Alumni

2018 Alumnus of the Year

With nearly 30 years’ experience as a legal advocate for Indigenous Australians, Tony McAvoy is the 2018 QUT Alumnus of the Year and Faculty of Law Outstanding Alumni Award Winner. Tony specialises in coronial inquests, and is an expert in administrative, human rights, discrimination, and criminal law.

2018 Alumnus of the Year

Celebrating 40 years

The QUT Law Faculty turned 40 in 2017 and we celebrated in style! Over 200 alumni, students and staff were addressed by one of our most notable alumni, the Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Holmes. The event raised almost $40,000 for the Law Founders' Scholarship, to help disadvantaged students.

Outstanding Alumnus 2017

One of Queensland’s most respected company directors and legal practitioners, Darryl McDonough, is QUT’s 2017 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. Now a consultant with Clayton Utz, Mr McDonough was among the first cohort of QUT law graduates in 1983.

Meet Darryl McDonough

Graduate success

Kate Donnelly, 2016 QUT Law alumnus and New Colombo Plan scholar, on placement in Vanuatu. Her work in the Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Response (CCCPIR) Programme will help community organisations in negotiations under the UN Convention on Climate Change.

Your committee

The Law Alumni QUT Chapter Committee is presided by Judge Paul Howard (centre left). The committee organises events to enable former students to stay connected with QUT and fellow graduates.