Melbourne Law School is host to a number of Institutes and Centres of research and teaching specialising in a wide variety of legal fields. Graduate students and others are encouraged to participate in the Research Centres' teaching and research programs, and to use the Research Centres as a resource to pursue their own particular research interests.
In addition to teaching and research programs, the Institutes and Centres regularly arrange international and national conferences, seminars, interest group discussions, and in-house programs on leading-edge topics. While academics from within the Faculty are key contributors to the Research Centres' activities, the Centres benefit in their activities from the extensive involvement of a variety of experts and leading practitioners drawn from relevant industries, professions, investment institutions, governments and universities in Australia and overseas.
The specialist Research Centres and Institutes are: