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Sydney Law School

Ranked 12th in the world*

As one of the best law schools in the world for teaching and research, our students learn from globally recognised legal educators and highly respected professional practitioners. Our internationally-renowned researchers are working to deliver real-world change in Australia and overseas.

*2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

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Whether you wish to embark on a career as a lawyer or whether you're a non-law professional who needs some legal expertise, you will be joining one of the top law schools in the world, with a suite of programs designed to meet your needs.

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Learn about our research themes, recent publications and the centres and institutes within the Sydney Law School.

Our people

Our staff are acclaimed legal educators, world-renowned researchers and venerated practitioners. We also attract the involvement of prominent international scholars and leaders in the judiciary and government.

Research Centres and Institutes

Research centres and institutes

Our research centres and institutes play an important and influential role in the research and teaching of specialised areas of the law.

JuristDiction

In this edition of JuristDiction we look at the challenges of prosecuting gender-based crimes in international criminal courts, controversies surrounding Australia citizenship law, how our students are transforming the future of banking, and tips for lifelong career learning from FRANK Team CEO and alumna Natasha Munasinghe.

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Facts & figures

1855 The year the Law School was established
Ranked #12 in the world for law (2019 QS World Rankings by Subject)
$500,000+ in scholarships available
World leading research Legal research at the University of Sydney achieved the highest possible rating of 5, or “well above world standard”, in the latest Excellence in Research for Australia Initiative (ERA).
Global partnerships with Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, Geneva, Renmin & Tsinghua
World Champions World Record Jessup Cup (2017, 2015, 2011, 2007, 1996)

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Justice for victims of child sexual abuse

Researchers at the University of Sydney Law School have long been at the forefront of informed responses to child sexual abuse. By challenging misconceptions and overcoming barriers to prosecution, victims are now more likely to be heard and accorded justice.

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Multidisciplinary Sydney experts support landmark UN report

University of Sydney science and law experts contributed to the most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the health of the planet completed by the United Nations in the past five years.

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Vast majority of NSW hate crimes race and religion related: study

A new University of Sydney study provides the most comprehensive picture of the patterns of hate crime in Australia to date.

Upcoming events

23 May 2019

Beyond Punishment Seminar Series 2019: Aboriginal Women in the Criminal Justice Network

This seminar will focus on strategies that aim to address the rising rates of incarceration of Aboriginal women, and to assist Aboriginal women prisoners to achieve reintegration into the community upon their release from custody.

6.00PM - 7.30PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 7.30PM

28 May 2019

Where are the Italian Mafias in Italy and Abroad?

This presentation, with speaker A/Professor Francesco Calderoni of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy), will discuss the movement of the Italian mafias from the territories of origin in the South of Italy to other Italian regions and countries of the world.

6.00PM - 7.15PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 7.15PM

30 May 2019

JSI Seminar: Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice

Professor Gregg D. Caruso of Macquarie University presents this JSI seminar. One of the most prominent justifications of legal punishment, historically and currently, is retributivism, according to which wrongdoers deserve the imposition of a penalty solely for the backward-looking reason that they have knowingly done wrong.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 8.00PM

05 June 2019

Interpretive Disputes in Contract Law

In this seminar, Dr Ryan Catterwell (University of Queensland) sets out practical guidance for dealing with interpretive disputes in contract law. Dr Catterwell claims that contract interpretation is a process through which objective intention is inferred from the choice of words in a contract.

1.00PM - 2.00PM

CBD Campus, Level 18, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

1.00PM - 2.00PM

25 June 2019

Book Launch: Born at the Right Time. A memoir by Professor Ron McCallum

'A moving book on the life of a brilliant man who often "saw" the needs of our world more clearly than the sighted people around him.' - The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG Past Justice of the High Court of Australia.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 8.00PM

23 May 2019

Beyond Punishment Seminar Series 2019: Aboriginal Women in the Criminal Justice Network

This seminar will focus on strategies that aim to address the rising rates of incarceration of Aboriginal women, and to assist Aboriginal women prisoners to achieve reintegration into the community upon their release from custody.

6.00PM - 7.30PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 7.30PM

23 May 2019

Beyond Punishment Seminar Series 2019: Aboriginal Women in the Criminal Justice Network

This seminar will focus on strategies that aim to address the rising rates of incarceration of Aboriginal women, and to assist Aboriginal women prisoners to achieve reintegration into the community upon their release from custody.

6.00PM - 7.30PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 7.30PM

28 May 2019

Where are the Italian Mafias in Italy and Abroad?

This presentation, with speaker A/Professor Francesco Calderoni of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy), will discuss the movement of the Italian mafias from the territories of origin in the South of Italy to other Italian regions and countries of the world.

6.00PM - 7.15PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 7.15PM

30 May 2019

JSI Seminar: Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice

Professor Gregg D. Caruso of Macquarie University presents this JSI seminar. One of the most prominent justifications of legal punishment, historically and currently, is retributivism, according to which wrongdoers deserve the imposition of a penalty solely for the backward-looking reason that they have knowingly done wrong.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 8.00PM

23 May 2019

Beyond Punishment Seminar Series 2019: Aboriginal Women in the Criminal Justice Network

This seminar will focus on strategies that aim to address the rising rates of incarceration of Aboriginal women, and to assist Aboriginal women prisoners to achieve reintegration into the community upon their release from custody.

6.00PM - 7.30PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 7.30PM

28 May 2019

Where are the Italian Mafias in Italy and Abroad?

This presentation, with speaker A/Professor Francesco Calderoni of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy), will discuss the movement of the Italian mafias from the territories of origin in the South of Italy to other Italian regions and countries of the world.

6.00PM - 7.15PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 7.15PM

30 May 2019

JSI Seminar: Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice

Professor Gregg D. Caruso of Macquarie University presents this JSI seminar. One of the most prominent justifications of legal punishment, historically and currently, is retributivism, according to which wrongdoers deserve the imposition of a penalty solely for the backward-looking reason that they have knowingly done wrong.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 8.00PM

05 June 2019

Interpretive Disputes in Contract Law

In this seminar, Dr Ryan Catterwell (University of Queensland) sets out practical guidance for dealing with interpretive disputes in contract law. Dr Catterwell claims that contract interpretation is a process through which objective intention is inferred from the choice of words in a contract.

1.00PM - 2.00PM

CBD Campus, Level 18, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

1.00PM - 2.00PM

25 June 2019

Book Launch: Born at the Right Time. A memoir by Professor Ron McCallum

'A moving book on the life of a brilliant man who often "saw" the needs of our world more clearly than the sighted people around him.' - The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG Past Justice of the High Court of Australia.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Camperdown Campus

6.00PM - 8.00PM

We acknowledge the tradition of custodianship and law of the Country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand. We pay our respects to those who have cared and continue to care for Country.