UTS: Law news

Finding a home for Orphan Works

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:53:26 +1000

16 May, 2012

Story and Photo by: Bonnie Yiu

The Communications Law Centre at UTS welcomed the public and a team of panellists to the launch of the orphan works discussion paper on the evening of 3 May 2012.

Commissioned by Screenrights, this paper...

UTS professor to head Australian Copyright Council

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:10:05 +1000

In summary:

Leading copyright expert Professor Michael Fraser has been elected the new Chairman of the Australian Copyright Council
The Director of UTS's Communications Law Centre said the challenge for the Council and everyone interested in intellectual property was to...

Academic excellence shines at UTS:Law Awards 2012

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:57:38 +1000

30 April, 2012

Story by: Vivian Yue
Photos by: Anna Zhu

View Awards Ceremony photo gallery

On a typically brisk late April autumn evening, UTS:Law played...

Youth Reporter will join the Child Rights Taskforce in Geneva

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:56:08 +1000

UTS law student Janani Muhunthan has been selected to join the Child Rights Taskforce in Geneva as their Youth Reporter in June 2012.

“I grew up in Zimbabwe and Papua New Guinea where I saw many voiceless children experience human rights abuses due to poor protection and awareness&rdquo...

A milestone for free access to law - the 500th AustLII database

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:42:41 +1000

On Tuesday 1 May the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) will mark a significant milestone for the free access to law movement when it makes available on its website the 500th database of public legal information.

A joint facility of...

Return to Your Roots - UTS:Law Inaugural Alumni Reunion

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:16:15 +1000

3 April, 2012

Story By: Bonnie Yiu
Photo By: Sandra Quan

On the warm early autumn evening of the 22nd March 2012, UTS:Law threw open its doors to welcome back its alumni for its inaugural Alumni Reunion. Held at the recently renovated...

Michael Kirby lifts the purple curtain

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:15:57 +1000

19 March 2012

Story and photo by: Vivian Yue

“Every day I’d have a new novel which was an appeal book. Stories of love, hate, cruelty, passion, envy, money, and corruption,” remarked former Justice Kirby, “Our whole life is listening...

The Use of Subject Matter with Missing Owners - Australian Copyright Policy Options

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:12:37 +1000

A discussion paper by David Brennan and Michael Fraser which puts forward two copyright reform options to address the 'orphan works' problem.

Click here to download the report.

UTS to partner Leadbolt on mobile commerce standard

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:08:36 +1000

The Communications Law Centre (CLC) at the University of Technology Sydney and leading web and mobile advertising company Leadbolt have announced today the formation of a research partnership to develop a mobile commerce standard.

Market analysis has found that the rise of mobile commerce...

UTS Dean of Law appointed to head copyright inquiry

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:31:49 +1000

In summary:

Dean of the UTS Faculty of Law Professor Jill McKeough will lead an Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into copyright law
The inquiry will require the Commission to consult widely on controversial areas of copyright law in the digital environment and...

Change towards an anti-discrimination nation

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:07:56 +1000

17 October, 2011

Story and photo by: Vivian Yue

As the Federal Government sought public comment on the consolidation of anti-discrimination laws, timely discussions were being generated at ‘Discrimination in Modern Australia’, the second...

An evening of opera welcomes new UTS:Law Equity Scholarship Endowment Fund

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:04:39 +1000

21 September, 2011

Story by: Vivian Yue
Photos by: Anna Zhu

Hosted under the iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House, harbour views, modern opera and a delectable menu were highlights of the annual the UTS:Law Equity Scholarship program...

Subject to change: law and your career

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:04:32 +1000

19 September, 2011

Story & photo by: Vivian Yue

“Just today, a client of mine was sentenced to 15 years for a trial I lost. After the sentence was imposed, I went to see him. What do you say to someone in that position? Good luck?” Richard...

