Academic Staff
Melbourne Law School academic staff are recognised as leaders in their fields, both in Australia and around the world. Our academics draw on their legal scholarship and professional engagements to deliver challenging and intellectually stimulating courses.
Professors
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Sarah Biddulph
ARC Future Fellow -
Hilary Charlesworth
Melbourne Laureate Professor -
Andrew Christie
Chair of Intellectual Property -
Michael Crommelin
Zelman Cowan Professor of Law -
Alison Duxbury
Deputy Dean -
Belinda Fehlberg
Associate Dean, Melbourne Law Masters -
Tarunabh Khaitan
ARC Future Fellow -
Bernadette McSherry
Honorary Adjunct Professor -
Anne Orford
Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor
Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law
ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow -
Cheryl Saunders
Laureate Professor Emeritus -
John Tobin
Francine V McNiff Professor in Human Rights Law
Associate Professors
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Jason Bosland
Associate Dean, Breadth -
Arlen Duke
Associate Dean, The Melbourne JD -
Rebecca Giblin
ARC Future Fellow -
Chantal Morton
Legal Writing and Academic Skills -
Dale Smith
Associate Dean, Research
Senior Lecturers
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Judith Marychurch
Assistant Dean, Teaching and Learning -
Amanda Porter
Senior Fellow (Indigenous Programs) -
Katie Robertson
Assistant Director, Melbourne Law School Clinics
Research Fellow, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness
Lecturers
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Florence Seow
Assistant Lecturer, Public Interest Law Initiative
Research Fellow (Children's Rights Project)
Post-doctoral and Research Fellows
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Kathleen Birrell
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow -
Christine Black
Senior Research Fellow -
Luis Bogliolo
Postdoctoral Fellow -
Evgenia Bourova
Research Fellow
(Financial Exclusion, Poor Insurer Practices and Consumer Protection Project) -
Shane Chalmers
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow -
Eddie Cubillo
Senior Fellow, Indigenous Programs -
Anita Foerster
Senior Research Fellow -
Piers Gooding
Research Fellow -
Adil Hasan Khan
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow -
Julian Koplin
Research Fellow -
Lauren Notini
Research Fellow -
Emma Nyhan
Research Fellow -
Lucinda O'Brien
Research Fellow (Harmful Financial Products Project) -
Helen Pausacker
Deputy Director, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society
Principal Researcher, Asian Law Centre -
Megan Prictor
Research Fellow -
Jeff Redding
Senior Research Fellow -
Katie Robertson
Assistant Director, Melbourne Law School Clinics
Research Fellow, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness -
Florence Seow
Assistant Lecturer, Public Interest Law Initiative
Research Fellow (Children's Rights Project) -
Christoph Sperfeldt
Research Fellow (Centre on Statelessness) -
Boyd van Dijk
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
Honoraries
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Matthew Albert
Senior Fellow -
Leon Allen
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Philip Alston
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
New York University, United States
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights -
Adrian Aronsson-Storrier
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Debbie Beadle
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Juliet Behrens
Senior Fellow (The Melbourne JD) -
David Bennett QC
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Dr Marie Bismark
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne -
The Hon Michael Black AC QC
Senior Fellow -
Noel Boys
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems, University of Melbourne -
Professor Philip Britton
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
King's College London, United Kingdom -
Dr Peter Brukner OAM
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Professor of Sports Medicine, La Trobe University -
Professor Michael Bryan
Emeritus Professor -
Professor Lee Burns
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Dr Andrew Butler
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
David Campbell-Williams
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Karin Clark
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Sandford Clark
Emeritus Professor -
Associate Professor Wayne Courtney
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
National University of Singapore, Singapore -
Stephen Creese
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Braham Dabscheck
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Terence Daintith
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of London, United Kingdom -
Dr Hop Dang
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Eve Darian-Smith
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of California Santa Barbara, United States -
Michael D'Ascenzo
Professorial Fellow -
Professor Paul S Davies
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University College London, United Kingdom -
Jan Job de Vries Robbé
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Dutch Development Bank FMO, The Netherlands -
Professor Colin Duffield
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne -
Associate Professor Fred Ellinghaus
Principal Fellow -
Professor Carolyn Evans
Professorial Fellow -
Professor Simon Evans
Professorial Fellow -
Associate Professor Colin Fenwick
Principal Fellow -
The Hon Ray Finkelstein AO QC
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Formerly Federal Court of Australia -
Dr Lloyd Freeburn
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
The Hon Robert French AC
Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia -
Professor Raimond Gaita
Professorial Fellow -
Lindy Golding
Senior Fellow (The Melbourne JD and Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Lawrence Gostin
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Georgetown University, United States -
