Claire Mackay: investment high-flyer and stakeholder guru
As an owner and principal at Quantum Financial, a family-owned private wealth management firm, Macquarie Law School alumna Claire Mackay (BComm ’00 LLB ’01) is one of the most highly regarded young advisers in the Australian investment industry. Listed in Australia’s Top Ten Financial Planners, Claire has been recognised by the IFA as 2014 Investment Adviser and 2015 Financial Adviser...
Macquarie Law School: at the heart of social justice
Macquarie’s commitment to the social justice component of legal education receives another boost this year with the establishment of its inaugural Social Justice Clinic, which is running as a pilot this semester. “Macquarie Law School has always been known as a powerhouse in the legal social justice arena but we are now planning ahead for a world where our graduates will be expected to ...
In memoriam: Penelope Watson (1952-2016)
Penelope Watson BA (Hons) Tas, LLB UNSW, LLM Syd Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School (11 June 1952 – 29 December 2016) It is with great sadness that we announce the recent passing of our long-term colleague and friend, Penelope Watson, after a long battle with cancer. Penelope was an outstanding academic, much esteemed and beloved by academic peers and many generations of students ...
Macquarie’s new ‘originals’: our first Juris Doctor (JD) graduates
This year, Macquarie sees in another academic milestone as its first graduating cohort of the three-year Juris Doctor (JD) program receive their degrees. The program began in 2014 as a post-graduate qualification for would-be law practitioners. “We already offered a graduate law program, but with rising demand for students with post-graduate qualifications, we decided to develop a compar...
Macquarie’s incubator takes off
The Macquarie University Incubator was officially opened on 13 February during the Macquarie Park Innovation District (MPID) Summit. The pop-up Macquarie University Business Incubator, which will be replaced by a permanent structure later this year, now has seven start-ups creating, developing and launching their businesses from within the space. Developed thanks to a $1 million grant fr...
Alumni Profile – John Moxon
Following an accident that left him with quadriplegia and ended his engineering career, John Moxon (BA (Hons)1983) came to Macquarie to study psychology and launch a new career. “I chose Macquarie mainly because it was the most wheelchair friendly campus in Sydney and was the closest to my home,” he says, adding that once he started studying the friendship and support he received from ...