Shenzhen, en garde! UTS JD Student to represent Australia at World University Games

Fri, 20 May 2011 15:46:11 +1000

UTS Communications Law Centre (CLC).

Consumers First: Smart Regulation for Digital Australia

Trafficking a blissfully innocent crime: Anti-Slavery forum finds

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:44:19 +1000

12 November, 2010.

Story and photo by: Vivian Yue

Human trafficking is active in Australia – and may well be happening in your local neighbourhood.

Prolific in industries ranging from agriculture to hospitality, the extent of modern day &lsquo...

Public good V private profit

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:28:46 +1000

8 November, 2010

Story by: Professor Natalie Stoianoff

The human body is comprised of 20 000 genes, 20 per cent of which are owned by biotech companies. As the international uproar over gene patenting grows louder, Natalie Stoianoff argues the solution lies...

Spill your secrets, it's legal

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:03:42 +1000

15 October, 2010

Story By: Jerome Doraisamy
Image: www.istockphoto.com

In an age of friendships born through a single click, we now have the freedom to broadcast our every droll, witty thought (or lack thereof...

The case for compensation

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:59:11 +1000

Internationally, over 12 million people are in forced labour and 2.45 million have been trafficked across borders. In Australia, victims of slavery and trafficking are entitled to compensation, yet few know their rights. Director of UTS's Anti-Slavery Project, Jennifer Burn, and Senior Counsel...

New Equity Scholarship: Helping students reach the high note

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:48:24 +1000

28 September, 2010

Story by: Vivian Yue
Photo: Anna Zhu

Black ties, fine wine and a high note of opera - it was a grand fundraising dinner hosted by UTS:Law. Held at Sydney’s Customs House the evening’s focus was about...

Breaking the legal mould

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:02:48 +1000

Super-fast and super-connected. That is the Labor Government’s vision for the National Broadband Network (NBN) to be rolled out across the country, at a cost of $43 billion, over eight years.

Labelled as the single biggest infrastructure...

AustLII wins best openness initiative

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:20:05 +1000

10 June 2010

.auDA and InternetNZ, the Internet domain name administrators for Australia and New Zealand, announced today the inaugural winners of the Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards.

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Digital age demands a revolution in copyright regulation

Wed, 05 May 2010 11:39:34 +1000

Australia must adopt the infrastructure to enable a national content network and lead reform in the management and regulation of online digital creative content, Director of the UTS Communications Law Centre Professor Michael Fraser has said.
...

A Firm Step Ahead

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:50:49 +1000

30 March, 2010

Story by: Vivian Yue

Kirsty Watkins, a final year Law and International Studies student, considers herself lucky. She has been offered a graduate position at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and is yet to complete her degree at the University...

UTS: Law Orientation 2010 - What we did this summer...

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:21:54 +1000

Orientation 2010

Thumbs up for UTS...

Laws of survival

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:03:29 +1000

Wenee Yap is not one to sit idly by. An Orientation Coordinator and journalist in the Faculty of Law, she is also a 2009 Communication/Law graduate and the founder of Survive Law – a project aimed at tackling the high rate of depression among law students.

A new voice in protecting freedom of expression

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +1000

Australia's only independent centre representing the public interest in the media and communications industries is being launched early next month by UTS.

The non-profit Communications Law Centre (CLC), specialising in media, communications and online...

Study gives insight on handling student complaints

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:19:41 +1000

Universities have a new resource for developing more effective student grievance and discipline processes at the end of a nationwide study by legal academics from three NSW universities, including UTS.

Professor Jim Jackson and Helen Fleming of Southern...

ALRC internship now part of Community Justice Studies

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:53 +1000

November 13, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo by: www.sxc.hu

Students of Community Justice Studies, a UTS: Law elective focused on practice-based learning, can now complete an internship with the Australian Law Reform Commission, or...

