Monash University Faculty of Law, or Monash Law School, is the

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Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

. Founded in 1963, it is based in

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and has campuses in

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. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally, and entry to its

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(LLB) programme is highly competitive. The Faculty of Law offers the

(LLB), with which students may combine other degrees as part of a

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, the

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(JD),

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(LLM) and the

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(PhD). It currently has approximately 3,914 undergraduate and postgraduate students and over 100 professors, lecturers and teaching associates. The Faculty of Law's alumni include the former

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, the current Chief Justice of the

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Anne Ferguson, judges of the

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and

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, the leader of the

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, the current

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, members of the

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, legal scholars, state politicians, prominent businesspersons, artists and media personalities. The ''

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'' is the Faculty of Law's flagship academic journal. It is managed by students and supervised by faculty advisors.

History

Foundation

In the 1950s, it had become clear that Melbourne's only law school at the time,

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, would soon be unable to meet the rising demand for legal education. Although Monash University was founded to focus primarily on science and technology, it would inevitably establish a law school. The need was not considered pressing enough to make a law school a foundation faculty of the new university; however, when Melbourne Law School imposed quotas on law school candidates due to a lack of resources, a new law school was immediately needed to cater for the extra students. The Victorian Council of Legal Education, the Chief Justice of Victoria and the Victorian Government pushed for the overnight establishment of a law school at Monash University, but this was resisted by the University's Vice-Chancellor, Sir

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, who wanted a high quality, well-planned, original faculty of law. In the end, it was over a relatively short period of time – 5 months from October 1963 to March 1964 – that a first-year law school curriculum was established and two teaching staff were appointed. However, when students first arrived in 1964, they did so with the knowledge that the curriculum for their later years was still being written. A law library was established with impressive speed, after substantial book donations from two former justices of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Appropriately for a law school, the Faculty's establishment was delayed by a dispute over the interpretation of the ''Monash University Act'', concerning when and how the University Council could set up new faculties. Following debate between Monash University, the Crown Solicitor and the Parliamentary Draftsmen, the Act was eventually amended.

Early years

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was the Faculty of Law's first dean, beginning his term on 29 February 1964 after resigning his post as Professor of Jurisprudence at Melbourne Law School the day before. Derham immediately sought to depart radically from the way that law had been taught previously in Australia. His appointment was announced on a Monday, and he was reportedly outlining detailed proposals for first-year subjects by the following Friday. He drastically reworked the curriculum and teaching style which his faculty had taught at Melbourne Law School. Monash University introduced small-group teaching, interactive lectures and a curriculum which emphasised legal skills in addition to a knowledge of the law itself.ALRC - On-line
/ref> Classes were taught not only by academics but also by practising members of the legal profession. According to Derham, the reason behind this approach was that the law is "not fixed and static. It moves and grows." This stood in contrast to the conventional style of teaching in other Australian law schools, in which part-time staff members would deliver lectures to a hall of students with little or no student-teacher interaction. A similar transformation later took place at the

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in Sydney. In later years, Derham also managed to establish strong international links with law schools in North America and Europe, which continue today. The first intake of law school students began in March 1964 with an initial enrolment of 149 students, after a lengthy selection and interview process. Seventeen of the 149 students (11.4%) were women. The four subjects in the first-year curriculum were an introductory legal subject named "The Legal System", criminal law (which was designed to introduce students to the

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pioneered in the United States, a British history subject focused on constitutional developments, and a subject taught either in the

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or the Faculty of Economics and Politics. The first lecture, on "The Legal System", was held by Derham on 9 March 1964, with all staff sitting anxiously in the front row. The first professor appointed by the Faculty of Law was Louis Waller AO, who later served as Dean. According to the Faculty of Law's early staff members, the opportunity to develop a new and original law school excited all those involved in Monash Law School's early years. In addition to its teaching reforms, Monash also became the first law school in Australia to establish its own community legal centres, which were and continue to be run by students under the supervision of staff and other lawyers. In 1971, Monash set another precedent for Australian law schools when

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became the first female Dean of any Law School in Australia's history.

