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Rate My Professor Margaret Young

University of Melbourne

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4.08/20/2025

Makes even the toughest topics accessible.

4.05/21/2025

Creates a welcoming and inclusive environment.

5.03/31/2025

Always approachable and easy to talk to.

4.02/27/2025

Patient, kind, and always approachable.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Margaret

Professor Margaret A. Young FAAL is a Professor at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. She is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow, Director of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH), and Director of Studies of the International Law Association (Australian branch). Specializing in public international law, the law of the sea, international trade law, climate change, and environmental law, her research examines regime interactions, the blue economy, and the potential and limits of international adjudication. She holds a BA/LLB (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, an LLM (first class) and PhD from the University of Cambridge. Young began her academic career as Research Fellow in Public International Law at Pembroke College and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. Previously, she served as associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia and practised as a solicitor at a major Australian national law firm.