With over 1,400 students and alumni currently registered, the Brennan Program demonstrates the interest of UTS Law students in social justice and their desire to go beyond the academic curriculum. For our law students, it is an invaluable opportunity to develop intellectual, volunteer and leadership capacities.
Brennan Justice and Leadership Program
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The Brennan Program is
a free voluntary Program,
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driven by the ideals of
justice consciousness,
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idealism and a sense of service.
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In accomplishing this award,
it developed students capacity
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for professional and personal
leadership and service.
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Since 2011, the Brennan Program
has accrued over 2,000 active members.
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My favourite part of it was probably
the connections that I made
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and the people that I met.
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My main goal in joining
the Brennan Program
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was to get more involved
in social justice.
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What I love about the Brendan Program
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is I really got to meet
so many different people
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and do a wide
range of tasks, you know,
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I was doing things from
volunteering at immigration centres
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to helping the elderly use IT.
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So, if you're a UTS law student,
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I would suggest that
you just give it a go.
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It's a fun, engaging
and diverse experience.
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Being surrounded by
people who are driven
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and who really care about
social justice issues,
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really inspired me as well
and it just reminded me that
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it's possible to create a better world.
Information and registration for current students interested in the Brennan Program
The Brennan Justice and Leadership Program (Brennan Program) was introduced in 2011 as a joint initiative of the UTS Faculty of Law and the UTS Law Students’ Society. It is named after Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS QC, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and UTS Chancellor (1999-2005). Sir Gerard’s life and career exemplified the qualities of professional leadership, service and excellence that the Program seeks to nurture.
The Brennan Program consists of two components:
- Reflections on Justice
- Leadership through Service
To complete the program and qualify for the Brennan Justice and Leadership Award, student participants must accrue 100 Reflection on Justice points and Leadership Through Service hours according to the pro-rata allocation available in the Brennan Program Handbook.
Reflections on Justice
The Reflections on Justice component is designed to stimulate an intellectual engagement with the idea of justice to continue across your studies of law and beyond, and generate a group conversation about justice among students.
To fulfil the requirements of this component, you may attend both internal UTS and external lectures on justice and join discussion groups to reflect on the idea of justice. Lectures and discussion groups are assigned points; most lectures are worth five points each unless otherwise stated; and documented; participation in five discussion group meetings is worth 20 points.
Leadership Through Service
Here you may undertake voluntary roles with a service and leadership element. Volunteering may be done in either legal or non-legal contexts.
Examples of how Brennan students are making a difference through their volunteer work include:
- Tutoring school students and adults through the Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning (SAIL) Program.
- Mentoring indigenous youth with Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience.
- Volunteering for the Afghan Judges Conversational English Initiative.
Industry Engagement
If you're a member of the legal profession who would like to explore the possibility of engaging with the UTS Law Brennan Justice and Leadership Program, either by presenting a justice topic to our students as part of our Justice Talks series, or providing volunteer opportunities for students, our team is ready to chat. See our UTS Law Brennan Brochure for a snapshot overview.