UTS winner of Sir Harry Gibbs Moot 2009

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +1000

November 13, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap

Eight weeks of preparation. Four moot team members, some seasoned, some fresh. Four intense days of competition. Six rounds, one winner - this is the UTS Gibbs Moot 2009.

"I knew all along that...

Dinner, drinks & murder most foul

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:54 +1000

November 12, 2009

Story & Photo by: Wenee Yap

Dinner, drinks and a side of murder most foul marked the 2009 Perspectives on Law Dinner, an annual event hosted by the UTS Law Student Society and the UTS Faculty of Law. Held at sleek CBD watering hole...

Following your heart's desire: Anny Slater Woman Lawyer of the Year in Private Practice

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:44:01 +1000

October 27, 2009

Story by: Sarah Christian

Taking the risk to go after your heart's desire is no small feat. Dorothy was knocked around in a cyclone, propelled into the Land of Oz and thrust back out again; realising that she only...

India's battle over cheap medicine for the masses

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:12:13 +1000

October 26, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo by: www.sxc.hu

From third-world copycat to wealthy R&D drug development hub, the rise of India's pharmaceutical industry reveals an unlikely story in the economic ascendancy of developing...

UTS: Law Alumni Honoured at UTS:ALUMNI Awards

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:05:18 +1000

October 19, 2009

Story By: Sarah Christian

Across the globe, around 140,000 UTS alumni can be found working in a vast range of professions - from government, private business and the community sector. They are renowned for their determination, entrepreneurship...

"Now I have freedom": The Anti-Slavery Project

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:39:54 +1000

October 12, 2009

Story By: Sarah Christian

A client of the Anti-Slavery Project visited their office to collect a letter from the Department of Immigration informing her that she had been granted permanent residence...

Michael Kirby: Twitter is "the voice of freedom"

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:18:46 +1000

October 7, 2009

Story By: Sarah Christian

The Honourable Michael Kirby used his role as a keynote speaker at the UTS: Law Spring Graduations to promote the role of new technologies in mobilising support for human rights causes. After...

Digital revolution overshadows parallel import controversy, says bookshop CEO

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:47:19 +1000

September 23, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo supplied by: www.sxc.hu

CEO and Director of the Melbourne University Bookshop, Graeme Connelly, declared the controversy over allowing parallel imports of books into Australia - a...

How to be an insufferable law school know-it-all...without really trying.

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:10:03 +1000

September 14, 2009

It's Week 1. What you thought would be an ease-in introduction to studying law has turned into a whirlwind of lectures, imminent deadlines, and frenzied textbook-buying, culminating in an impossibly high pile of readings, all due yesterday. Everyone in your class...

Hamburg Law Student wins UTS:Law LLM Scholarship

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:42:43 +1000

August 24, 2009

Story by: Wenee Yap
Photo supplied by: Annika Guhse

"I am convinced that life is what you make it" said Annika Guhse, UTS: Law's latest LLM Scholarship winner for continuing LLM students. At 26, the Hamburg...

The GFC - Global Financial Crisis or Great For Change?

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:27:42 +1000

August 11, 2009

Story by: Sarah Christian
Image by: www.sxc.hu

The GFC tag has attracted many meanings in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis but the resounding message from the UTS Faculty of Law Forum 'Surviving the Downturn...

Reforms protecting slaves in Australia a welcome change

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:43:12 +1000

Members of the Anti-Slavery Project have welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of major reforms to visas that are available for victims of trafficking and slavery.

Victims of trafficking and their families will now have more stability...

On the brink

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:28 +1000

The world’s population is increasing and natural resources are rapidly decreasing. In 50 years, our overcrowded planet will struggle to support an extra two billion people. As debate rages over what we can do to ensure a sustainable future, five UTS experts offer a glimpse of what life...

Protecting public interest

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:38:27 +1000

The Australian communication landscape is changing. Lesley Hitchens looks at how the Federal Government’s planned national broadband network raises broader issues about the future role of the media and the public’s access to information they can trust.

“The...