Rosemary Langford (née Teele) is a lawyer, writer and academic from Australia. Langford grew up in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and attended

Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne , motto_translation = The law of God is the Lamp of Life , established = 1875 , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = Presbyterian , princip ...

. She has a first class honours degree in Law (as well as a Bachelor of Arts majoring in French and German) from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

and a PhD from

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 h ...

. In 1996 Langford was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. On graduating she worked as a lawyer with Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens Linklaters) and later became a lecturer in law at the University of Melbourne Law School. She is also a barrister and solicitor at the Supreme Court of Victoria. Langford is an active member of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, as well as the Not for Profit Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia. She also edits the Directors' Duties Section of the '' Company & Securities Law Journal''.

Publications

* ''Directors’ Duties: Principles and Application'' (2014), Federation Press *''Company Directors’ Duties and Conflicts of Interest'' (Oxford University Press, 2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langford, Rosemary Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian lawyers Lawyers from Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni Monash University alumni Australian Rhodes Scholars