This provides the College with opportunities to connect with the work of the Parliament of Australia, the High Court of Australia, the departments and agencies of the Federal Government, as well as the local ACT law-making institutions – the Legislative Assembly and the ACT courts.
[6][7] The ANU College of Law's Library features a bronze bust of Sir Robert Garran, who was incidentally its first honorary doctorate.
There is a tradition amongst ANU law students that rubbing the nose of Sir Robert Garran's bust will bring them good luck, something also noted in a Geoffrey Sawer Lecture on Sir Robert Garran's life by now High Court of Australia Chief Justice Stephen Gageler.
[10][11] The ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy's Library houses historical desks that are adorned in decades-old graffiti from ANU law students, featuring political statements, cartoons, poetry and many other artistic forms.
The College has been the world champion team in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition two times, in 1981 and 2010, and runner up once, in 1998.