The Publications Team

The Publications Team is an integral part of the Justice and the Law Society. Pandora's Box, the TC Beirne School of Law's only independent student-run academic journal has been published annually since 1994, and aims to provide students access to a range of high quality, global academic writing on the interaction between a variety of legal and social issues.


Pandora’s Blog is a new initiative of the Justice and the Law Society that aims to provide a modern platform for discussion of legal issues, the interaction between law and social justice and students’ experiences in legal work experience, pro bono work and beyond.  Pandora’s Blog’s aim is to build upon our law journal, Pandora’s Box, in continuing to provide an accessible source of legal scholarship. Our desire is to provide an interactive forum for discussion and readers are encouraged to engage in comment and debate. 

Would you like to write for the blog? We accept submissions from law students, academics, and anyone else with an interest in law & justice with something to say.

Featured Articles
On re-thinking law school curriculum and the power of community political education: with Anna Carlson
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Australian and International Immigration Policy for Refugees: A Comparison between Afghani and Ukrainian Asylum Seekers
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On rethinking the relationship between law and progressive social change - with Clare Scrine
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Understanding Roe v Wade
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LAW & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SERIES: On community organising and re-defining the role of council politics, with Jonno Sri
LAW & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SERIES: On community organising and re-defining the role of council politics, with Jonno Sri

A key lesson from our time with Jonno was the need to find that balance of engaging strategically with the state and other institutions, without compromising the integrity of a movement; his position as Councillor gives him access to a range of resources that he would not have otherwise, but he is very conscious of the ways in which the government is designed intentionally to limit the power and the voice of the people. This is why community organising is always important; community organising refers to everyday people coming together at the grassroots level, to take direct action towards solving their collective problems.

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(dis)Ability Champion: An Interview with Associate Professor Paul Harpur
(dis)Ability Champion: An Interview with Associate Professor Paul Harpur

“Impossible is only two letters from possible and you do not need sight to have vision.”

In celebration of the International Day of People with Disability this Friday, and with Disability Action Week starting next Monday, our outgoing Treasurer, Mitree Vongphakdi, sat down for a chat with UQ Law's very own academic, former athlete, and all-round legend, Associate Professor Paul Harpur.

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