Social Justice
At the Sydney Law School, we think teach, research, and engage in the social justice dimensions of law. We appreciate the social context in which law operates, and law’s potential to both enable and constrain, to both liberate and oppress.
Critical perspectives in the classroom, experiential learning in a variety of social contexts, and co-curricular activities, give students the opportunity to explore law’s power and potential.
The Legal Internship Program allows students to complete an internship for course credit towards their degree.
Students apply to be placed in an internship with one of the Law School's partners or organise their own internship, even internationally.
Internships are in areas of public service, public interest and public law.
You can study issues of law and social justice for credit in one of our Law clinics. The clinical units enable you to apply classroom knowledge to real-world issues, to reflect on development as a social justice lawyer, and to develop skills in applied researching and client interaction.
Students will be on a day-a-week placement with our partner community legal centres and other social justice organisations, complemented by classroom study of the theory and practice of law in the public interest and for social justice.
The Sydney University Law Society (SULS) has a number of social justice activities for students to participate in, including a Juvenile Justice mentoring program.
The Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Essay Prize is possible due to the gifts that have been made by donors to the Kim Santow Memorial Fund.
The Essay Prize is open to students enrolled in an LLB or JD program at an Australian University and awarded in association with the annual Kim Santow Expert Panel on Law and Social Justice.
This Memorial Scholarship was established by the family of David ('Dave') Burnett, BA 07 a promising undergraduate Arts / Law student and active contributor to the University of Sydney community, who died in a tragic accident at the ancient archaeological site of Petra Jordan, in January 2008.
The scholarship promotes and encourages students to act upon principles of social justice, tolerance and inter-community harmony.
Find out more about the scholarship here.
