Centres and Institutes

A joint initiative of UNSW and law firm Allens, the Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation tackles challenges presented by rapid technological change on the law and legal practice

The Kaldor Centre contributes world-leading research and policy analysis to the public debate about protecting refugees and asylum seekers, promoting legal, sustainable and humane solutions to forced migration. 

A joint facility of UNSW and UTS Faculties of Law, AustLII provides free access to Australasian legal information, supporting the rule of law and improving access to justice.

The Institute brings together leading medical, engineering and legal minds to find solutions to human rights challenges, producing outcomes for people in Australia and the Asia Pacific.

The Centre for Crime, Law & Justice is home to scholars and researchers who strive to address the challenges facing governments, citizens and criminal justice systems around the world.

The CLMR is Australia’s leading research centre engaging in the study of the law and regulation governing corporations, financial markets and financial products globally.

The Gilbert + Tobin Centre provides legal expertise on issues vital to Australia’s future, including a bill of rights, reconciliation, native title and the question of an Australian republic.

Home to the world’s largest cohort of Chinese law scholars outside China, the Centre engages in research in international business and economic law specific to the Australia–China trading corridor.

The Indigenous Law Centre is the premier Indigenous law research centre in Australia. It promotes the legal rights and freedoms of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

KLC is an award-winning community legal centre providing free legal advice, casework and community legal education to people who live, work or study locally. It also runs clinical legal education for UNSW students.

The Australian Pro Bono Centre aims to grow the capacity of the Australian legal profession to provide pro bono legal services focused on increasing access to justice for disadvantaged and marginalised persons.

The DTP is an independent NGO advancing human rights and civil society. Through courses, it develops the knowledge, skills and networks of human rights defenders in Australia, Asia and the Pacific. 

Grata empowers Australians to create change by removing the financial barriers to court and integrating litigation with public campaigns for human rights, democracy and climate change.

RACS is a community legal centre and one of Australia’s leading refugee legal centres which provides expert legal advice to people seeking asylum and refugees.

Youth Law Australia is a community legal service dedicated to providing free, confidential legal information and help for young people under 25 and their advocates.

As the UNSW groundwater research centre, the mission of the Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre is to undertake the fundamental and applied research needed to improve our understanding of groundwater systems both nationally and internationally.

The Environmental Law Group generates cutting-edge research aimed at addressing global environmental issues through evidence-based policymaking capable of ensuring a healthy and sustainable environment for current and future generations.

The IMF Bentham Class Actions Research Initiative (CARI) explores and solves key concerns in class actions practice through academic research and analysis.

Members of the International Law and Policy group work across diverse fields of international law. They bring a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives to their research, including interdisciplinary approaches.

The Legal Education Group aims to further develop the academic understanding of legal education. It supports both experiential and theoretical enquiry and runs workshops on all aspects of the field.

The Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law focuses on problems that benefit from insights drawn from several disciplines. It maintains strong connections with other UNSW schools and faculties, and other institutions in Australia and internationally.

Members of the UNSW Law Private Law Research and Policy Group undertake high-quality research which is relevant both at the forefront of commercial practice and in continued pursuit of social justice.

The Southeast Asia Law and Policy Forum aims to foster and support research on law and policy in Southeast Asia. As well as building capacity, UNSW Law has comparative and country-specific expertise.

The UNSW Initiative for Biolegality (IBL) is a platform for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary socio-legal research into the relation between law and the biosciences in the 21st century. It brings together scholars from law, forensics, criminology, biology, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, bioethics and sociology.