States to share strategies to enhance professionalism in clinical legal education. […]

Griffith University congratulates alumnus Andrew Fraser on his appointment as Queensland Treasurer. Griffith Vice Chancellor Professor Ian O’Connor said he would like to congratulate Mr Fraser on behalf of the university community. “Mr Fraser has achieved outstanding success,” Professor O’Connor said. “He excelled as a student, completing a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce […]

Three Griffith University law students have knocked out the competition to make it into the semi finals of a national administrative law moot competition. The students, Cameron Low, Peter Coulson and Michael de Waard are the only Queensland team left in the moot competition run by the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The Griffith team knocked […]