亚洲法律中心（ALC）开创了亚洲地区广泛国家和地区的法律和法律制度的广泛教学和研究计划，包括日本、中国、印度尼西亚、越南、马来西亚、韩国、泰国、老挝和菲律宾等。自中心成立以来，致力于为对亚洲法律制度感兴趣的学者、从业人员和社区提供资源。
ALC经常举办有关亚洲法律相关研究领域的活动计划，包括学生研讨会和研讨会。中心与西雅图华盛顿大学和澳大利亚国立大学联合出版《澳大利亚亚洲法律杂志》，是关注亚洲法律和法律文化的学者和专业人士辩论的主要论坛。并建立第一个也是唯一一个亚洲法律资料的在线书目数据库——亚洲法律在线，免费向公众提供服务，以帮助亚洲法律体系的学生、学者和从业人员，是世界各地有关亚洲法律的英语材料的集合，包括书籍、书籍章节、期刊文章和论文。
ALC的研究主题包括中国改革、伊斯兰法、争议解决和媒体法。以提高对地区法律的了解和理解，促进澳大利亚、亚洲和其他地方的亚洲法律制度教学和研究为目标，致力于促进亚洲研究和亚洲语言在其他学科的发展，并鼓励与法律研究的联系，宣传比较法在亚洲法律研究和研究中的重要性。中心有效推动墨尔本法学院与亚洲大学和机构之间的员工和学生的知识交流，为墨尔本法学院与亚洲大学之间提供交流机会。
The Asian Legal Centre (ALC) has pioneered a wide range of teaching and research programs on laws and legal systems in a wide range of countries and regions in the Asian region, including Japan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Laos and the Philippines. Since its inception, the Center has been committed to providing resources to scholars, practitioners, and communities interested in the Asian legal system.
ALC regularly hosts a program of events related to Asian law-related research areas, including student seminars and seminars. The Centre publishes the Australian Asian Law Journal, in collaboration with the University of Washington in Seattle and the Australian National University, and is the primary forum for debate among scholars and professionals concerned with Asian law and legal culture. and to establish the first and only online bibliographic database of Asian legal materials, Asian Law Online, which is available to the public free of charge to help students, scholars and practitioners of the Asian legal system, and is a collection of English-language materials on Asian law from around the world, including books, book chapters, journal articles and papers.
ALC's research topics include Chinese reform, Islamic law, dispute resolution and media law. Aims to promote knowledge and understanding of regional law and the teaching and research of Asian legal systems in Australia, Asia and elsewhere, to promote the development of Asian studies and Asian languages in other disciplines, and to encourage links with legal research to promote the importance of comparative law in Asian legal research and research. The Centre effectively promotes the exchange of knowledge between Melbourne Law School and Asian universities and institutions, and provides exchange opportunities between Melbourne Law School and Asian universities.