UNSW Faculty of Law
| UNSW Faculty of Law | |
|---|---|
| Parent school | University of New South Wales |
| Established | 1971 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | George Williams (lawyer) |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Enrollment | 2,652 |
| Faculty | 82 (permanent) |
| Website | www.law.unsw.edu.au |
The Faculty of Law of the University of New South Wales is a law school situated in Sydney, Australia. It is widely regarded as being one of Australia's top law schools. In 2016, QS World University Rankings ranked the UNSW Law Faculty 13th on its list of the best law schools in the world. In 2015 and 2016, the Faculty had the highest entry requirements for admission to a combined law program in Australia—an ATAR result of 99.70. Since then, the Faculty has used a new selection methodology which uses ATAR results but also takes into account marks on a 'Law Admission Test' designed specifically to assess aptitude and suitability for studying law.
The Faculty comprises the School of Law and 13 affiliated research and specialist legal centres, including a community legal centre, the Kingsford Legal Centre. The Faculty is also co-founder and operator of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), which provides free access to case law, legislation and other primary legal resources online. It offers legal education for all career stages: undergraduate law dual degree programs, the Juris Doctor for graduates, postgraduate coursework, postgraduate research, and continuing legal education short courses.
On 13 July 1964, the University's Council approved the creation of the UNSW Faculty of Law. On 24 January 1966, the Foundation Chair of Law was created, with the appointee to also be the Dean of the Faculty of Law. On 8 September 1969, Wootten was appointed to this position, where, in 1971, he would oversee the first teaching classes in the faculty.
The Faculty opened on 1 March 1971 with 219 undergraduate students. Prior to this, only the University of Sydney offered law degrees in New South Wales. The task of establishing the new law school was given to John Halden Wootten QC, a former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, who was appointed Foundation Dean in 1969.
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