UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice

UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice
MottoWhere Law Meets Justice
Parent schoolUniversity of New South Wales
Established1971; 53 years ago (1971)
School typePublic
DeanProfessor Andrew Lynch
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
33°55′02″S 151°13′40″E / 33.917093°S 151.227890°E / -33.917093; 151.227890
Enrollment2,625 (2021)[1]
Faculty116 (2021)[1]
Websitewww.unsw.edu.au/law-justice

The Faculty of Law and Justice of the University of New South Wales is a law school situated in Sydney, Australia. It is widely regarded as one of Australia's top law schools. The 2024 QS World University Rankings rank the UNSW Law Faculty 12th in the world, first for undergraduate law in Australia, (with the Melbourne Law School only offering a Juris Doctor sequence)[2] 2nd overall in Australia and 3rd in the Asia-Pacific region,[3] and the 2021 Times Higher Education subject rankings also rank it second in Australia, making it the top ranked law school in New South Wales according to both tables, as well as being the top undergraduate Law school in the country.[4]

The Faculty comprises the School of Global and Public Law; the School of Criminal Justice, Law and Society; and the School of Corporate and Private Law.[5] It further comprises 13 affiliated research and specialist legal centres, including a community legal centre, the Kingsford Legal Centre, as well as the Refugee Advice and Casework Service. The Faculty is also co-founder and operator of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), which provides free access to case law, legislation and other primary legal resources online.[6] It offers legal education for all career stages: undergraduate law dual degree programs, the Juris Doctor for graduates, postgraduate coursework, postgraduate research, and continuing legal education short courses.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b "UNSW Law Faculty website - Facts in brief". The University of New South Wales.
  2. ^ "Unimelb Study JD February 11, 2022". 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ "QS University Rankings by Subject 2020 – Law". Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  4. ^ "2021 Times Higher Education subject rankings". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Welcome from our new Heads of Schools and their shared priorities for the year | UNSW Law". www.law.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ "AustLII - AustLII: About AustLII". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. ^ "UNSW law at a glance 2015" (PDF). The University of New South Wales.
  8. ^ "UNSW law glossary". The University of New South Wales.