Law/Security/Intelligence
MGSM’S Women in MBA program hits 100 sponsorship target
Macquarie University’s Graduate School of Management (MGSM) has reached an impressive goal for its Women in MBA Program (WiMBA), with 100 sponsorships established to help women complete MBAs. The WiMBA program works with corporate and government organisations to identify their top female talent and support them through an MBA. This includes not just financial support but mentorship and ca...
Honorary docs awarded as part of spring graduation season
Journalist Richard Ackland AM has been awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition of his long-serving contribution to journalism and law. Mr Ackland is legal affairs columnist, editor of the online legal affairs newspaper Justinian, publisher of the Gazette of Law and Journalism, and has been admitted as a legal practitioner Supreme Court of NSW. He has won numerous awards, including M...
New cyber security hub launches at Macquarie
Macquarie University and Optus Business have joined forces to establish a multi-disciplinary cyber security hub to support businesses and government to recognise and protect themselves from increasing cyber threats. The ‘Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub’, which represents a $10 million investment by Optus Business and Macquarie, will be located on campus and provide researc...
Phillip Salem: Social justice advocate and inspirational leader
For National Managing Partner of Sparke Helmore Phillip Salem (BEcon/LLB '83), it was Macquarie that chose him, rather than the other way around. “I was determined to study law anywhere that would take me,” he says. “I had come from a migrant background and an under-resourced school and feel particularly indebted to Macquarie for giving me that opportunity.” Fearless challenge...
Enrico (Ric) Casagrande
Dodging ambushes on one of the world’s most dangerous stretches of road in Iraq was not quite the career Macquarie Law alumnus Enrico (Ric) Casagrande (BA/LLB '81) had in mind when he was an undergraduate. “I studied at Macquarie when it was still regarded as a bit of an upstart,” says Ric. “We all felt that we were part of something new and different, and being a Macquarie law st...
Alumni shine at 2016 prize night
More than 150 brand new (and more seasoned) alumni, current students, staff, former staff and supporters celebrated the achievements of this year’s highest achievers at the 2016 Law School Prize Night. Held in the Macquarie Theatre, the event was hosted by Professor Natalie Klein, Dean of Macquarie Law School, with the Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton and Executive Dean of the Fac...