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RUMLAE Director Prof Dale Stephens recently attended and presented at a Conference on Maritime Security, the Law of Naval Warfare and Law of the Sea at Haugesund, Norway held at the Western Norway University (Conference Organiser was Prof Sigmund Simonsen).

The Adelaide Law School graduation ceremony for the 2023 cohort was held on Tuesday 7 May. Alongside the Bachelor of Laws, Masters of Law and GDLP graduates, the ceremony featured some of the first recipients of the RUMLAE-created Professional Certificate in Space Law.

RUMLAE Congratulates Ms Emma Colovic and Ms Chris Johnson on their IHL Moot success! On 30 May, the University of Adelaide International Humanitarian Law Moot Grand Final was conducted in the Moot Court Room. On the day, Emma and Chris prevailed for the Prosecution.

Recently, Ayan Abdirashid Ali presented at the ICRC for the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, giving a lecture on Somali customary laws of war to over 150 attendees. Her research is part of the wider series called The Laws of Yesterday’s Wars by RUMLAE member Samuel White.

RUMLAE is pleased to announce the return of our monthly podcast series, hosted by our very own Samuel White. The inaugural episode is RUMLAE's first 'HDR Spotlight', featuring Duncan Blake. You can find the podcast collection here: law.adelaide.edu.au/military-law-e…

RUMLAE was delighted to have been instrumentally involved in the design and teaching of Adelaide Law School's first post-graduate Nuclear Regulatory Law course . RUMLAE Director, Prof Dale Stephens, was a co-course coordinator along with adjunct lecturer Ms Kirsty Braybon

RUMLAE member, Dr Samuel White (Samuel White), has edited his third volume of Laws of Yesterday's Wars. The series asks the question: how international is international humanitarian law? You can access West Point's symposium on the third volume here: lieber.westpoint.edu/laws-of-yester…

RUMLAE congratulates Emma Colovic and Evelyn Walker who participated in this year’s IHL & Advocacy course and represented the Uni of Adelaide at the recent ALSA Red Cross National IHL Moot Competition in Hobart. We are very happy to say that they were crowned National Champions.

RUMLAE Research Project in Hawaii RUMLAE Management Board members Professors Dale Stephens and Matthew Stubbs recently travelled to Honolulu to meet with staff of US Indo-Pacific Command to discuss forthcoming research on air and sea navigational rights.

RUMLAE member Dr Samuel White (Samuel White) and Tyson Yunkaporta talk in a recent ABC opinion about how utilising Indigenous Australian models of thinking can help us respond to cyber threats. Read the article here: abc.net.au/religion/tyson…

Four of RUMLAE’s members were in Canberra on Thursday 12 September to celebrate the release of the second edition of Military Law in Australia, published by Federation Press. The new edition is available here: federationpress.com.au/product/milita…

RUMLAE Director Professor Dale Stephens recently attended the US Indo-Pacific Military Law and Operations Conference in Manila. The theme of the conference was 'The Future of the Indo-Pacific: Partnering to Defend Sovereignty'.

RUMLAE Board member, Dr Kellie Toole’s book 'Prosecuting Crime in the Public Interest' has just been released by Hart Publishing. The book is an updated extension of her PhD thesis on independence and accountability in executive decision-making.

In November 2024, RUMLAE welcomed Professor Sigmund Simonsen from Western Norway University as a Visiting Scholar to Adelaide Law School. Professor Simonsen is working with RUMLAE members Professor Dale Stephens and Professor Matthew Stubbs on the San Remo Manual update.

RUMLAE member Professor Matthew Stubbs has spent the Michaelmas Term as a Research Visitor at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. He has been working on a project asking – 'Are Human Rights Relevant to a Blockade?'

RUMLAE Director Professor Dale Stephens was very pleased to recently host Commander Jacqueline Swinton RAN and Commander Ian Santicola USN who were visiting from Hawaii to discuss arrangements for the forthcoming Air and Maritime Legal Rights and Obligations project.

RUMLAE is very pleased to congratulate Emma Colovic and Evelyn Vincin Walker for being runners-up in the Grand Final of the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot (Asia-Pacific) conducted recently in Hong Kong.

The University of Adelaide Law School Prize ceremony was held on Thursday 3rd April to recognise high achieving students who completed Post Graduate and Undergraduate courses in 2024. RUMLAE Congratulates Rod Furner and Catherine Burns on their Academic Prizes.

RUMLAE Director, Prof Dale Stephens recently participated as a presenter and course manager in the 2025 Maritime Security Cooperation Workshop held in Canberra. Pictured (L-R): Lieutenant Commander Felicia Fragapane RAN, IPCML Director Ms Grace Corbiau, Captain Dale Stephens RAN

Digital Resilience: International and Domestic Legal Responses to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence is now available from Springer, edited by RUMLAE's Dale Stephens, Matthew Stubbs, and Samuel White.