Editorial

The Newcastle Law Review, the journal of Newcastle Law School, was first launched in 1995. Since that time an impressive series of articles and notes has been published, representing traditional categories of legal scholarship as well as interdisciplinary contributions. As the leading clinical law school in Australia, that focusses on clinical and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching, the research focus within Newcastle Law School is diverse although grouped within four main theme areas: international law; law and society; applied law and justice, and justice innovation. This Newcastle Law Review issue is comprised of a combination of articles arising from the ‘Symposium on Evidence Based Law and Practice’ held by Newcastle Law School in May 2017. This one-day workshop attracted more than 50 participants who shared their latest research on evidence-based law and practice and generated some valuable interdisciplinary discussions on evidence-based approach among academics from law and other fields, including social workers. The issue includes six articles and one research note all with a focus on how evidence-based methods have been utilised by the academics and the practitioners in their research and practice, including family and children protection issues, reform on jury’s decision-making process, cyber security and open data policy and mediation.