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 2010 is shaping up to be a great year here in the Law Faculty. With the first semester now behind us, the Faculty has already notched up several impressive successes, both as individuals and as a collective.
Our talented mooters have made their mark around the world, delivering outstanding performances at the International Criminal Court Trial Competition in The Hague, Netherlands, at the Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Hong Kong, and also here in Australia at the National Jessup mooting competition. | |
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WRONGFUL CONVICTION OVERTURNED WITH PERSISTENCE
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 The Department of Public Prosecution has announced it will not pursue a retrial against Graham Stafford after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction in December last year.
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BOND LAW PLAYS PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING AUSTRALIAN-FIRST LEGISLATION
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 Bond University academics who played an integral role in driving Queensland’s new legislation for victims of domestic violence who kill their attackers have called on the rest of Australia to strongly consider introducing the legislation.
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QLD AND NSW PREVENTATIVE DETENTION LAWS INCONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
By Professor Patrick Keyzer
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 The United Nations Human Rights Committee have released their decisions in cases brought by Ken Tillman (NSW) and Robert Fardon (Queensland). | |
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BOND LAW WINS INTERNATIONAL SPEAKING PRIZE
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 Bond Law has again proved its first-class credentials on the world stage at the prestigious International Criminal Court Trial Competition in The Hague, Netherlands, held in March. | |
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AMBASSADOR OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO AUSTRALIA VISITS BOND
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 The Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade and Finance and the Faculty of Law recently hosted His Excellency Mr ZHANG Junsai, the Ambassador of The People’s Republic of China to Australia, as he presented a Distinguished Lecture on "China-Australia Economic and Investment Co-Operation and Bilateral Relations".
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RESEARCH CENTRE FOR LAW, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY ESTABLISHED
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 Bond University’s latest Research Centre, the Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy, was established in late 2009 under the leadership of Foundation Director Professor Patrick Keyzer of the Faculty of Law.
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"UNITED NATIONS OF BOND" IMPRESSES AT INTERNATIONAL MOOTING COMPETITION
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 A team of law students hailing from all corners of the globe has impressed at the prestigious Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held in Hong Kong in March.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES
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 As Semester 1 draws to a close, we celebrate the individual and team achievements of several of our students and staff, including Prime Minister's Endeavour Award recipient Thomas Harrison, our Jessup team members James Graham, Thomas Harrison, Katherine Mansted and Henry Norris, and their coaches Joel Butler and Kate Allan, 2010 Young Gold Coast Citizen of the Year Benjamin Naday, doctoral recipients Dr Iain Field and Dr Jeremy Peace, Adjunct Professor David Tanzer, along with the sporting triumphs of staff members Tammy Johnson and Peter Froelich. | |
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Associate Professor Dan Svantesson
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 Information Technology Law expert, Associate Professor Dan Svantesson, has recently returned from a Visiting Fellowship with the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy, where he expanded on his research into privacy regulations of cross-border data transfers. | |
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Assistant Professor Tina Hunter
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 Assistant Professor and PhD candidate Tina Hunter has been engaged by the Western Australian Government Department of Minerals and Resources to create a new regulatory structure for the regulation of offshore petroleum activities in Australia. | |
Associate Professor Vai Lo and Associate Professor Leon Wolff
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 Associate Professor Vai Lo (pictured) and Associate Professor Leon Wolff were recently invited to participate in the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars on Japanese Law – Vai co-teaching Labour Law and Investment and the Law, and Leon teaching Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Gender and the Law. | |
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Emeritus Professor John Farrar
Professor Patrick Keyzer
Professor Patrick Keyzer
Professor Patrick Keyzer
Associate Professor Bobette Wolski
Associate Professor Leon Wolff
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JD A VALUABLE
INVESTMENT FOR BRONWYN
 Managing her own software business, launching Australia’s first online training system, penning her first fiction novel and completing her Juris Doctor is all in a day’s work for Bond Law student Bronwyn Coulthart.
GLOBETROTTING LEGAL
STAR ED BROCKHOFF
 Bond Law Alumnus Ed Brockhoff has recently completed a three month internship at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, expanding his already stellar resume.
PROFESSOR LESSING
FINDS BOND OFFERS MORE
 Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Students) John Lessing has taught many remarkable students at Bond, but whether any will go on to achieve as much as one particularly well known former student of his, by the name of Nelson Mandela, is yet to be seen!
Professor Lessing taught former President of South Africa, Mr Mandela by correspondence from prison during his tenure at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Mr Mandela was studying Company Law and was just one of the more than 100,000 students from all over Africa enrolled at the distance education university.
Professor Lessing went on to become a Senior Lecturer in Law at UNISA and completed his Master of Laws at the London School of Economics at the University of London.
After visiting the Bond campus and being drawn to the University’s focus on quality education, he joined the Law Faculty in 1990 and now shares his vast knowledge of corporations law, business associations, and takeovers and securities regulation with students.
“I love working at Bond. Wonderful students, great colleagues and a beautiful campus…what more could you want?” Professor Lessing said.
“I haven’t seen anywhere with such good teaching. I love the small groups and the fact that we get to know the students individually.
“At Bond, the whole teaching experience is completely different. It's all about the personal contact and I like that,” he said.
Professor Lessing served on the University's Risk Steering Committee from 2004-2008 and was the elected representative of the Faculty of Law on the Academic Senate during 2007 and 2008. In his current role as Associate Dean of Students he deals with a range of matters affecting students. “Sometimes students do encounter difficulties or complications. The challenge is to try and solve the problems and enable the students to achieve their goals,” he said.
A published author, he has also presented academic papers at various conferences, including those organised by the Australian Law Teachers Association, Corporate Law Teachers Association and the Australian and Securities Investments Commission. Last year, he presented a paper on corporate governance at a conference in Vietnam organised by the Commercial Law Centre in the Faculty of Law.
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