$1 million facelift for University of Queensland law school

The University of Queensland's T. C. Beirne School of Law is to get a $1 million facelift and facilities upgrade.

Acting head of the T. C. Beirne School of Law Dr Suri Ratnapala said the project was designed to expand facilities reflecting growth of student numbers and to modernise facilities.

'A significant portion of the development funds will go on upgraded computer facilities to ensure our students have access to the latest technological developments,' Dr Ratnapala said.

The work is expected to be completed by July, 1998.

Currently 1307 students are enrolled at the School with 325 places expected to be offered for first-year enrolments in 1998.

The T. C. Beirne School of Law is located at the architectural heart of the St Lucia campus, in the West Wing of the Forgan Smith Building.

'As part of our upgrade we will be ensuring appropriate accommodation for the successful expansion of our postgraduate program, which has seen a dramatic increase in PhD and research masters enrolments,' Dr Ratnapala said.

'Our development program, now being backed by the construction program, included expansion of subject offerings in the masters program, creation of a masters program in applied law for non-lawyers, intensive teaching in the Summer School, and establishment of the new Centre for the Legal and Economic Study of Institutions (CLESI)'.

For further information, please contact Dr Suri Ratnapala on (07) 3365 1021 or (07) 3374 0765 after hours.