Recent history

When Monash University expanded in the 1990s, the Faculty of Law chose not to extend itself to other campuses. Instead, it chose selectively to use Monash University's global presence to create new opportunities for international study and research. The result was the establishment and expansion of international collaboration and exchange programs with law schools around the world. Additionally, the Faculty of Law established the Malaysia Program and the Prato Program, allowing its students to complete part of their degrees at the University's campuses in

and

. In 2008, the Faculty of Law announced that it would begin offering a dual

with the

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– the first such program by an Australian law school. The Faculty of Law has made a name for itself as a dynamic and progressive law school, in a field which has been criticised for being overly traditional and out-of-touch. It hosts faculty-run Community Legal Centres, staffed by undergraduate law students who may undertake clinical work as part of their degrees. As a result, by the early 1990s, the Faculty of Law's undergraduate law program was regarded by some in the legal profession as superior to that of its traditional rival, Melbourne Law School. Today the Faculty of Law has over 3,914 undergraduate and postgraduate students, and over one hundred academic staff.

Deans

(1964–1968) * Louis Waller (1969–1970) *

(1971) *David Allan (1971–1976) *Patrick Nash (1977–1980) * Bob Baxt AO (1980–1988) *Charles Williams (1988–1998) * Stephen Parker (1999–2003) * Arie Freiberg (2004-2012) *

Bryan Horrigan Professor Bryan Horrigan (born 1962) is an Australian legal academic and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law at Monash University in Australia since January 2013. He previously held positions at Monash University as the Louis Waller Chair ...

(2013–present)

Admissions

Entry to the Bachelor of Laws is highly competitive, with an

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score of approximately 98 required for guaranteed entry in 2020.name=https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/569076/Monash-Law-2017-Undergraduate-Course-Guide.pdf Entry to the Juris Doctor is also competitive, with a minimum undergraduate degree

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of 5.0 on a 7-point scale (or equivalent experience or qualifications) or 4.0 on a 7-point scale with a minimum LSAT score of 150 required for guaranteed entry in 2021.

Rankings

The Faculty of Law is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and the world. In 2018, it was ranked first in Australia in the

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. It is also consistently ranked as one of the top 40 law schools in the world, and is currently ''

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'' at number 40 in 2021.

Research

Academic staff at Monash Law School publish books and journal articles across almost all areas of law. Part of this research is organised around specialist centres, including: * The

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* The Australian Centre for Justice Innovation * The Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies * Law, Health and Wellbeing * Eleos Justice * The Transnational Criminal Law Group * The Feminist Legal Studies Group The Faculty's research is further supported by eight research 'clusters':

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;

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and

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;

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; innovation and information law;

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and

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;

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and

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;

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and

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; and the legal profession.

Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies

The Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies is a teaching and research centre with a multidisciplinary focus, leading studies on the regulation of areas such as business, health sciences and technology. The current Director of the Centre is Graeme Hodge.

Publications

The following legal journals are based at Monash Law School: * ''

'' * '' Alternative Law Journal'' * ''Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy''

Law Library

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. Academic staff offices surround the library. The main areas of student activity are located on the ground floor basement. The Monash Law Students' Society office (colloquially 'LSS') and the adjoining room provide LSS members and LSS officials' office space and recreation area. The Monash Law building facade is currently under development, and is predicted to be completed by April 2013. This will provide an entirely renovated building face and basement foyer, to go along with the recently renovated outdoor area at the entrance of the Faculty of Law. The Library houses a major collection of printed and electronic material. In addition to the many online databases and e-books, its physical collection contains over 150, 000 items. Most Commonwealth jurisdiction law reports can be found, including non-official and official reports. These include law reports from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Pacific Island regions, the United States and Europe. A relatively large staff run the library, helping students, organising books, carrying out repair work and supervision of the law library.

Community Legal Services

Monash was among the first law schools in Australia to incorporate Community Legal Services into its teaching programs. Currently, the Faculty of Law runs two Community Legal Services. The Monash-Oakleigh Legal Service, which includes the Family Law Assistance Program, is located just outside the western border of the University's Clayton Campus. The Springvale Monash Legal Service, including the South East Centre Against Sexual Assault, is located in the South-Eastern Melbourne suburb of Springvale. The Springvale service is now the oldest continually running community legal service in Australia. Among the students who were first to participate in the program in 1973 include the current

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and current Chairman of the

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(ASIC) Tony D'Aloisio. These centres operate to provide free legal services and education to meet the needs of the community. They are supervised by full-time and part-time qualified legal practitioners, but are essentially run by law students at the Faculty of Law. Working at one of these centres for a semester or a summer is part of the Faculty of Law's Professional Practice units, which are credited towards the

. Student volunteers undertake a range of responsibilities, including interviewing clients, negotiating with other parties, letter drafting, preparing wills and court documents, and appearing in court on their client's behalf. Although most tasks are carried out by the students, they are under the supervision of practising solicitors. The Centres provide legal advice in areas such as criminal law, employment law, debt and family law. They also produce publications on law reform. Since the establishment of Community Legal Services in the early 1970s, similar programs have been introduced at other Australian law schools.

Notable alumni

The Faculty of Law has produced a large number of prominent alumni across different areas of law, politics, business, academia, sport and the arts. The following is a selection of notable alumni:

judges * Stewart Anderson (2019–present) *

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(2009–present) * Jennifer Davies (2013–present) * Raymond Finkelstein AO (1997–2011) *

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(2006–2017) * Shane Marshall AM (1995–2015) * Debra Mortimer (2013–present) * Bernard Murphy (2011–present) * Tony Pagone (2013–2018)

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judges * David Beach (2008–present) * Anne Ferguson,

(2017–present) * Stephen Kaye AM (2003–present) *

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AO (1998–2009), also first President of the

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* Maree Kennedy (2016–present) *

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(2010–present) * Richard Niall (2017–present), also

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(2015–2017) * Pamela Tate (2010–present), also first female

(2003–2010) *

AC, first female

(2003–2017) and former

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AO (2008–2018), also former Chief Justice of Norfolk Island and 2nd

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(1988–1991)

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judges * Richard Attiwill (2021–present) * Kevin Bell (2005–2020), also former President of the

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(2009–present) * Matthew Connock (2019–present) * Clyde Croft AM (2009–2019) * Michael Croucher (2013–present) * Jennifer Davies (2009–2013) * Jane Dixon (2016–present) * James Dudley Elliott (2013–present) *

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(2008–2018) * Andrew Keogh (2016–present) *

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AM (2007–2018) * Steven Moore (2018–present) * Stuart Morris (2003–2007), also former President of the

* Lisa Nichols (2019–present) * Tony Pagone (2007–2013) * Jack Rush (2013–2016) * Kathryn Stynes (2020–present) * Andrew Tinney (2018–present) * Andrea Tsalamandris (2022–present) Judiciary of

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* Elizabeth Fullerton: Judge of the

(2007–present) *

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AO, QC: Acting Judge of the

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(2017–present), Vice Chancellor's Professorial Fellow at the Faculty of Law, Adjunct Professor of the La Trobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability and chairman of the Australia Council of National Trusts

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: Judge of

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(2013–present) Other judges * Ken Barlow: Judge of the

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(2019–present) * Anna Boymal: Judge of the

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(2019–present) *

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: 3rd Chief Justice of the

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(2004–2017); former and first Chief Magistrate of the

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* Jennifer Coate: Judge of the

(2013–2019); State

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(2007–2013); first President of the

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(2000–2007) * Julie Condon: Judge of the

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(2017–2019) *

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: Judge of the

(2006–2019) * Ronald Curtain: Judge of the

(2012–present) * Sarah Dawes: Judge of the

(2018–present) * Kevin Doyle: Judge of the

(2019–present) * Robert Dyer: Judge of the

(2014–present) * Mandy Fox: Judge of the

(2018–present) * Ian Gray: current State

(2012–current), first President of the

and Chief Magistrate of the

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(2001–2012) * Felicity Hampel: Judge of the

* Lisa Hannan: Chief Magistrate of the

(2019–present) * Justin Hannebery: Judge of the

(2020–present) * Norah Hartnett: Judge of the

(2019–present) * Scott Johns: Judge of the

(2018–present) * Sharon Johns: Judge of the

(2013–present) *

Graeme Johnstone Graeme Douglas Johnstone (17 May 1945 – 16 November 2012) was the state coroner of Victoria, Australia from 1994 to 2007. He retired on 29 November 2007, and was replaced by Judge Jennifer Coate. He is noted for often personally visiting the s ...

