Launching in 2014, Macquarie Law School in Australia will commence the Juris Doctor law program.  It is a postgraduate qualification in law that will prepare you for a range of legal professions in Australia and globally. 

Macquarie University began in 1964 in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde. Over 35,000 students were enrolled in 2003, with approximately 6,000 of these as international students from more than 80 countries.

 Honouring its reputation as one of Australia’s leading educational institutions; …

Law School:  LLB vs. JD

The Juris Doctor designation is common in the United States, where students must complete an undergraduate degree before attending law school. Meanwhile, the LLB designation reigned supreme in Canada and other Commonwealth countries such as Britain. The difference is that in Canada—like in the States—most students have already completed an undergrad degree before entering law school; across the pond, students can attend law school straight out of high school. 

The University of Toronto became the first law school to make the switch in 2001 because it was concerned that the LLB “understated the level of education our students had,” dean Mayo Moran noted.  …

A team of Bond University students have placed third in the international rounds of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Competition out of 37 teams from 27 countries around the globe.The annual event is held at The Hague in the Netherlands after qualifying rounds nationally. After months of hard work, research and preparation, Law students Amelia Richardson, Lucy Hopkinson, Rupert Holder, Amy Reid and Nick Coundouris finished closely behind the Netherland’s Leiden University who took out First Place and Canada’s Osgoode Hall Law School.The Bond University Mooting Team found the entire experience positive and getting to moot in the ICC courtroom in front of an ICC judge was a highlight.Coach Assistant Professor Jodie O’Leary added, …

Bond Law School has strong links with Canada and has been training Canadian lawyers for over 20 years. There are currently over 150 Canadian students studying law at Bond University and an active Canadian Law Students’ Association. There is a rapidly expanding group of Bond Law Canadian alumni working as partners and senior practitioners in Canada andworldwide.

Bond has three intakes per year, January, May and September. Students are able to apply anytime and the LSAT is not required. …

Australian home computer users and businesses are being warned to consider more closely the risks associated with cloud computing, as well as its many advantages.

Speaking during National Cyber Security Awareness Week, technology law expert Nigel Wilson from the University of Adelaide’s School of Law says that while the use of cloud computing is rapidly growing, many still do not understand the potential problems associated with it, and the legal pitfalls.

Cloud computing is where users store their data on remote servers, …