Bond Law Blog

Welcome to the Bond Law Blog

This blog features commentary, analysis, and reflections from research centres and scholars within Bond University’s Faculty of Law. Contributors share perspectives on the ideas, challenges, and developments shaping the legal landscape.

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New posts are published regularly - bookmark this page and check back often to explore fresh perspectives from our research community.

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The POSITIVE Power of MAKING Mistakes: Why Getting It Wrong is Essential for Legal Learning

Law academics Tammy Johnson and Caroline Strevens discuss the benefits of embracing a 'mistakes friendly approach'.

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CSCDF

When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Five Ways to Tackle Deepfakes

As deepfake technology becomes more difficult to detect, the question shifts from if they will cause damage to when—and to what extent. This Blog post written by students in the Internet Law Research Clinic at Bond University explores this important topi

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How to maximise your citations – some lessons for law academics

In this follow up blog post, Professor Dan Sventesson provides further guidance to law academics on how to maximise citations

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Citation and h-index averages for law academics – Comparing apples with apples

Citation and h-index averages for law academics – Comparing apples with apples

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CCLG

Safe harbour – A shelter from the storm

What are the consequences for directors as regards a company that has become insolvent or is about to become insolvent in the not too distant future ?

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Belonging in the law classroom: rising to the challenge of creating a place where every new law student belongs

The Belonging in the Law Classroom Project aims to improve the experience and retention of first-year Law students.

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CCLG

Superannuation funds seeking to appoint nominee directors (part two)

This article considers the position of nominee directors and in particular their commitment to act in the best interests of the company whose board they sit on.

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CCLG

Superannuation funds seeking to appoint nominee directors (part one)

Today, the rate of superannuation contributions by Australian employers is 11 percent of wages, increasing to 11.5 percent on 1 July 2024 and potentially to 12 percent in 2025.

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CCLG

Criminal cartel conduct in Australia

How can directors and senior managers protect themselves and their businesses from being accused of cartel activity?

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CCLG

So you want to be a company Director?

Boards in Australia have become more diverse, and becoming a board member has become accessible to a much wider range of people.

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CCLG

Business failures in Australia: causes and considerations

Godfreys represented just one of many business failures in 2023 and 2024.

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CCLG

Rebuilding trust in enterprises

All around the world people are becoming less trusting of governments, non-government organisations, business and the media.

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CPLE

Bond law academics doing their part for mental health awareness month

By acknowledging the importance of mental health, law academics can help students develop resilience

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Breaking the silence (part 1): Understanding social anxiety in law students

Making introductions, being called on unexpectedly in class or being asked to form groups can be uncomfortable for students with social anxiety. 

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Breaking the silence (part 2): practical strategies for educators to support students with social anxiety

What academics can do to best support socially anxious studentswhat academics can do to best support socially anxious students.

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One checklist at a time: towards simplifying satellite internet access in Asia-Pacific

Digital connectivity is no longer a luxury but a lifeline

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Maximising your potential: a look into the student experience and opportunities of a legal research clinic

Undergraduate law student Jean-Christophe Roberge shares his experience of working in the Internet Law Research Clinic at Bond University.

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First-Year law student peer mentoring via podcast

To foster wellbeing among first-year law students and support their transition to university, Anita Mackay established a podcast series.

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Gamification in law school: using play to enhance learning

Gamification has been a buzzword in the education world for some time now, and with good reason.

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What beer brewing can teach law students about chatgpt

To test ChatGPT’s abilities, I asked it to “write a recipe for brewing a 40-litre batch of Irish red ale meeting the BJCP guidelines”.

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Making contracts more understandable: a new frontier for lawyers

A new generation of legal thinkers and designers are working to make contracts more understandable and accessible to non-lawyers.

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Boolean guess who? Using gamification to engage first year law students with advanced legal research techniques

By using gamification in teaching, we can make what could otherwise be a dry class on legal research super fun and engaging!

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Law schools should teach more transactional lawyering

Australian lawyers specialising in transactional work are, according to legal recruiters, the most in-demand by overseas head-hunters looking to fill global talent shortages. 

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Every law school should have a legal research clinic

Legal research clinics offer a variety of benefits to students. The clinics provide real-world opportunities for students to learn and grow their skills, not just in respect of the law, but also in the broader practice of being a lawyer.

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Dr Umair Ghori joins The Conversation with a warning "Hey minister leave that gas trigger alone!"

What happens if the Australian government pulls its so-called “gas trigger” (officially the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism)? As Bond University’s Dr Umair Ghori warns in his latest article, it could be a BIG mistake!

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Why this law teacher undertook mental health first aid training

My primary reason for doing the MHFA training was to make sure that I was able to properly help the people who reach out to me.

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The gender pay gap in law

I have seen women who are much smarter than me, with more experience than me, and who work much harder than me somehow end up earning less money than me or holding less elevated positions in the corporate or institutional hierarchy.

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Using videos to teach law: panacea or poison?

There is little doubt that students and the faculties prefer “cool” over “old school”. What can possibly go wrong?

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Introducing the legal research hub

The idea: a platform for academics and legal professionals to discuss topical legal issues and share their respective insights, and offering opportunities to showcase current legal research.

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Climate change: how can law teachers help?

And so it falls upon us as lawyers, legal scholars, legal practitioners, members of the judiciary and law students to work together to identify the ways in which the law can and should be used to respond to climate change

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The digital law: law student visions for the delivery of legal services

This subject examines change in the legal services industry and explores a diverse range of ideas about how technology can be deployed in legal practice.

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2020 Professional legal education conference recordings now available

Professional legal education conference recordings now available

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Impact of COVID: Perceptions of wellbeing in law teachers in the UK and Australia

Teaching staff at Law Schools are increasingly being called on to design curriculum and pedagogy that will support student wellbeing.

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Law Students: We need you to be heroic lawyers

If you are a law student, and you have recently graduated or are about to graduate: congratulations, you are extraordinary. But now, we are going to ask more of you.

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