Deakin Law School

From Deakin Law student in 1996 to leading international arbitration partner in Singapore, Dr Matthew Secomb’s journey shows how far a Deakin degree – and a connected alumni community – can take you.​
This year, he returned to preside over the 2025 Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot, mentoring students as they tested their advocacy skills on a global stage. It’s a powerful example of alumni turning experience into opportunity for the next generation.​​

Read how Dr Secomb is helping to shape the wonderful possible for the next generation of lawyers.
🔗https://lawnewsroom.deakin.edu.au/news/2025/12/full-circle-deakin-law-alum-returns-to-guide-the-next-generation-of-advocates/

Happy birthday to us 🎉 It’s a big one! Deakin University turns 50 today 🎂 and we’ve come a long way from our origins in some paddocks near Geelong. With six, state-of-the-art campuses in three countries and a community of over 60,000 students, 5,000 staff and more than 350,000 alumni, we’re celebrating all who have contributed to our rich, impactful legacy, making us the leading university we are today.

https://50years.deakin.edu.au

Happy birthday to us 🎉t’s a big one! Deakin University turns 50 today 🎂 and we’ve come a long way from our origins in some paddocks near Geelong. With six, state-of-the-art campuses in three countries and a community of over 60,000 students, 5,000 staff and more than 350,000 alumni, we’re celebrating all who have contributed to our rich, impactful legacy, making us the leading university we are today.

https://50years.deakin.edu.au

Recent media discussions about Australians' right to protest have sparked debate over the possibility of introducing a nationwide permit system. Deakin Law School Associate Professor Maria O'Sullivan, Lead of the Technology Stream at the Centre for Law as Protection, explored the human rights implications of protest laws in her article for The Conversation.

Read more: https://lawnewsroom.deakin.edu.au/news/2024/10/should-you-need-a-permit-to-protest-heres-why-thats-a-bad-idea-and-might-be-unlawful/

Deakin Law School is pleased to announce that the new Centre for Law as Protection will be officially launched this Friday August 9th at Deakin Downtown.

Led by co-directors Professor Shiri Krebs and Professor Patrick Emerton, the Centre for Law as Protection is building a scholarly community to study the idea of protection, shape policy and develop legal tools to protect people, animals and the environment.

The Centre's research is organised across four thematic streams. Each stream addresses the scope and meaning of protection from a significant cluster of existing threats and develops concrete legal tools tailored to these threats. Together, the four research streams build a conceptual and practical infrastructure of law as a crucial means of protection. Additionally, all four research streams are connected through the cross-theme lead for animal and environmental protection.

Learn more about the Centre: https://lawasprotection.org.au

Centre for Law as Protection | Protection from diverse threats The Centre for Law as Protection undertakes theoretical, doctrinal and socio-legal research to identify what protection from these diverse threats means. We bring together scholars, policymakers, civil society and governments, to develop the legal tools that protection requires.

We’re pleased to announce the new Law, Health and Society Research Unit was officially launched at Deakin Downtown last week by esteemed guest speaker Mr Michael Gorton AM and LHS Director A/Prof. Neera Bhatia.

Thanks to all who attended from Deakin University, industry, and the wider community. A special thank you to Deakin Law School Dean Prof. Marilyn McMahon and Executive Dean Business and Law Prof. Jenni Lightowlers

LHS is already leading the way with impactful research, and we look forward to future collaborations.

Learn more about LHS: https://lawhealthsociety.com

Thank you to Simon Peter Fox Photography for the images.

The Alfred Deakin Institute is pleased to invite you to the upcoming policy forum 'The Future of Gaza: What Can Be Done?' featuring Yousef Alreemawi, Shiri Krebs, Andrew Thomas and Greg Barton (moderator).

Date: Thursday 8 August
Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Venue: Deakin Downtown

Registration is free but essential 🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/adi-policy-forum-the-future-of-gaza-what-can-be-done-tickets-945326295397

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights recently recommended the federal government introduce an Australian Human Rights Act.

Deakin Law School academic, Dr Bruce Chen co-authored a paper for The Conversation on the inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework and what this recommendation means.

Read more here >

Report finds 'clear need' for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make? - Deakin Law School Newsroom The report observed a “clear need” for a comprehensive and enforceable rights-based framework – to ensure a “fair go” for all. It agreed existing protections were “piecemeal”.Submissions received overwhelmingly favoured (87%) an Australian Human Rights Act. The committee was reassured ...