The Centre for Law and Justice comprises a team of highly qualified and experienced legal practitioners, researchers, and criminal justice professionals.
We offer internationally unique and innovative undergraduate and postgraduate courses in law, criminal justice and legal ethics. These courses are delivered by an interdisciplinary group of dynamic academics comprising criminologists, lawyers, sociologists, philosophers and policing scholars.
Through our teaching, research and community service, the Centre for Law and Justice demonstrates our commitment to the rule of law, the promotion of the highest standards of ethical conduct, the importance of reflexivity, professional responsibility, social justice and community service.
Our Bachelor of Laws is distinctive best-practice nationally and globally for incorporation of compulsory place-based Indigenous Australian content in compulsory subjects including a cultural immersion. Initial design of the LLB led by Professor Alison Gerard and Professor Annette Gainsford, working with Elders, Indigenous industry experts, and Centre colleagues, has been documented in publications including comparative PhD work, subject-specific reflections, discussion of approval processes, and of embedding Indigenous content with cultural safety. The degree includes compulsory natural resources law and a community law and culture capstone subject.
Our Bachelor of Criminal Justice prepares students for careers in the criminal justice professions, including: policing, corrections, restorative justice, mediation, court administration, policy and law reform, probation, parole, and juvenile justice.
Our Bachelor of Public Safety and Security is your opportunity to become involved in one of today’s fastest growing industries. There has been exponential growth in the number and diversity of agencies and practitioners providing public safety and security services.