News in Faculty of Law

Professor Jeff Jarvis, teacher of entrepreneurial journalism at City University New York, visited UTS to give the keynote speech at the launch of the interdisciplinary UTS Centre for Media Transition.

UTS Law is launching Australia’s first undergraduate 'Legal Futures and Technology' major, offered as part of the standalone and combined LLB degrees, and will focus on equipping students with the requisite knowledge to work with new technologies in a legal capacity.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – commonly known as drones – are being used increasingly in Antarctica. Lightweight and low-cost, they’re able to navigate otherwise inaccessible regions for scientific research and provide the ultimate panoramic holiday snap.

The question addressed the interface between general principles of contract law and new forms of technology.

Select students from the UTS Faculty of Law will assist vulnerable international students with legal issues in a newly established partnership between Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) and the Faculty.

It’s been just over eight months since the screening of images of Dylan Voller shackled and hooded in a restraint chair, unprovoked bashing of children by prison guards, and young boys being gassed in Northern Territory youth detention. The national outcry prompted the announcement of a royal commission to investigate the issues.

UTS Law students have volunteered to provide extra legal assistance to staff at RACS, following the government’s decision to severely reduce the amount of time asylum seekers have to lodge protection visas.

Work councils are one model of industrial relations that could potentially fill the enormous gap in Australian industrial democracy left by precarious employment and the decline of the union movement.

Two inspiring projects harnessing the power of technology for social good have been awarded ‘Technology Against Poverty’ prizes worth $500,000.