: State

of Victoria (1994–2007) * Gregory Lyon: Judge of the

(2016–present) * Kirsty Macmillan: Judge of the

(2011–present) * Martine Marich: Judge of the

(2018–present) * Patricia Matthews: Associate Judge of the

(2020–present) * Alistair McNab: Judge of the

(2016–present) * Nahum Mushin AM: Judge of the

(1990–2011) * Patrick O'Shannessy: Judge of the

(2020–present) * David Purcell: Judge of the

(2020–present) * Claire Quin: Judge of the

(2013–present) * Patricia Riddell: Judge of the

(2017–present) * Michael Rozenes AO: Chief Judge of the

(2002–2015), also

(1992–1997) * Christopher Ryan: Judge of the

(2018–present) * David Sexton: Judge of the

(2018–present) * Meryl Sexton: Judge of the

(2001–present) * Richard Smith: Judge of the

(2013–present) * Joanne Stewart: Judge of the

(2013–present) * Christine Thornton: Judge of the

(2013–2018) * Jack Vandersteen: Judge of the County Court of Victoria and President of the

(2021–present) * Peter C. Young: Judge of the

(2002–2013) Other legal practitioners *

Greg Barns Gregory Joseph Barns SC (born 9 April 1962) is an Australian barrister, author, political commentator, company director and former political candidate based in Hobart, Tasmania. He took silk in Tasmania in May 2020. Early life and education ...

SC: barrister and human rights advocate * Anna Brown: former director of Legal Advocacy at the

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Julian Burnside Julian William Kennedy Burnside (born 9 June 1949) is an Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author. He practises principally in commercial litigation, trade practices and administrative law. He is known for his staunch ...

AO QC: prominent barrister, human rights advocate and author * John Cain: Victorian Solicitor for Public Prosecutions and State Coroner * Kristine Hanscombe QC: barrister specialising in

* Emily Madder: General Counsel and Company Secretary of

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* Ross Ray QC: prominent barrister and former President of the

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* Neil Rees: former Chairman of the Victorian Law Reform Commission, foundation Dean of the University of Newcastle Law Faculty *

Julian McMahon Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968) is an Australian actor, former model, and the son of a former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir William McMahon. He is best known for his roles as Detective John Grant in '' Profiler'', Cole Turn ...

AC QC: prominent barrister and human rights advocate * David Vadiveloo: human rights advocate and screen producer *

Brian Walters Brian Walters is a prominent Melbourne barrister, writer and advocate for human rights and the environment. Early career Walters was born on 17 June 1954, the third of four sons born to Neville and Jean Walters. He was educated at Blackb ...

AM QC: prominent barrister and advocate for human rights and the environment Australian politics and government * Jan Adams AO PSM: Australian Ambassador to Japan (October 2020–present) and Australian Ambassador to China (2016–2019) * Richard Alston AO: President of the Liberal Party of Australia (2014–2017) and Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2005–2008) * Kevin Andrews: Liberal minister and member of the Australian Parliament for

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(1991–present) and

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(2016–present) *

: Leader of the

(2020–present) and member of the

for

Julia Banks Julia Helen Banks (born 18 September 1962) is an Australian lawyer and politician. Elected as the member for Chisholm in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election, Banks was the only candidate for the governing Li ...

: Liberal member of the Australian Parliament for Chisholm (2016–2019); General Counsel of

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Australia (1992–2009),

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Australia (2009–2014) and

George Weston Foods George Weston Foods is one of the largest consumer products companies in Australia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods Plc. Its brands include Tip Top Bakeries, Tip Top and Top Taste. In 2003, Weston's biscuits were p ...

(2014–present) *

Mark Birrell Mark Alexander Birrell (born 7 February 1958) is a company director and a former Cabinet Minister in the Australian state of Victoria. Early life Birrell was born in Melbourne and was educated at Trinity Grammar. He studied at Monash Universit ...

: Liberal minister and member of the

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for the

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(1983–2002) * Peter Cleeland: Labor member of the Australian Parliament for

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(1984–1990) *

Peter Costello Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian businessman, lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving treasurer in Australia' ...

AC: longest-serving

(1996–2007) and former Deputy Leader of the

Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party. It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Au ...

Simon Crean Simon Findlay Crean (born 26 February 1949) is an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was the Member of Parliament for Hotham from 1990 to 2013, representing the Labor Party, and served as a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke, Keating, R ...

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and

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Leader (2001–2003) *

Will Fowles Will Fowles (born 27 July 1978) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Burwood in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs. Ahead of the 2022 Victoria ...