Michael Gronow
Senior Fellow (The Melbourne JD) -
Erica Grundell
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services -
Professor Francis Gurry
Professorial Fellow
Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -
Dr Liran Haim
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of Haifa and Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel -
Professor Pamela Hanrahan
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of New South Wales Business School -
Dr Peter Harcourt OAM
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Medical Director, Australian Football League -
Professor Peter Harris
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom -
Raelene Harrison
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Michael Hooker
Senior Fellow -
Professor Doug Jones AO RFD
Professorial Fellow -
Professor Jasper Kim
Senior Fellow (The Melbourne JD and Melbourne Law Masters)
Ewha University, South Korea -
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Professorial Fellow -
Professor Susan Kneebone
Professorial Fellow -
Associate Professor Timothy K Kuhner
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of Auckland, New Zealand -
Ilsa Kuiper
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Melbourne Law School; Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne -
Professor David Lanham
Emeritus Professor -
Associate Professor Wendy Larcombe
Professorial Fellow -
Professor Michelle LeBaron
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of British Columbia, Canada -
Dr Marianela López-Galdos
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Competition and Regulatory Policy and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, United States -
Associate Professor Austin Lovegrove
Principal Fellow -
Dr Todung Lubis
Professorial Fellow -
Associate Professor Mary Catherine Lucey
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University College Dublin, Ireland -
Janice Luck
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Harold Luntz AO
Emeritus Professor -
Robert Macdonald
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Associate Professor Robert Mathews OAM
Principal Fellow (Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law) -
Judicial Registrar Patricia Matthews
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Supreme Court of Victoria -
Professor Ben McFarlane
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University College London, United Kingdom -
Simon McKenzie
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Richard McLaren OC DD
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Western University Canada, Canada
Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Canada -
Professor Mark McMillan
Senior Fellow -
Professor Bryan Mercurio
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong -
Reegan Grayson Morison
Fellow (The Melbourne JD) -
Professor Christina Murray
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of Cape Town, South Africa -
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO QC RFD
Professorial Fellow -
Hayden Opie AM
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
David Opperman
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Dianne Otto
Professorial Fellow -
Dr Alice Palmer
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Associate Professor Andrew Palmer
Principal Fellow -
Michael Pattison
Senior Fellow (The Melbourne JD) -
Hassan Qaqaya
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Formerly Head, UNCTAD Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, Switzerland -
Robi Rado
Fellow (The Melbourne JD) -
Professor Richard Rawlings FLAW
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University College London, United Kingdom -
Professor Helen Rhoades
Professorial Fellow -
Professor Sam Ricketson
Professor Emeritus -
Michael Rivette
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Center for Law, Justice, and Society
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia -
Richard Rowe PSM
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Formerly Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) -
Joseph Santamaria
Senior Fellow (The Melbourne JD) -
Professor Julian Savulescu
Principal Fellow (Melbourne Law School and Melbourne Medical School)
University of Oxford, United Kingdom -
Dr Laura Schuijers
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Gerry Simpson
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
London School of Economics, United Kingdom -
Professor Loane Skene
Professor Emeritus -
Dr Rhonda Smith
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne -
Timothy Spangler
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of California, Los Angeles, United States -
Dr Lucy Stackpool-Moore
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Watipa Community Interest Company (CIC), United Kingdom -
Dr Mark Summerfield
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Associate Professor Benny Tabalujan
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne -
Professor David Tan
Senior Fellow (The Melbourne JD) -
Associate Professor Maureen Tehan
Professorial Fellow -
Professor Michael Tilbury
Professorial Fellow -
Paul Tilley
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Professor Joyce Tischler
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Lewis & Clark Law School, United States -
Professor Gillian Triggs
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow
Former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission -
Professor Stefan Vogenauer
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Germany -
Professor Sally Ann Walker
Professor Emeritus -
Dr John Waugh
Senior Fellow -
Bruce Whittaker
Senior Fellow -
Richard Wilkinson
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Jody Williams
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters) -
Associate Professor Peter Williams AM
Principal Fellow
Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne -
Associate Professor David Wood
Principal Fellow -
Professor Karen Yeung
Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters)
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom