Law/Security/Intelligence
Research Spotlight: Dr David Mullan
Being asked to help a client create and sell ‘weather futures’, which allows you to buy a sunny, 32 degree day in November, was a sharp wake-up call for then corporate lawyer Dr David Mullan. It made him realise that not enough had been done to change the regulation of financial products since the global financial crisis. He returned to university in 2011 to research whether consumers w...
Macquarie Law gives graduates a professional edge
For solicitor Tejas Thete, Macquarie’s unique approach to teaching law helped her develop a creative, multidimensional skillset that has given her the winning edge when it matters most. Today she works in the Insurance and Corporate Risk team at Gadens, and is a 2015 winner in the 2015 Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards. She is also a former research associate to the Dean of the Macquari...
Queen’s Birthday honour for alumnus Stuart Clark
Stuart Clark, BA/LLB (1980)Macquarie Law School alumnus Stuart Clark AM was recently recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours when he was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his 'significant service to the law, through senior roles with professional legal bodies to strategic reform, and to the rural fire service’. Clark was among the first graduating cohort of law st...
Meet Andre Nguyen
How do you use the skills you learned in your day to day work? In both my Bachelor of Commerce and Law degrees, we were encouraged to think creatively and outside the box. While it might sound clichéd, this way of thinking helps with innovation and it develops the skills to really think on your feet, to solve problems you will face in the real world. Unfortunately in the real world, the...