The School acknowledges academic excellence by presenting the following awards at the annual academic awards evening. The academic awards evening is a highlight of the School calendar as it gives the school a chance to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of its top students. Winners are invited to attend with 2 guests and are presented their award by a representative of the donor organisation or a member of the University Executive.
The awards for the 2008 academic year are as follows:
Supreme Court Prize for the best student completing the Bachelor of Laws degree
Supreme Court Exhibition Prize for the student who submitted the best final year Honours thesis
Arnold Bloch Leibler Prize for the best student in MLL406 Taxation
BJT Legal Prize for the best student in MLL110 Law Society and Civil Rights
Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for the best student in MLL111 Contract
Clayton Utz Prizes for the best student in MLL213 Torts and MLL327 Property
Coulter Roache Prizes for the best student in MLL221 Business Organisations and MLL342 Workplace Law
Davies Collison Cave Solicitors Prize for the best student in MLL410 Intellectual Property
Harwood Andrews Prize for the best student in MLL215 Commercial Law
Herbert Geer and Rundle Prize for the best student in MLL217 Misleading Conduct & Economic Torts and MLL409 Competition Law & Policy
Kennedy Wisewoulds Family Lawyers Prize for the best student in MLL408 Family Law
Minter Ellison Prize for the best student in MLL405 Equity and Trusts
Phillips Fox Prize for the best student in MLL334 Evidence
Alan Missen Foundation Prize for the best essay in MLL110 Law Society and Civil Rights
Australian Institute of Administrative Law Prize for the best essay in MLL324 Administrative Law
Geelong Law Association Prize for the best student in MLL323 Constitutional Law
Thomson Legal & Regulatory Prizes for the best student in the following units:
MLL391 Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution
MLL214 Criminal Law
MLL218 Criminal Procedure
MLL325 Land Law
MLL335 Legal Practice & Ethics
MLL377 International Law
Transport Accident Commission Prize for the best student in MLL324 Administrative Law
Victorian Society for Computers and the Law Prize for the best student in MLL370 Law and the Internet