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College of Arts, Law and Education
Type	Public
Established	2017 as the College; 1890 as the Faculty of Arts; 1893 as the Law School
Parent institution	University of Tasmania
Vice-Chancellor	Rufus Black
Dean and Pro-Vice Chancellor	Kate Darian-Smith
Location	Hobart, Launceston and Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
Campus	Urban
Website	utas.edu.au/arts-law-education

The College of Arts, Law and Education was founded in 2017 as a college of the University of Tasmania that incorporated the School of Humanities, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Creative Arts (formerly the Tasmanian College of the Arts) and the Faculties of Law and Education.^[2] The College offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs.

The Colleges hosts a number of institutes including the Institute for the Study of Social Change, the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute, and the Asia Institute Tasmania.^[3]

History

The College was established in March 2017 after the merging of the School of Humanities, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Creative Arts (formerly the Tasmanian College of the Arts) and the Faculties of Law and Education as a single entity. The College model followed other Australian Universities in the combining of academic units to promote further interdisciplinary teaching and research as well as a streamlined administrative process.^[2]

Schools and Faculties

The College hosts five schools and facilitates which offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs.

School of Creative Arts and Media

The School of Creative Arts offers Art and Design, Media, Music and Theatre and Performance studies and research curricula. The School operates five Gallery spaces across Tasmania, the Plimsoll Gallery and the Entrepôt Gallery based at the School's Hunter Street Campus in Hobart, the Academy Gallery and Powerhouse Gallery in Launceston, and the Makers' Space Gallery in Burnie.

Research centres and Institutes

Australian Music and Art Research Group

Faculty of Education

School of Humanities

The School of Humanities focuses on the study and research of English, Global Cultures and Languages, History and Classics, and Philosophy and Gender Studies. Much of the School's research is significantly focused on the Universities 'Creativity, Culture and Society' research theme.

Research centres and Institutes

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law (formally the School of Law) was founded in 1893 and is the fourth oldest law school in Australia. The University of Tasmania Law Review^[4] and the Journal of Law, Information and Science^[5] are based within the Faculty as well as numerous publications produced by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute.

In addition to its academic programme, the law faculty promotes a range of co-curricular activities including mooting, negotiation and client interview competitions, membership of the University of Tasmania Law Review student editorial, and membership of law students' societies the Tasmania University Law Society (TULS) and the Student Environment and Animal Law Society (SEALS) which provides opportunities for law students to become engaged in environmental law in such a way which encourages the building of legal skills and professional connections.

Research centres and Institutes

School of Social Sciences

The School of Social Sciences focuses on Political Science, International Relations, Social Work Sociology and Criminology. The School's research focus has been assessed at world-class and above world standards levels.^[6]

Notable alumni

Judges

Sir Stanley Burbury, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1956–1973
Ewan Crawford, former Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania
Sir William Lambert Dobson, KCMG, FLS, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1885–1898
Sir John Stokell Dodds, KCMG, Chief Justice of Tasmania 1898–1914
Stephen Estcourt QC, Tasmanian Supreme Court judge
Philip Lewis Griffiths, former Chief Judge of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea
Peter Heerey AM, QC, former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Duncan Kerr, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and former Attorney-General of Australia
Davendra Pathik, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji
Barbara Baker, Governor of Tasmania and former Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia

Legal practitioners

Damian Bugg, former Commonwealth and Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions
Michael Mansell, Aboriginal rights activist and lawyer

Legal academics

Enid Campbell AC, former Dean of Monash University Faculty of Law and first female law professor in Australasia
Kate Warner AM, legal academic and former Governor of Tasmania

Politics and government

Eric Abetz, Senator for Tasmania
Guy Barnett, Senator for Tasmania
David Bushby, Chief Government Whip in the Senate
Roy Fagan, former Deputy Premier of Tasmania
Adrian Gibson OAM, former Liberal politician and barrister
Lara Giddings, Labor politician and former Premier of Tasmania
Bill Hodgman, OBE, QC, former President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Michael Hodgman AM, QC, former Liberal politician and barrister
Will Hodgman, Premier of Tasmania
Michael Tate, former Labor politician and diplomat, legal academic and Catholic priest
Peter Underwood, former Governor of Tasmania
Hannah Yeoh, speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly