Myall Creek Symposium was held last week on Friday 8th of June at the Oorala Centre, University of New England. The Symposium was part of the 180th Anniversary of the Myall Creek Massacre. On the afternoon of June 10th 1838, twenty-eight Wirrayaraay men and women...
Shannon was motivated to study law after being inspired by his high school legal studies teacher Jenny Emms. At the time, Jenny was undertaking an online criminology/law degree through UNE. Jenny raved about her experience at UNE. Shannon decided to follow his...
Most of you will know Paul Akon in his role as a lecturer at the UNE School of Law. Before Paul came to academia, he worked as a legal practitioner for 35 years. When The NSW Law Society contacted the UNE School of Law about undertaking an all day workshop...
Today the UNE School of Law was in the throes of Kirby mania. Yes the rock star of law himself, Mr Michael Kirby AC CMG was in the building. During his visit, Mr Kirby spoke to law students, high school students, and members of the LGTBI+ community, university...
Kristy’s interest in studying law was piqued whilst she was employed as a psychologist. She worked with victims of crime and was heavily involved in court proceedings. She saw first-hand how important it is for victims of crime to have adequate support and...
Anyone who has kids knows how hard parenting can be. Imagine for a second you are a single parent with two disabled children. You are struggling to make ends meet and provide the support your children need. Probably the last thing on your mind would be navigating...
Bryan Reginald Pape (1945 – 2014) was one of the most passionate, intelligent, witty, courageous, and at times, difficult people I have ever met. He was deeply polarising. But, one thing we can all agree on, is that if Bryan believed there was some injustice...
One of the things that never ceases to amaze us, is how often family members of our alumni choose to study at UNE. Rapiporn Sotthibandhu was only 17 years old when she started a Bachelor of Science at the University of New England in 1967. Rapiporn who is a Thai...
At only 22 years old Ligia de Souza has the wisdom, empathy and intelligence of someone far beyond her years. Ligia did not grow up with everything handed to her on a platter. Instead, she overcame the disadvantage which is synonymous with a female of African and...
When Nathalia was just 10 years old, she visited an indigenous Brazilian community which was populated by ‘Quilombola people.’ These people are the descendants of Afro-Brazilian slaves, many of whom escaped from slave plantations which existed in Brazil until 1888....
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