AAL Research Grants Scheme 2026 - Recipients

There were 46 applications.

The proposed research may be empirical, theoretical, doctrinal or practical.

The criteria were:

• the extent to which the proposed research accords with the AAL’s objects;
• its importance;
• its originality;
• its feasibility; and
• its value for money.

The amount of each grant depended on the nature and quality of the applications both individually and comparatively.

The following grants have been awarded for 2026, listed in no particular order:

Dr So Yeon Kim

Submarine Cable Security and International Law: Legal and Political Responses to Unlawful Interference: $5,000 (Lecturer, Adelaide University, School of Law)

Dr Abdullah-Al Arif

Regulating Conflicting Uses of the High Seas: Deep Seabed Mining and High-Seas Fisheries under International Law: $5,000 (Lecturer, Macquarie Law School)

Dr Shu Zhang

Use, validity and enforceability of Arbitration Agreements in Australian Consumer Contracts: $5,000 (Senior Lecturer (Commercial Law), Deakin Law School)

Professor Ying Khai Liew

Rights and Wrongs in Equity: $5,000 (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne)

Associate Professor Justine Rogers

Barristers’ Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice: $4,962.61 (UNSW Law & Justice)

Dr Aaron Lane

Crypto Crime and Punishment: Australian Criminal Proceedings 2021–2025: $2,378.32 (Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, RMIT University)

AAL Research Grants Scheme Projects 2026 

The outcomes of the 2026 Research Grants Scheme Projects will be published as they become available following completion.