Law/Security/Intelligence
Macquarie’s PACE Program – Winner of the 2017 AFR Higher Education Employability Award
Macquarie’s Professional and Community Engagement Program (PACE) has won the prestigious 2017 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards. It was announced on 29 August 2017 at the AFR Higher Education Awards night. This is a huge recognition and because it is a collective effort by many, the Awards Event was attended by representatives of the whole PACE community including PACE unit...
Andrew Burke: environmental crime fighter
Andrew Burke (BSc/LLB '97) is fascinated by a particularly unique branch of the law: environmental crime. That fascination has now developed into a full-time occupation, with Andrew immersed in the topic, both as researcher and teacher. “Environmental crime is different to other forms of crime. Most obviously, the victim is usually not a person,” Andrew explains. That throw...
Claire Mackay: investment high-flyer and stakeholder guru
As an owner and principal at Quantum Financial, a family-owned private wealth management firm, Macquarie Law School alumna Claire Mackay (BComm ’00 LLB ’01) is one of the most highly regarded young advisers in the Australian investment industry. Listed in Australia’s Top Ten Financial Planners, Claire has been recognised by the IFA as 2014 Investment Adviser and 2015 Financial Adviser...
Macquarie Law School: at the heart of social justice
Macquarie’s commitment to the social justice component of legal education receives another boost this year with the establishment of its inaugural Social Justice Clinic, which is running as a pilot this semester. “Macquarie Law School has always been known as a powerhouse in the legal social justice arena but we are now planning ahead for a world where our graduates will be expected to ...
In memoriam: Penelope Watson (1952-2016)
Penelope Watson BA (Hons) Tas, LLB UNSW, LLM Syd Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School (11 June 1952 – 29 December 2016) It is with great sadness that we announce the recent passing of our long-term colleague and friend, Penelope Watson, after a long battle with cancer. Penelope was an outstanding academic, much esteemed and beloved by academic peers and many generations of students ...
Macquarie’s new ‘originals’: our first Juris Doctor (JD) graduates
This year, Macquarie sees in another academic milestone as its first graduating cohort of the three-year Juris Doctor (JD) program receive their degrees. The program began in 2014 as a post-graduate qualification for would-be law practitioners. “We already offered a graduate law program, but with rising demand for students with post-graduate qualifications, we decided to develop a compar...