: Labor member of the

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for Burwood (2018–present) *

and Deputy Leader of the

(2018–2022) * Deborah Glass: Victorian

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(2014–present) * David Gray: Labor member of the

for

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(1982–1985) * Alan Griffiths: Labor member of the Australian Parliament for

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(1983–1996) * Dianne Hadden: independent member of the

(2004–2006) *

: 54th

(2018–present) *

Sarah Henderson Sarah Moya Henderson (born 4 April 1964)HENDERSON, Sarah (1964–)

: Liberal

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for

(2019–present) *

Graham Ihlein Graham Richard Ihlein (born 11 November 1951) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1982 until 1985, representing the electorate of Sandringham. Ihlein was born in the Sydney suburb ...

: Labor member of the

for

Sandringham Sandringham can refer to: Places * Sandringham, New South Wales, Australia * Sandringham, Queensland, Australia * Sandringham, Victoria, Australia **Sandringham railway line **Sandringham railway station **Electoral district of Sandringham * Sand ...

(1982–1985) *

Michael Kroger Michael Norman Kroger (born 30 May 1957) is a former Australian lawyer. He was president of the Victorian Liberal Party from 1987 to 1992 and from 2015 to 2018, and is considered a member of the conservative faction. Early life Kroger was educ ...

: President of the Victorian Liberal Party (1987–2018) *

Julian Hill Julian Christopher Hill (born 4 June 1973) is an Australian politician who is currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Bruce in the House of Representatives, and was previously the 4th Mayor of Port Phillip. A member of the Australia ...

: Labor member of the Australian Parliament for

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(2016–present) *

John Lenders John Lenders (born 1 October 1958) is an Australian politician. He represented the Southern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. He was most notably the Minister for Education in the Bracks Government and Treasurer of Vic ...

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for

Prahran Prahran (), also pronounced colloquially as Pran, is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City ...

* David O'Brien: National member of the

for the

Western Victoria Region Western Victoria Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by proportional representation. The region was created in ...

(2010–2014) * Brendan O'Connor: Labor minister and member of the Australian Parliament (2004–present) *

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: Labor member of the Australian Parliament for Hotham (2013–present); also youngest female mayor of a

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in Australia's history *

Martin Pakula Martin Philip Pakula (born 7 January 1969) is a former Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006: in the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2010, and then in ...

: Labor minister and member of the

(2006–present), also 53rd

(2014–2018) *

Victor Perton Victor John Perton (born 2 December 1958) is a former parliamentarian in the Australian state of Victoria, and formerly the Victorian Government's Commissioner to the Americas, based in San Francisco, USA. Early life Perton was raised in Melbour ...

: Liberal member of the

(1988–2006) *

Peter Reith Peter Keaston Reith (15 July 1950 – 8 November 2022) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 1983 and from 1984 to 2001, representing the Liberal Party. He was the party's deputy leader from 1990 ...

: Liberal minister and member of the Australian Parliament for

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(1984–2001); Executive Director of the

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focus ...

(2003–2009) *

Bill Shorten William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician currently serving as Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme since 2022. He previously served as leader of the opposition a ...

: Leader of the

and Leader of the Opposition (2013–2019), former National Secretary,

Australian Workers' Union The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s and currently has approximately 80,000 members. It has exerci ...

and Victorian State ALP President * Laura Smyth: Labor member of the Australian Parliament for La Trobe (2010–2013) *

Murray Thompson Murray Hamilton Ross Thompson (born 27 December 1953) is a former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was the member for Sandringham in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 until his retirement in 2018. He is the son o ...

: Liberal member of the

for

(1992–2018) and footballer for

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

(1973–1976) * John Thwaites:

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(1999–2007) * Dean Wells:

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Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

(1989–1995) * Steve Wettenhall: Labor member of the

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for Barron River (2006–2012) *

Gabrielle Williams Gabrielle Williams (born 27 October 1982) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the seat of Dandenong. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts and a B ...

: Labor minister and member of the

(2014–present) * Beth Wilson: Victorian Health Services Commissioner (1997–2012) and former President of Victoria's Mental Health Review Board *

Keith Wolahan Keith Wolahan (born 30 September 1977) is an Australian Liberal Party politician. He is currently a Member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Menzies, to which he was first elected at the 2022 Federal Election. Wolahan is a three ...

