Curtin Law School

Curtin Law School Senior Lecturer Dr James McMillan was featured on the Austaxpolicy blog recently with a piece on “Challenging Australia’s Withholding Tax Exemption for Franked Dividends”.    https://lnkd.in/gVWsyZtA    #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #tax #taxation #blog #policy #taxpolicy #austaxpolicy #australia #australiantax #taxexemption #dividends #frankeddividends #dividedwithholdingtax #dwt #shareholder   

Curtin Law School congratulates Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) student Giovanna Bongiorno on her selection as one of Australia’s new Global Voices Scholars, alongside Curtin University students Jack Willis and Danai Jedrzejczyk. Giovanna will attend the International Monetary Fund / World Bank Annual Summit in Washington DC where she plans to present a paper proposing legislative reforms to reduce wealth and income inequality in Australia.    https://lnkd.in/g7WiSwjV    #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #student #lawstudent #scholarship #scholar #globalvoices #globalvoicesscholar #law #finance #legislativereform #incomeinequality #internationalmonetaryfund #imf #worldbank #summit 

Curtin Law School’s Associate Professor Hannah McGlade participated in recent panel discussion hosted by the UWA Public Policy Institute at The University of Western Australia. A/Prof McGlade was joined by panellists the Hon Ken Wyatt AM JP (Former Minister for Indigenous Australians), Tyson McEwan (Solicitor, Herbert Smith Freehills, and WA Youth Representative of the Uluru Statement from the Heart), and Aurora Milroy (Director of Policy, National Native Title Council). The panel discussed the topic of “The Voice Referendum: Reflections on the Road Ahead”, moderated by Sophie Coffin (Solicitor, Bennett - Litigation and Commercial Law). It was an insightful evening, reflecting on what lies ahead for Truth-Telling, Treaty, and Closing the Gap.    UWA Law School  Australian Association of Constitutional Law    #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #universityofwesternaustralia #universityofwa #uwa #uwapublicpolicyinstitute #paneldiscussion #panel #indigenousaffairs #indigenousissues #thevoice #referendum #firstnations #legalprofession #event #australianassociationofconstitutionallaw #electoralregulationresearchnetwork #truthtelling #treaty #closingthegap 

Yesterday, Curtin Law School Higher Degree by Research student Rebecca Pierluigi presented Milestone 2 of her PhD, titled “Revisioning the Family Court: Reducing contention and advancing social policy objectives”.    Congratulations on achieving this milestone! 👏   #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #students #research #researchstudents #hdr #higherdegreebyresearch #phd #doctorofphilosophy #milestone #presentation #milestonepresentation #familylaw #familycourt #socialpolicy 

Keen to complete some of your LLB units at Ghent University in Belgium ⁉   Curtin Law School is holding an information session on the Curtin@Ghent European Summer Law Program on Wednesday 20 November from 5:30pm-6:30pm at our 57 Murray Street campus. Students wanting to attend are asked to please register via the QR code or https://lnkd.in/guCV8ukM    #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #ghentuniversity #ugent #ghent #belgium #curtinatghent #summerlawprogram #europeansummer #exchange #studentexchange #bacheloroflaws #llb #informationsession #event 

Curtin Law School Senior Lecturer Dr Christina Allen has published an article, titled “Legislating the Meaning of Digital Currency in the Australian Income Tax Law” in the Australian Tax Review (Volume 53, Issue 3). The full article is available via Westlaw.    #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #research #publication #article #journal #journalarticle #australiantaxreview #review #taxreview #tax #taxation #taxlaw #incometaxlaw #digitalcurrency #westlaw #thomsonreuters 

Curtin Law School Bachelor of Laws students enrolled in the new Energy Governance (BLAW3009) unit were treated to a guest lecture recently by Adjunct Clinical Professor John Southalan on state agreements and related state agreement litigation.    Thank you, John, for giving your time to our students and to Energy Governance Unit Coordinator Lorna Clarke for arranging these exciting guest lectures! 😀   #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #lawschool #legaleducation #university #perth #bacheloroflaws #llb #students #lawstudents #legalprofession #guestlecture #energygovernance #energygov 

Curtin Law School Associate Lecturer Dr Simon Allison has published an article, co-authored with Shane H. (Corrs Chambers Westgarth) and Dr John Minas (Monash University), titled “Running on Empty: Australian State Fiscal Powers after Vanderstock” in the Australian Business Law Review (Volume 52, Issue 4). The full article is available via Westlaw.    #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #research #publication #article #journal #journalarticle #taxation #tax #taxationlaw #taxationlawandpractice #fiscalpowers #vanderstock #westlaw #thomsonreuters 

Curtin Law School warmly congratulates Luke Shipman on his recent admission to practice!    Luke completed both his Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) and Practical Legal Training at Curtin University. Luke’s admission was moved by Matthew Lenhoff, Principal at Zafra Legal where he is now practicing as a Solicitor in the Corporate and Commercial team.    When asked about his PLT experience, Luke offered the following:    “I found the PLT program, which was run by Dr James McMillan, to be a thorough and in-depth learning experience which has provided a strong foundation for the start of my career in legal practice.”    We love hearing this feedback and seeing success stories of our grads! 🙌   All the best, Luke! 😀 #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #lawschool #legaleducation #practicallegaltraining #plt #graduatediplomainlegalpractice #gdlp #graduate #alumni #admission #admissiontopractice #legalworkplaceexperience #lawyer #solicitor #pathwaytopractice #zafra #zafralegal #legalprofession #legalpractice #lawfirm

Curtin Law School PhD candidate Rosie Rowe was one of 12 participants selected from over 80 applicants to take part in the 9th annual Business and Human Rights Young Researcher’s Summit, held in Geneva. Rosie presented on the topic “Human rights due diligence as a tool for just energy transitions: Gaps between normative expectations and the current practices of wind and solar project developers in Western Australia”.    📸 : Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights   #curtinlawschool #cls #curtinuniversity #phdstudent #phd #higherdegreebyresearch #research #summit #researchsummit #humanrights #business #geneva #energy #solar #wine #westernaustralia