Academic Staff
Professor Paul Fairall
Foundation Dean of Law
BA, LLB (Hons), LLM
A graduate of the Australian National University and the University of Canterbury, Professor Fairall was appointed Foundation Dean of Law in 2007. He previously held the John Bray Chair of Law at the University of Adelaide where he served as Dean of Law from 2002 to 2006.
He was Professor of Law and Dean of the Law School at James Cook University from 1995 to 2001 and Associate Professor of Law at Bond University from 1991 to 1995.
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Professor Vicki Waye
Professor of Law
LLB (Hons) (Uni of Adel), LLM (Uni of Adel), Phd (Uni of Syd), GDLP (UNISA)
Dr Waye is recognised as an expert in commercial law and regulatory theory. She joined the University of South Australia after 20 years of teaching and research experience at the University of Adelaide. Dr Waye's teaching expertise includes Arbitration Law (both domestic and international), Evidence and Procedure, Corporate Law, Contract Law and Wine Law.
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Associate Professor Wendy Lacey
Associate Professor of Law
BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), Phd (Tas)
Dr Lacey's areas of expertise include Australian Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Public International Law, and Human Rights. Dr Lacey has considerable experience in the coordination of mooting programs, including the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and the Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. Dr Lacey has previously taught at the University of Tasmania (1999-2002) and the University of Adelaide (2002-2007).
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Professor Julia Davis
Associate Professor of Law,
Program Director
BA (Uni of Adel), LLB (Hons) (Uni of Tas), PhD (Uni of Tas)
Dr Davis joined the Law School in 2008 after 13 years of teaching and research experience at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Faculty of Law at the University of Tasmania where she taught Tort Law, Jurisprudence, Sentencing Law and Conflicts (Private International Law). One of her special teaching interests is the use of film technology in assisting student learning. Her research interests include the theoretical, practical and psychological aspects of sentencing, the philosophy of the criminal law, and the concept of justice.
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Professor Melissa de Zwart
Associate Professor in Law
BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), LLM (Melb), PhD (Monash), Grad Cert Higher Ed (Monash)
Dr de Zwart joined UniSA as an Associate Professor in Law after 13 years of lecturing at Monash University. She previously headed the Legal Department of CSIRO, has completed a Masters of Law on the topic of moral rights, and also completed a PhD about the intersection of copyright and contract in the digital age. Her areas of expertise include internet and cyberlaw, electronic commerce, copyright and IT.
Dr Pierre-Jean Bordahandy
Senior Lecturer
LLB (Pau), DU Criminology (Pau), DU Comparative Law (Aix-en-Provence), DESS (Aix-en-Provence), LLM (Stockholm), Doctorat Droit Prive (Aix-en-Provence), PhD (University of Queensland).
Dr Bordahandy joined the University of South Australia after 7 years of
teaching Law at the
University of Queensland and the University of
Adelaide. Dr Bordahandy's
areas of research includes Maritime Law, Air and Space Law, Comparative
law and International Export Trade Law.
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Dr Steven
Churches
Senior Lecturer
BA, LLB, PhD (Law)
Dr Churches graduated in Arts from Sydney University, Law from Tasmania, and with a PhD in Law from Adelaide University. He has been in legal practice since 1976, as a barrister and part time legal teacher. Dr Churches' particular interest is in the utility of the law in the relationship of individuals and the community to the State. His practice as a barrister is almost entirely in appellate and judicial review proceedings dealing with administrative and constitutional law issues, or concerning statutory interpretation.
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Dr
Sulette Lombard
Senior Lecturer in Law
BLC (Uni of Pretoria, Sth Africa), LLB (Uni of Pretoria, Sth Africa), LLM (Uni of Sth Africa), LLD (Uni of Pretoria, Sth Africa)
Dr Lombard moved to Australia from South Africa to join the foundation staff of the Law School. She previously held the position of senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria. During the 11 years that she taught at the University of Pretoria, Dr Lombard gained extensive experience in teaching various courses in the field of commercial law, such as Entrepreneurial Law, Insolvency Law, Labour Law, Social Security Law, Commercial Law and Business Law.
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Jane
Knowler
Senior
Lecturer: Law
BA, LLB (Uni of Natal, South Africa), LLM (Uni of Adel)
Ms Knowler holds a BA LLB from the University of Natal (South Africa) and an LLM from the University of Adelaide. Her research areas complement her teaching interests - namely Equity, Trusts, Property Law and Remedies.
Rebecca LaForgia
Senior Lecturer
LLB (Hons) (Adel), LLM (Cantab)
Ms LaForgia brings academic experience in the area of international law, international trade law and constitutional law. She has a first class honours degree from Adelaide University and a first class masters degree from Cambridge University. She is currently undertaking a PhD in the area of international trade law and has recently delivered papers at several international conferences on the role international trade law plays in cultural exchange and within transnational crime.
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Sue Milne
Lecturer
BA (Lib Studies), LLB
(Adel)
Ms Milne teaches Legal Research and Writing at the University of South Australia.
She was previously employed by the High Court of Australia where she gained
invaluable research experience. From 2001-08 she served as Law Librarian
at the University of Adelaide.
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Dr Ping
(Sally) Xiong
Lecturer
LLM (CUPL), PhD (VUW)
Dr Xiong joined the University of South Australia after teaching at Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Xiong's research interests include international economic law with a focus on international protection of intellectual property, the implications of free trade agreements, the laws relating to China intellectual property protection and food safety laws. Dr Xiong also has research interests in the interface between intellectual property protection and human rights.
Professor
Ivan Shearer
AM RFD
Adjunct Professor
LLB, LLM, SJD
Professor Shearer is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Sydney, having retired from the Challis Chair of International Law of that University in 2003. Professor Shearer previously taught at the University of New South Wales (1975-1993) and the University of Adelaide (1965-1972). He has held visiting positions at the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, Indiana University, Bloomington, the United States Naval War College, Newport, and All Souls College, Oxford.
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Mr Simon
Stretton
Adjunct Professor
Mr Stretton is the Crown Solicitor. He is responsible for the overall management of the Crown Solicitor's Office and the provision of high quality legal services to the South Australian Government, including agencies in the public sector. He also provides direct advice to the Attorney-General and to the Government.
David
Plater
Adjunct Lecturer
BA, LLB, LLM
Mr Plater graduated from Monash University in 1987 with a Bachelor of
Arts and in 1989 with a Bachelor of Laws. He completed a Master of Laws
in Criminal Litigation at the Inns of Court Law School in London in 2002
-2003. His present areas of research interest include the modern role of the
prosecution lawyer in the criminal process. He is admitted as a
barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Courts of the Northern Territory,
Tasmania and South Australia. He is also admitted as a solicitor
in England and the Republic of Ireland.
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Professor Rob
Fowler
Adjunct Professor
LLB (Hons), LLM
Professor Fowler was appointed to a Chair in Environmental Law at UniSA in 2002. He served as Dean of Law at the University of Adelaide from 1995 to 1998. He was the co-founder of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (a joint centre of ANU, Sydney and Adelaide Universities) in 1992, and Director of its Adelaide Branch from 1992-1995 and 1999 - 2001. Professor Fowler is the Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, an international network of some 110 law schools from around the world committed to the promotion of teaching and research in environmental law.
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Professor
Alex Amankwah
Adjunct Professor
SJD, LLM, LLB (Hons), BA (Hons)
Dr Amankwah specialises in Property Law. He has held senior university positions in Australia, African and PNG. He taught at the University of Science and Technology in Ghana from 1970-76, before receiving a Fuschberg Scholarship at New York University in 1977. Dr Amankwah then taught at the University of Zambia from 1979-81, before taking up a role as a visiting professor at Hofstra University in New York. Dr Amankwah was Head of the Law Department at the University of Ibadan from 1983-87. He was also the Dean of Law at the University of Papua New Guinea from 1989-90, before taking up a position as Deputy Dean of Law at James Cook University in 1996. He held a Fulbright Scholarship at Cornell Law School in 1967.
Rachel
Spencer
Director of Professional Programs
BA, LLB, GDLP, LLM
Ms Spencer completed her Bachelor of Arts at Adelaide University in 1985 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1986, following which she held a variety of legal positions with well known organisations together with teaching English as a Foreign Language in Paris, France and Shropshire, England. She gained her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 1990 and was appointed a Senior Associate at Kelly & Co followed by the roles of Corporate Solicitor for Austereo Ltd and Legal Counsel for Orlando Wyndham Group. She completed a Master of Laws at Adelaide University in 1994. In 1998, Ms Spencer was appointed as Director of Practical Legal Training at the School of Law at Flinders University. Ms Spencer was appointed as Director of Professional Programs at the University of South Australia School of Law in July, 2009.
Patrick
Leader-Elliott
Lecturer
LLB (Hons), BA, GDLP
Mr Leader-Elliott completed his Bachelor of Laws Degree with First Class Honours at the University of Adelaide in 2006 following completion of a Bachelor of Arts in 2002, majoring in History. Whilst studying, he undertook the role of student enrolment adviser, researcher and editor of staff papers prior to publication for the University of Adelaide Law School. He undertook his Clerkship at Cosoff Cudmore Knox in June 2007 before becoming a Judges' Associate in the District Court of South Australia and an Associate to the Honourable Justice Sulan in the Supreme Court of South Australia in July, 2008. Mr Leader-Elliott joined the UniSA School of Law in July, 2009 as a Lecturer in Criminal Law.
Lori
Kambitsis
Lecturer
LLB/LP
Lori originally trained at Thomson Playford Cutlers (formally Thomson Playford) and then worked at Kelly & Co. as a solicitor in banking, finance and property, privileged to be mentored by the esteemed Chairman of Partners, Mr John Brimacombe. Whilst on maternity leave, she spent a short stint working as in-house lawyer for University of South Australia concentrating in the areas of corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on intellectual property law. Lori was then appointed to a similar position in the Office of Research, Flinders University, for 2 years. Lori has specific expertise in negotiating and drafting a wide range of commercial documents, including joint venture agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements and technology transfer documentation.
Patrick
Lim
Lecturer
LLB(Hons), BMus(Hons), BA, ASDA
Patrick has taught at the Law School since its inception, in Tort Law, Administrative Law and Real Property Law. He graduated from the University of Adelaide in multi-disciplines which he has used to develop a career in Artistic Direction and Planning, having also performed in Australia, New York and London. This background prompts an interest in Intellectual Property Law. Patrick was shortlisted for the Education and Arts Ministers' Awards for Teaching and Leadership, and is the recipient of the Young Achiever of the Year and a Churchill Fellowship.
Ian
Leader-Elliott
Adjunct Professor
LLB, JD
I joined the University of South Australia as an adjunct Professor in 2009, after retiring from my position as Reader at the University of Adelaide Law School (1986-2009). In the more remote past, I taught at Melbourne University Law School (1968-86). At various times I held visiting professorships at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California and Berkeley, Bond University School of Law and I spent a happy half year at Southern Cross University School of Law, where I was a Visiting Scholar. My research and publications reflect my continuing engagement with criminal law theory and a pragmatic concern with reform and codification of the criminal law. Jeremy Bentham is an enduring influence. I have had the good fortune to be involved in many criminal law codification and reform projects as a consultant to the UK Law Commission (2005); Australian Federal Attorney General's Department (1992-2002); Federal Health Department, National Symposium on Alcohol Misuse and Violence (1994); ACT Attorney General's Department (2003-2004) and various Victorian Law Reform Commission references. Member of the editorial board of the New Criminal Law Review (University of California Press). Earlier appointments include: Chair of the SA Correctional Services Advisory Committee (2000-02); editor Adelaide Law Review; SA state editor of the Criminal Law Journal.
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