Our achievements

Associate Professor of Law Justine Nolan received the Academic of the Year award at the 19th Annual Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards held Friday at the Star in Sydney

UNSW Law & Justice is proud to celebrate our community of researchers and their many achievements.

Our high-impact work in advancing scholarly inquiry and pursuing social justice is recognised year after year, whether it’s through receiving prestigious awards, honours, or research grants. Learn more about our faculty’s key accomplishments. 

  • 12 Fellows
    Academy of Social Sciences
  • 15 Fellows
    Australian Academy of Law
  • 4
    Order of Australia

Research grants

UNSW Law & Justice has been consistently successful in attracting prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) funding to support our research with impact. 

Honours & fellowships

We celebrate the achievements of our world-leading academics who receive distinguished national and international awards, invitations and honours in recognition of their contribution to legal research, practice and education. 

PhD Excellence Award 

The annual PhD Excellence Award is given to candidates whose examiners recommended the conferral of a degree without any amendment. It acknowledges candidates who receive two As for their thesis.  

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