Our people
Collegiality, egalitarianism & respect for diversity
The ANU College of Law is a vibrant enterprise that is nationally and internationally renowned for its ground-breaking scholarship, its innovation in legal education, and its strong commitment to community engagement.
We place a high value on allowing individuals to reach their true potential in an environment of collegiality, egalitarianism, and respect for diversity. With more than 80 academic and 50 general staff, our special teaching and research strengths include International Law, Public Law, Environmental Law, Law & Development, Legal Practice and the Legal Profession, all undertaken with a strong ethos of law reform and social justice.
Learn more about the people who embody this ethos at the ANU College of Law.
Introducing...
Kevin Boreham
Kevin Boreham has been teaching at the ANU College of Law since 2002. Kevin is convening International Law of...
Nigel Dobbie
Nigel Dobbie is acknowledged by his peers and in the industry as one of Australia’s leading immigration law...
Moeen Cheema
Moeen Cheema has been an Associate Lecturer and a Teaching Fellow at the ANU College of Law since 2009. Moeen...
Aliya Steed
Aliya has been an academic developer and educational designer at the Australian National University College of Law...
Elizabeth Curran
Liz Curran is a Senior Lecturer, Legal Workshop, ANU College of Law. Liz has worked in private practice, for...
Rebecca Monson
Rebecca is a lawyer and geographer with a background in both research and practice. Her work focuses on housing,...
Pauline Thai
Pauline Thai joined the ANU College of Law as an Associate Lecturer in February 2012. She has taught Contract Law,...
Judith Jones
Judith Jones (Senior Lecturer in Law) has been a member of the Faculty and the Australian Centre for...
Mick Dodson AM
Professor Mick Dodson is a member of the Yawuru peoples the traditional Aboriginal owners of land and waters in the...
Lisa O'Hara
Lisa discovered she had an interest in Migration Law and decided to follow her passion when in 2007 she graduated...
Kate Ogg
Kate has a background in both law and sociology and undertakes interdisciplinary research in the areas of refugee...
Skye Saunders
Skye is a lecturer in the ANU Legal Workshop. Prior to joining the ANU, Skye worked as a solicitor with...
Paul Maharg
My first degrees were in literature, philosophy, aesthetics and education. I worked as an adult education...
Mark Nolan
Mark first came to the ANU as an undergraduate student in 1990 and completed both of his...
Jane Stapleton
Jane Stapleton originally trained as a scientist and obtained a doctorate in the field of physical organic chemistry...
Kim Rubenstein
Kim Rubenstein is Professor and Director of the Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL) in the ANU College of...
Peta Spender
Peta Spender is a Professor of Law at the ANU College of Law and a Presidential Member of the ACT Civil and...
Stephen Bottomley
Stephen Bottomley is Dean of the ANU College of Law, and Professor of Commercial Law, at the Australian National...
James Prest
Dr Prest is a lecturer in law specialising in environmental law with interests in administrative law and litigation...
Maree Elliott
Registered Migration Agent No. 9902416
Maree has been involved in the migration profession for a number of...
Jean-Pierre Fonteyne
JP Fonteyne is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the Australian National University and has been Convenor of...
Mark Sutherland
Mark has been working as a registered migration agent since 1996, in a range of professional environments from...
John Hourigan
John started his immigration career with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. He served the Department...
David Catanzariti
David has been a Lecturer at the ANU Legal Workshop since 2003. After being admitted to practice in 1995; David...
Michael Coper
Following his graduation in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney in early 1970, Professor Michael Coper spent...
Pauline Ridge
Pauline Ridge is an Associate Professor at the ANU College of Law. She graduated from the ANU with a BA/LLB (Hons)...
Andrew Bartlett
Senator for Queensland from 1997 to 2008. Now keeping busy as a consultant and volunteer for various not-for-profit...
Hitoshi Nasu
Hitoshi Nasu joined the ANU College of Law in December 2006. Prior to his appointment to the ANU, he taught...
Daniel Stewart
Daniel Stewart has been a lecturer in the Faculty of Law since 1999 and senior lecturer since 2005. He is a...
Ben Battcock
Ben practised as a barrister in London for fourteen years, principally in the areas of professional negligence,...
Helen Duncan
Helen Duncan has been a registered Migration Agent for 8 years and is currently a Director of Avisa Migration...
James Stellios
Dr James Stellios is an Associate Professor at the ANU College of Law where he teaches constitutional law. He is the...
Jessica Kinsella
Jessica is a solicitor and migration agent who began teaching for the ANU Migration Law Program in early 2010. She...
David Prince
David Prince has been admitted to practice in the NSW Supreme Court and High Court of Australia since 1996 and is...
Michael Jones
Michael brings a wealth of experience to teaching. He is a Solicitor and accredited specialist in migration law; a...
Tony Cibiras
Tony graduated from the ANU and attended the Legal Workshop in 1983. He commenced practice in Canberra in 1984....
Er-Kai Wang
Er-Kai was born in Beijing in China and came to Australia in 1987. She is a solicitor and registered migration...
Moira Murray
I graduated from the University of Western Australia Law School many years ago now. I did articles in Perth and then...