: Liberal member of the Australian Parliament for

Non-Australian political figures * Donald Betts: Democratic member of the

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(2004–2009) * Siswo Pramono: Indonesian Ambassador to Australia (2021–present) *

: Executive Director of the

(2003–2009) * M. A. Sumanthiran: member of the

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(2015–present) Business * Andrew Bassat: CEO and co-founder of

Seek Limited Seek Limited (stylized as SEEK) is an Australian human resource consulting company. It is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and operates in 12 countries: Australia, China, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore ...

Gidon Bromberg Gidon Bromberg (born November 26, 1963) is the Israeli director of EcoPeace Middle East (formerly Friends of the Earth Middle East). EcoPeace is a regional organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists to ...

: director of

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* Tony D'Aloisio: Chairman of the

(ASIC) (2007–2011) and managing director and CEO of the

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(2004–2006) *

Mina Guli Mina Guli is an Australian businesswoman, active in the environmental sector. She is CEO of Thirst. Early life and education Guli was born in Mount Waverley, a suburb of Melbourne and attended The University of Melbourne.. In 1993 Guli was elec ...

: businesswoman and former deputy chairman of the

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: Technology entrepreneur, 1998

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* Amanda McKenzie: CEO and co-founder of the

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and environmental activist * Liddy Nevile: technology pioneer and author *

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: director at the

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Graeme Samuel Graeme Julian Samuel AC (born 31 May 1946) is an Australian businessman. He was the Managing Director and head of the Melbourne office of M&A advisory firm Greenhill Caliburn, and is a member of the Australian National University Council. H ...

AO: chairman of the

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(2003–2011) *

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AO: Director of the

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Jonathan Shier Jonathan Fraser Shier (born 18 October 1947) is an Australian businessman and media executive. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School and Monash University (LLB BEcon). During the years 1978 to 1999, Shier lived in the United Kingdom and the N ...

: managing director of the

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(2000–2001) *

Anna Skarbek Anna Skarbek (born 1976) is an Australian businesswoman and former investment banker. In 2009 she became the executive director of ClimateWorks Australia, a non-profit group which develops projects to reduce carbon emissions. Under her directorship ...

: businesswoman in the areas of environment and reduction of carbon emissions *

Alex Waislitz Alex Waislitz (born 1958) is an Australian businessman. Waislitz was elected to the Collingwood Football Club Board of Directors in 1998, elected as vice-president in 2009, and has provided philanthropic support to the club. Early life and e ...

: prominent businessman and member of

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board of directors Academia *

Antony Anghie Antony T. Anghie is a law professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and Secretary-General of the Asian Society of International Law. He was previously the Samuel D. Thurman Professor at S. J. Quinney College of Law, Univers ...

: Professor of Law at the

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and leading international law scholar * Mark Aronson: Emeritus Professor at

and the

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and distinguished

scholar * Neil H. Buchanan: Professor at

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and tax law scholar *

Tim Costello Timothy Ewen Costello AO (born 4 March 1955) is an Australian Baptist minister who was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia. Costello worked as a lawyer and served as mayor of St Kilda. He has authored a ...

AO: Director of

World Vision In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Australia * Clyde Croft AM: professor of law at the Faculty of Law *

Mick Dodson Michael James Dodson (born 10 April 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian barrister, academic, and member of the Yawuru people in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia. His brother is Pat Dodson, also a noted Abor ...

: 2009

Australian of the Year The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Governmentowned social enterprise. Similar awards are also conferred at the State and Territo ...

and Convenor of the ANU Institute for Indigenous Australia * Hugh Evans: Co-Founder of

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, Author and Philanthropist, 2004

, * Arie Freiberg: Emeritus Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Law (2004–2012) * Robert Hayes: Associate Professor of Law at

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Peter Hogg Peter Wardell Hogg (12 March 1939 – 4 February 2020) was a New Zealand-born Canadian legal scholar and lawyer. He was best known as a leading authority on Canadian constitutional law, with the most academic citations in Supreme Court jurispru ...

QC: leading scholar on Canadian constitutional law * Sarah Joseph: human rights scholar and Director of the

Rosemary Langford Rosemary Langford (née Teele) is a lawyer, writer and academic from Australia. Langford grew up in Melbourne and attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne. She has a first class honours degree in Law (as well as a Bachelor of Arts majoring ...

