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Our people

Meet our exceptional and remarkable scholars

Our staff are acclaimed legal educators, world-renowned researchers and venerated practitioners. We also attract the involvement of prominent international scholars and leaders in the judiciary and government.

School leadership

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Professor Simon Bronitt

Head of School and Dean

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Rita Shackel

Professor Rita Shackel

Deputy Head of School and Deputy Dean / Professor of Law and Ethics

Visit Professor Shackel's academic profile.

Associate Deans 

Directors

Program Directors

Emeritus professors

  • Hilary Astor BTech (Law) PhD Brunel
  • Ben Boer LLB BA (Hons) LLM Melbourne
  • Peter Butt BA LLM LLD Sydney
  • Terry Carney AO LLB (Hons) Dip Crim Melbourne PhD Monash
  • John Carter BA LLB Sydney PhD Camb
  • Graeme Cooper BA LLB LLM DipJur (Sydney) LLM (Ill) LLM JSD (Col)
  • Reg Graycar LLB (Hons) Adelaide LLM Harvard
  • Jennifer Hill BA LLB (Hons) Sydney BCL Oxford
  • Helen Irving BA (Hons) Melbourne MPhil Camb LLB (Hons) PhD Sydney 
  • Ron McCallum AO, BJuris LLB (Hons) Monash LLM UQ
  • Barbara McDonald, BA LLB Sydney LLM Lond
  • Colin Phegan BA LLB LLM Sydney LLM Mich
  • Joellen Riley Munton BA MA LLB Sydney  BCL Oxford  PhD Sydney
  • The Hon Justice Elisabeth Peden BA (Hons) Sydney, LLB (Hons and University Medal) Sydney, PhD Cantab
  • Gillian Triggs LLB Melbourne LLM SMU PhD Melbourne
  • Anne Twomey BA LLB (Hons) Melbourne LLM ANU PhD UNSW
  • David Weisbrot AM, BA (Hons) Queens NY JD UCLA

Challis lecturers

  • The Hon Chief Justice James Allsop AO, BA LLB SydneyChallis Lecturer in Maritime Law
  • The Hon Robert Austin BA LLM Sydney DPhil Oxon, Challis Lecturer in Corporate Law
  • The Hon Justice Arthur Emmett AO KC, BA LLB LLM D.Laws LLD SydneyChallis Lecturer in Roman Law
  • The Hon Justice Mark Leeming SC, BA LLB PhD Sydney, Challis Lecturer in Equity

Honorary titles

Adjuncts

  • Yuri Andrienko, MSc Moscow State, MA Moscow, PhD Sydney, Research Affililate
  • Livingston Armytage AM, LLB LLM (Hons) PhD SydneyAdjunct Professor
  • Jenny Bargen, Adjunct Lecturer
  • Andrew Bell SC, BA LLB Sydney PhD, Adjunct Professor
  • Alan Bennett, LLM UTS, Adjunct Professor
  • Hayley Bennett, BA Sydney, MA MSc Macquarie, PhD (Medicine) LLB Sydney, Research Affiliate
  • The Hon Justice Ashley Black, BA LLB LLM Sydney, Adjunct Professor
  • Max Bonnell, BA LLB Sydney MA Warwick, Adjunct Professor
  • Elizabeth Boros, LLB Adelaide LLM PhD Camb, Adjunct Professor
  • Chloe Burnett, BCom LLB Sydney LLM NYU, Adjunct Lecturer
  • The Hon Joseph C Campbell KC, FAAL, BA (Hons) LLB (Hons) Sydney, Adjunct Professor
  • David Chin, BEc LLB (Hons) Macquarie MSt Oxon, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Rebecca Connolly LLB (Hons) LLM PhD Syd., Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Nicholas Cowdery, Adjunct Professor
  • Tony Cunneen, Research Affiliate
  • Frank Decker, MSc PhD in Physics Berlin MAppFin Macquarie PhD Bremen, Research Affiliate
  • Adrian Diethelm, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Melissa Heath-Ogier, Adjunct Lecturer
  • Christopher Hodgekiss SC, BA BCL Oxon, Adjunct Professor
  • David Howarth, BEc LLB Sydney LLM UNSW LLM Germany, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Jonathan Jackson, BSc Leeds, MSc PhD London School of Economics, Adjunct Professor
  • John Lee, BSc LLB, Adjunct Lecturer
  • Kevin Lewis, LLB BJuris SJD MBA, Adjunct Professor
  • The Hon Justice Kevin Lindgren, BA UNSW LLB Lond MA PhD LLD Newcastle, Adjunct Professor
  • Paul O'Donnell, BA (Hons) Sydney, LLM (Hons) Sydney
  • Justice Nicola Pain, BA LLB JSD Sydney, GradDip Interntl Law ANU, Adjunct Professor
  • Jack Pembroke-Birss, BSc LLB Macquarie, Adjunct Lecturer
  • Justice Rachel Pepper, BA LLB ANU, Adjunct Professor
  • Alison Pert, LLB Manc LLM Lond PhD Sydney, Adjunct Associate Professor
  • The Hon Justice Brian Preston, BA LLM Macquarie, Adjunct Professor
  • Elizabeth Raper, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Ray Rees, Research Affiliate
  • Donald Robertson, BEc LLB Sydney LLM Col, Adjunct Professor
  • Karen Rooke, LLB (Hons) ANU LLM Sydney, Adjunct Professor
  • The Hon Peter Rose AO, KC, Adjunct Professor
  • The Hon Justice Iain Ross AO, BEc LLB LLM PhD Sydney MBA Monash, Adjunct Professor
  • Michael Skinner, BA MA Oxon LLM UNSW, Adjunct Lecturer
  • Brett Williams, LLB, BEc, (Adel.), GradDip Interntl Law (ANU), PhD (Adel.), Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • Amelia Simpson, BA ANU, LLB ANU, LLM Columbia, JSD Columbia, Adjunct Associate Professor