Michael Eburn
I was born and grew up in Sydney. I attended the University of New South Wales, graduating with a Bachelor of...
Anneka Ferguson
Anneka Ferguson is a researcher and lecturer at the Australian National University Legal Workshop. She obtained her...
Matthew Zagor
Matthew Zagor (Senior Lecturer in Law; Adjunct Fellow of the ANU Centre for European Studies) has a degree in...
Chris White
Chris commenced Migration Practice in 1988 in conjunction with an accounting and financial planning practice in...
Carly Saeedi
Carly is a lawyer and migration agent in Canberra. She works in a city law firm and spends one day a week advising...
Nick Tebbey
Nick is a lawyer and registered Migration Agent (MARN 0533386) in the Business Services division of Snedden Hall...
Tim Bonyhady
Tim Bonyhady is one of Australia's foremost environmental lawyers and cultural historians. He is the author of many...
Anne Macduff
Anne Macduff completed her BA with First class Honours in Philosophy at the ANU in 1997 and her LLB in 2000. ...
Kerry Murphy
Kerry is a migration agent and an accredited specialist in immigration law. His expertise was recognised when he was...
Gary Tamsitt
Gary has been Director of the ANU Legal Workshop since 1995. He graduated from Sydney University in 1977. He has...
Margie Rowe
Margie has been a practising lawyer for almost 20 years; primarily in family law. Margie has been on the Management...
Kath Hall
Dr Kath Hall is an Associate Professor at the ANU College of Law. Kath is an experienced legal academic, having...
Roberta McRae
Roberta is a lawyer who has specialised in property and continues to practice to support student placements at the...
Anne McNaughton
Anne McNaughton joined the Faculty as a lecturer in 2001. Anne graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the...
Natalie Dawson
Natalie Dawson has been an academic in the Migration Law Program since 2009. Before joining ANU she held a...
Margaret Thornton
Professor of Law at the ANU who was formerly Professor of Law and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne (...
Vivien Holmes
Vivien teaches Legal Ethics in the ANU College of Law's Legal Workshop. Prior to...
Simon Rice OAM
I have worked and researched extensively in anti-discrimination law, human rights and access to justice issues....
Elizabeth (Seul-gi) Lee
Elizabeth (Seul-gi) Lee is a lecturer at the ANU College of Law in Litigation and Dispute Management and the ANU...
Marianne Dickie
Marianne Dickie, Sub-Dean of the Program, has worked extensively in the migration field since 1993. She is a...
Robert Liu
Robert completed his LLB in 1984; and was admitted to practice in NSW in 1990. In 1995; he completed his MBA...
Wayne Morgan
Wayne Morgan is the LLB and JD Sub-dean (from July 2012).
Wayne has been an Academic Lawyer since...
Robert McLaughlin
Rob McLaughlin is an Associate Professor in the ANU College of Law. He is a Captain in the Royal Australian Navy,...
Leighton McDonald
Leighton McDonald is Associate Professor of Law at the ANU College of Law. Prior to joining ANU College of Law in...
Tony Foley
Dr Tony Foley is an Associate Professor in the ANU College of Law. He has been a practicing lawyer for 25 years in...
Alex Bruce
Alex is an ordained Buddhist Monk in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition and an Associate Professor with the ANU College...
Glenda Bloomfield
Glenda is an experienced practitioner in both New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory jurisdictions. She...
Philip Duncan
Philip is an experienced Migration Consultant, having first become involved in migration in 1990. He has provided...
Cameron Roles
Cameron Roles commenced as a Lecturer in the ANU College of Law in January 2008. Prior to his appointment;...
Khanh Hoang
Khanh is currently a Legal Officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) and is admitted as solicitor of...
Graeme Blank
Graeme has worked for twelve years teaching advocacy and other communication skills to new lawyers as part of the...
Matthew Rimmer
Dr Matthew Rimmer is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, working on Intellectual Property and Climate...
Dominique Dalla-Pozza
Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza joined the ANU College of Law as an Associate Lecturer in June 2009. She teaches...
Desmond Manderson
Professor Desmond Manderson is an international leader in interdisciplinary scholarship in law and the humanities....
Thomas Faunce
ARC Future Fellow (2010-2013)- 'Fostering Safe Nanotechnology Research Focused on Critical Public Health Problems'...
Daniel Fitzpatrick
After graduation Professor Fitzpatrick was an associate (clerk) for Justice Michael Foster of the Federal Court of...
Wendy Kukulies-Smith
Wendy Kukulies-Smith was appointed as a Teaching Fellow at the ANU College of Law in 2008. Prior to this she worked...
Barry Yau
Barry has been a full-time lecturer with the ANU Legal Workshop since 2012. Barry convenes Commercial Practice...
Sudrishti Reich
Sudrishti Reich; BA LLB (Macquarie University); is a registered migration agent. She was admitted as a solicitor of...
Fiona Wheeler
Fiona Wheeler is a Professor and Deputy Dean in the ANU College of Law, ANU, and is Chair of the ANU Academic Board...
















































































