School of Law

School of Law

The School of Law is RMIT College of Business and Law’s destination for law education, housing the Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, the Business and Human Rights Centre and the Centre for Innovative Justice.

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Welcome from the Dean

RMIT’s School of Law is committed to shaping a future-focused, socially engaged legal education. As a standalone school within the College of Business and Law, we bring clarity of purpose and ambition to teaching, research, and engagement.

The legal profession is at an inflection point. Technology is reshaping how we practise law, deliver justice, and protect human rights. In our school, technology is central to our teaching and research, as we explore how innovation can strengthen justice systems, advance human rights, and expand access to legal services.

Our School has long stood apart through its practical, industry-connected approach. Our students don't just learn about the law — they engage with it. Through moots, clinical placements, internships, and partnerships with community legal services, courts, and legal practitioners, they develop the real-world skills that will define their careers.

We remain committed to creating and sharing legal knowledge with social impact. Guided by a focus on justice innovation, human rights, and technology — and through our centres, the Business and Human Rights Centre and the Centre for Innovative Justice — we continue to drive meaningful change.

Our students join a school that values innovation, inclusion, and integrity, while our alumni, community stakeholders, and partners enrich our teaching and amplify our impact.

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Mission

To create, disseminate and convey legal knowledge with social impact for stakeholders and the wider community.

Vision

A world-leading law school focused on justice innovation, human rights and technology in teaching, research and engagement.

Values

RMIT’s cultural values as well as fairness, innovation, inclusion and active engagement with integrity.

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Programs and teaching

We offer undergraduate and postgraduate programs in law, including the LLB, Juris Doctor, and the option to study our Bachelor of Laws as a double degree. The school adopts RMIT’s signature pedagogy, active, applied and authentic learning and assessments, and embeds Indigenous perspectives in its programs and courses.

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Research

We have a strong commitment to innovative and quality research with social impact and collaborate with partners across RMIT University, the legal profession, the business community, governmental and non-governmental organisations. We are also home to the Business and Human Rights Centre and the Centre for Innovative Justice.

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Industry

We have a strong and active network of industry and alumni connections, including an Industry Advisory Board consisting of senior legal practitioners. We bring industry into our classrooms to enrich student experience and learning, generate social impact, and shape and inform policy to help solve social and legal problems.

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People

Our academic staff engage in cutting-edge research in their fields, which informs their teaching. Their deep knowledge of the law, engagement with the legal industry and innovative pedagogy means that they provide high quality legal education. There are over 25 academic and professional staff supporting our programs.

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News

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Aotearoa Justice Tour: Students gain insight into innovative justice systems
Society and Environment
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A group of RMIT law students and staff recently returned from a life-changing study tour to New Zealand, gaining first-hand insights into innovative and community-led justice systems.

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RMIT scholar awarded prestigious Fulbright to combat human trafficking
Society and Environment
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RMIT Associate Professor in Criminology and Justice, Brianna Chesser has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award to develop groundbreaking solutions to one of the world’s most pressing human rights crises: commercial sexual exploitation through human trafficking.

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Professor Diana Bowman announced as inaugural Dean of Law
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RMIT University has announced the appointment of Professor Diana Bowman as inaugural Dean of the School of Law, to commence in January 2026.

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Life-changing prison exchange program up for national innovation prize
Society and Environment
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A partnership with Corrections Victoria allowing incarcerated people to study a subject on crime and justice together with students from RMIT University has been recognised for its positive impact.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

Learn more about our commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples