Academic Staff

Professor Paul Fairall Foundation Dean of Law

A graduate of the University of Canterbury and the Australian National University, Professor Fairall has been John Bray Professor of Law and Dean of Law at the University of Adelaide since 2002.

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 joins the University of South Australia after 20 years of teaching and research experience at the Law School, University of Adelaide at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 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 has over eight years experience in teaching law, having previously taught at the University of Tasmania (1999-2002) and the University of Adelaide (2002-2007). Her areas of expertise include Australian Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Public International Law, and Human Rights. An area in which Dr Lacey also has considerable experience is the coordination of mooting programs, including the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and the Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition.

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Associate Professor Julia Davis Associate Professor of Law, Program Director

BA (Uni of Adel), LLB (Hons) (Uni of Tas), PhD (Uni of Tas)

Dr Julia 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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Jane Knowler Senior Lecturer: Law

LLB (Uni of Natal, South Africa), LLM (Uni of Adel)

Jane Knowler holds a BA. LLB from the University of Natal (South Africa) and an LLM from the University of Adelaide. She is about to embark on a PhD at the University of Queensland looking at conflict of interest regulation in the private and public sectors. Her research areas complement her teaching interests - namely Equity, Trusts, Property Law and Remedies.

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Rebecca LaForgia

Senior Lecturer

LLB (Hons) (Adel), LLM (Cantab)

Rebecca Laforgia brings academic experience in the area of international law, international trade law and constitutional law. She has recently delivered papers at several international conferences on the role international trade law plays in cultural exchange and within transnational crime. Rebecca 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.

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Dr Sulette Lombard Lecturer of 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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