Current partners
We have many national and international partnerships that reflect our commitment to developing strategic alliances that benefit our students. Our vision statement reflects our long standing connections and engagement with industry, government and the professions.
Corporate education
Our growing corporate education activities reflect our vision to work closely with high quality corporate partners both nationally and internationally. We have two named chairs among our staff funded by law firms:
- Gadens Professor in Property Law: Professor Sharon Christensen
- Clayton Utz Professor of Public Law: Professor Bill Lane
Our partners in the field of Justice include:
- Queensland State Coroner
- Forensic Division
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Crime and Justice Unit
- Qld Premiers Department
- Crime and Misconduct Commission
- Queensland Police Service Crime Prevention Unit
- QPS Fraud and Corporate Crime Group
- Queensland Probation and Parole Board
- Crime and Criminal Justice Unit in the Premiers Department
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
- Department of Justice and Attorney General
- Legal Aid Queensland
- District Court Judges and Queensland Magistrates
- National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Fair Trading Queensland.
Global partners
We have collaborated with United Nations University and Griffith University to establish the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law. World Intellectual Property Organisation and QUT Law have partnered to offer the joint Master of Intellectual Property Law. We collaborate with the Singapore Police Force to offer the Bachelor of Justice Studies offshore to their staff.
We hold undergraduate Articulation Agreements with SEGi College, Malaysia and Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia. We have International Cooperation Agreements with Law Schools in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore.
Justice has professional partnerships with the following organisations:
- Norwegian Police University College in the fields of Organised Crime and Police Management
- Swedish Police
- German Police Academy
- Police Service of Pakistan
- Crisis management Thailand in collaboration with the RISQ Group.
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) partners
We offer a number of work integrated learning (WIL) subjects which are designed to provide students with the experience of using and developing legal and justice knowledge and skills in a real world context. Current partners include:
- Department of Justice and Attorney General, Queensland
- Office of the State Coroner, Queensland
- Queensland Police Service
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd
- Brisbane Magistrates Court
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth
- Crime and Misconduct Commission
- Department of Environment and Resource Management
- Department of Justice and Attorney-General
- Department of Transport and Main Roads
- The Land Court of Queensland
- Office of the Information Commissioner
- Pine Rivers Magistrates Court
- Wynnum Magistrates Court
- Queensland Parliament
- Legal Aid Queensland
- Prisoners Legal Service Incorporated
- Queensland Police Service
- Queensland State Coroner
- Crime and Misconduct Commission
- Drug Arm Brisbane
- Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet
- Range of non-government organisations and victim support groups
- Kununurra Aboriginal Legal Services
- North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Darwin)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Mt Isa
- Hopevale Community Shire Council.
Virtual Law Placement partners (working with a law firm via technology)
Students apply legal knowledge and skills to complete a real world workplace project in a team, using online communication technologies to enable students to be virtually, rather than physically, present at the workplace. The virtual platform provides an appropriate mix of online communication, such as video, Skype, discussion forum, online chat, and email, with opportunities for face to face communication where possible and desirable.
Current partners supporting this project include:
- Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Initiative
- Hynes Lawyers
- Couper Geysen
- Office of the Attorney General, Bhutan
- Bhutan National Legal Institute
- Anti-Corruption Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan
- Bhutan National Assembly
- Ministry of Economic Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan
- Bhutan National Commission for Women and Children
- RENEW (Respect, Educate, Nurture, Empower Women), Bhutan