: Associate Professor of Law at

Ron McCallum Ronald Clive McCallum AO (born 8 October 1948) is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a professor and dean of law at the University of Sydney. He is the first totally blind person to be appointed to a f ...

: Emeritus Professor at the

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and foundation Blake Dawson Waldron Professor in Industrial Law at

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* Alexandra Phelan: faculty member and researcher at the

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*Charles Robert Williams, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law and criminal law scholar Literature, media and the arts *

Tom Ballard Thomas Colin Ballard (born 26 November 1989) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. Early life Ballard was born to parents Judy and Neil Ballard and grew up in Warrnambool, Victoria. He attended Brauer Secondary College ...

: comedian and radio presenter at

Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...

(2007–2013) *

John Burns John Elliot Burns (20 October 1858 – 24 January 1943) was an English trade unionist and politician, particularly associated with London politics and Battersea. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was ...

: radio presenter and former Victorian Crown Prosecutor * Elizabeth Eggleston: author, activist for Indigenous Australians and first doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Law *

Jon Faine Jonathan Eric Faine (born 21 September 1956) is an Australian former radio presenter who hosted the morning program on ABC Radio Melbourne in Melbourne. Faine is recognised as a prominent and influential member of the Australian Jewish communi ...

AM: prominent Melbourne radio personality * David Francis: award-winning novelist * Vance Joy: award-winning singer and songwriter * Elliot V. Kotek: award-winning producer, filmmaker, social impact entrepreneur and journalist *

Gina Liano Gina Liano (born 1966) is an Australian barrister, author, entrepreneur and television personality. She is best known for her role in ''The Real Housewives of Melbourne''. Early and personal life Liano was born Georgina Caroline Italiano in Bri ...

: barrister, television personality and star in ''

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'' *

Campbell McComas Geoffrey Campbell McComas AM (2 May 19528 January 2005) was an Australian comedian, writer and actor. Early life and education McComas attended Caulfield Grammar School and Scotch College in Hawthorn, Melbourne, and studied law and arts at Mona ...

: comedian and actor *

Charlie Pickering Charlie Pickering (born 29 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer. Pickering currently hosts ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'', a weekly news satire television show on the ABC, as well ...

: comedian * Elliot Perlman: writer, ''Three Dollars'', '' The Reasons I Won't Be Coming''),

AFI AFI may refer to: * ''Address-family identifier'', a 16 bit field of the Routing Information Protocol * Ashton Fletcher Irwin, an Australian drummer * AFI (band), an American rock band ** ''AFI'' (2004 album), a retrospective album by AFI rele ...

Award winner *

Andrew Probyn Andrew Probyn is an Australian journalist and television presenter known for his role at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Life and career Probyn spent his early years in Lancashire before moving with his parents and two sisters ...

: journalist at the

Aamer Rahman Aamer Rahman ( bn, আমার রহমান; born 17 October 1982) is an Australian stand-up comedian of Bangladeshi descent. He is best known as one half of comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet, along with Nazeem Hussain. Early life Rahman' ...

: comedian and member of Fear of a Brown Planet * Sandra Sdraulig AM: chairman of the

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and the

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* Nick Russell: actor and producer * John Spooner: author and journalist *

Matt Tilley Matt Tilley (born 4 March 1969 in Melbourne) is an Australian ex-radio presenter and stand-up comedian. Personal life Tilley was raised in Mount Eliza. He completed his secondary school education in 1986 at The Peninsula School in Mount Eliza ...

: comedian and radio personality *

Jane Turner Jane Turner (born 1 December 1960) is an Australian actress, comedian and Logie Award-winning comedy series creator and screnwriter. Career Turner, although best known as a comedy performer, made her acting debut in the internationally ren ...

OAM: actress, comedian and

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-winning comedy writer, co-star of ''

Kath & Kim ''Kath & Kim,'' (also written as ''Kath and Kim'') is an Australian sitcom created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim, her self-indulgent daughter. ...

'' *

Andrew Wailes Andrew Keith Wailes (born 7 September 1971) is an Australian conductor and music director. Winner of the Australasian International Choral Conducting Competition in Brisbane in 1999, he is the current artistic director and Chief Conductor of th ...

: conductor, music director and former president of the Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival *

Wendy Zukerman Wendy Zukerman is an Australian-American science journalist and podcaster. She is best known as the host of '' Science Vs'', a program that dissects areas of scientific controversy and public confusion. About Zukerman was born in the United S ...

