Nota Bene
On behalf of the UQLA, we are pleased to welcome you to the first edition of Nota Bene – the magazine of the University of Queensland Law Alumni Association. The aim of Nota Bene (or “NB”) is to showcase the activities and achievements of the students, staff and alumni of the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, while also communicating some of the work being done by the UQLA to assist with the Law School’s programmes.
To read the UQLA’s first edition of Nota Bene, please click the link below.
The feature articles in this first issue of NB focus upon the UQLA’s Scholarship Programme – which has been a significant area of the UQLA’s work over the past two years. Since 2020, the generous contributions of UQ alumni have enabled 11 new scholarships for UQ law students to be established, named after a number of distinguished UQ law alumni. In this issue, we have profiled these alumni, highlighting the paths their careers and lives have taken and reflecting upon their continuing contributions to the Law School. We also interview two of the students who have had the benefit of a UQLA Scholarship over the past year. There is still a great need for financial support amongst members of the Law School community, and we would encourage any other alumni interested in contributing to the UQLA Scholarship Programme to visit https://www.uq.edu.au/giving/donations/fund/UQLA or contact the UQLA.
The remainder of this edition of NB focuses on a wide-range of topics – from introducing the new Dean of Law, Professor Rick Bigwood, and his colleague Dr Kate Falconer; sharing the achievements of the group of UQ law alumni undertaking studies abroad in 2020-21; reporting on UQ’s new approach to its Master of Laws program and the UQLA’s involvement in new practitioner- focused courses; and, profiling some of our impressive UQ law alumni – including through an interview with Sarah Fulton of the Australian Law Reform Commission.
The next issue of NB will be published in late 2022 – if you have a suggestion for a story or news that we should include, please do not hesitate to email notabene@uqla.com.au
