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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

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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Upcoming events

27 August 2019

Book launch: International Taxation of Trust Income: Principles, Planning and Design

You are invited to the launch of 'International Taxation of Trust Income: Principles, Planning and Design' with author Mark Brabazon SC. Professor Richard Vann will launch the book.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Book launch: Landmark Cases in Defamation Law

You are invited to the launch of 'Landmark Cases in Defamation Law' with editor, Professor David Rolph. The Honourable Michael McHugh AC QC will launch the book.

5.00PM - 7.00PM

CBD Campus, Level 18, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

5.00PM - 7.00PM

29 August 2019

JSI Seminar: Legal Probabilism: A Qualified Defence

In this paper, Brian Hedden and Mark Colyvan defend legal probabilism. This is the thesis that legal standards of proof are best understood in probabilistic terms.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

6.00PM - 8.00PM

11 September 2019

Law & Business Seminar: Directors and Conflicting Duties

Dr Rosemary Teele Langford (Melbourne Law School) presents the next Law & Business seminar. Conflicts involving competing duties confront directors who hold multiple board positions (including within group company structures) or who act as nominees.

11 September 2019

5.30PM - 6.45PM

CBD Campus, Level 16, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

11 September 2019

5.30PM - 6.45PM

12 September 2019

JSI Seminar: Discretion, authority, and relationship: situating the importance of procedure

In other work ('Fuller's Relationships', forthcoming), Associate Professor Kristen Rundle (The University of Melbourne) has developed an account of Lon Fuller's contribution to theorising the demands of the rule of law in terms of prescriptions to be imposed on all governing relationships framed by the authority of law.

12 September 2019

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

12 September 2019

6.00PM - 8.00PM

25 September 2019

Western Sahara - Africa's last colony - the legal, political and human aspects of the conflict

Hear from speakers, Kamal Fadel and Tecber Ahmed Saleh, in this talk. In 1975 Morocco invaded Western Sahara when Spain abandoned its former colony. Saharawis fled the occupation, setting up refugee camps in south-west Algeria.

25 September 2019

1.00PM - 2.00PM

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

25 September 2019

1.00PM - 2.00PM

27 August 2019

Book launch: International Taxation of Trust Income: Principles, Planning and Design

You are invited to the launch of 'International Taxation of Trust Income: Principles, Planning and Design' with author Mark Brabazon SC. Professor Richard Vann will launch the book.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Book launch: Landmark Cases in Defamation Law

You are invited to the launch of 'Landmark Cases in Defamation Law' with editor, Professor David Rolph. The Honourable Michael McHugh AC QC will launch the book.

5.00PM - 7.00PM

CBD Campus, Level 18, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

5.00PM - 7.00PM

29 August 2019

JSI Seminar: Legal Probabilism: A Qualified Defence

In this paper, Brian Hedden and Mark Colyvan defend legal probabilism. This is the thesis that legal standards of proof are best understood in probabilistic terms.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

6.00PM - 8.00PM

27 August 2019

Book launch: International Taxation of Trust Income: Principles, Planning and Design

You are invited to the launch of 'International Taxation of Trust Income: Principles, Planning and Design' with author Mark Brabazon SC. Professor Richard Vann will launch the book.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

6.00PM - 8.00PM

Book launch: Landmark Cases in Defamation Law

You are invited to the launch of 'Landmark Cases in Defamation Law' with editor, Professor David Rolph. The Honourable Michael McHugh AC QC will launch the book.

5.00PM - 7.00PM

CBD Campus, Level 18, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

5.00PM - 7.00PM

29 August 2019

JSI Seminar: Legal Probabilism: A Qualified Defence

In this paper, Brian Hedden and Mark Colyvan defend legal probabilism. This is the thesis that legal standards of proof are best understood in probabilistic terms.

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

6.00PM - 8.00PM

11 September 2019

Law & Business Seminar: Directors and Conflicting Duties

Dr Rosemary Teele Langford (Melbourne Law School) presents the next Law & Business seminar. Conflicts involving competing duties confront directors who hold multiple board positions (including within group company structures) or who act as nominees.

11 September 2019

5.30PM - 6.45PM

CBD Campus, Level 16, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

11 September 2019

5.30PM - 6.45PM

12 September 2019

JSI Seminar: Discretion, authority, and relationship: situating the importance of procedure

In other work ('Fuller's Relationships', forthcoming), Associate Professor Kristen Rundle (The University of Melbourne) has developed an account of Lon Fuller's contribution to theorising the demands of the rule of law in terms of prescriptions to be imposed on all governing relationships framed by the authority of law.

12 September 2019

6.00PM - 8.00PM

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

12 September 2019

6.00PM - 8.00PM

25 September 2019

Western Sahara - Africa's last colony - the legal, political and human aspects of the conflict

Hear from speakers, Kamal Fadel and Tecber Ahmed Saleh, in this talk. In 1975 Morocco invaded Western Sahara when Spain abandoned its former colony. Saharawis fled the occupation, setting up refugee camps in south-west Algeria.

25 September 2019

1.00PM - 2.00PM

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

25 September 2019

1.00PM - 2.00PM

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.