: science journalist and podcaster Sport *

Anna Millward Anna Millward, née Wilson, (born 26 November 1971) is an Australian cycle racer. During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup r ...

(née Wilson): cyclist, two-time world champion (1999 and 2001) * Dean Kino: former

Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Crick ...

administrator * Peter Moore: footballer for

(1974–1982) and

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(1983–1987), and dual

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

list * Bo Nixon: footballer for

(2004) and

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(2005) *

Ian Prendergast Ian Prendergast (born 2 September 1980) is an Australian rules footballer who played senior professional football with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League, and currently serves as the club's Chief Commercial Officer and ...

: general counsel and chief commercial officer of

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and footballer for the same club (2001–2006) *

Daniel Trenton Daniel Trenton (born March 1, 1977) is an Australian lawyer and taekwondo coach who represented his country in the sport at international level.

: Australian taekwondo champion and silver medallist at the

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in Sydney *

Peter Winter Peter Winter, later Peter von Winter, (baptised 28 August 1754 – 17 October 1825) was a German violinist, conductor and composer, especially of operas. He began his career as a player at the Mannheim court, and advanced to conductor. When the ...

: decathlete and silver medallist at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

in Canada

Notable academic staff

Notable academic staff at the Faculty of Law, past and present, include: * Jean Allain: professor of international law and expert on modern slavery * Bob Baxt AO: scholar and solicitor in commercial law, former Chairman of the

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(now the ACCC), former Dean of the Faculty of Law * Maureen Brunt AO: distinguished economist *

AC: scholar in constitutional law and administrative law. * Stephen Charles AO: former Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law * Clyde Croft AM: former Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria *Sir

Daryl Dawson Sir Daryl Michael Dawson, (born 12 December 1933) is a former Australian judge who served as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1982 to 1997. Before being appointed to the High Court, he served for periods as a legal officer in the R ...

AC KBE: former Justice of the

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* Mark Davison: intellectual property law expert * Nadirsyah Hosen: internationally known as an expert on Indonesian law and Shari'a law * Raymond Finkelstein AO: former Justice of the

Ian Freckelton Ian Freckelton is an Australian barrister, judge (in Nauru), international academic, and high-profile legal scholar and jurist. He is known for his extensive writing and speaking in more than 30 countries on issues related to health law, expe ...

: adjunct professor of law *

Robert French Robert Shenton French (born 19 March 1947) is an Australian lawyer and judge who served as the twelfth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 2008 to 2017. He has been the chancellor of the University of Western Australia since 2017. Fren ...

AC: former Chief Justice of the

, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law * Arie Freiberg AM: Emeritus Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Law and Chairman of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council * Jeffrey Goldsworthy AM: Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law, legal philosopher and constitutional law scholar * Peter Gray AM: former judge of the

, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law * George Hampel AM QC: former Justice of the

; advocacy instructor * Felicity Hampel: Judge of the

* Mike Head: Professor of Law at

* Peter Heerey AM: former judge of the

* Nadirsyah Hosen: expert on Islamic law and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law * Christopher Jessup: former judge of the

and Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law * Sarah Joseph: constitutional law and human rights law scholar, director of the

Hoong Phun Lee Prof. Hoon Phun Lee has held the Sir John Latham Chair of Law at Monash University since 1995 and is currently the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Australian Press Council. Prof. Lee is the author of ‘Con ...

: Sir John Latham Professor of Law and former Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Law *Nahum Mushin AM: Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, Judge of the

(1990–2011) * Marcia Neave AO: former judge of the

* Jeremy Rapke QC: former Victorian

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* Louis Waller AO: Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law and criminal law scholar *

Wickrema Weerasooria Wickrema Weerasooria was a Sri Lankan lawyer, civil servant, diplomat and an academic. He was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand. He served as Sri ...

: High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand (1986–1990) *Charles Robert Williams, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law and criminal law scholar *

Christopher Weeramantry Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM (17 November 1926 – 5 January 2017) was a Sri Lankan lawyer who was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000, serving as its vice-president from 1997 to 2000 ...

: Former Judge and Vice-President of the

International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ; french: Cour internationale de justice, links=no; ), sometimes known as the World Court, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN). It settles disputes between states in accordanc ...

References

External links

Monash University Law School web site

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