Heather Roberts teaches constitutional law, property law and equity and trusts. Her research examines Australian constitutional law, with a biographical focus. After graduating from the ANU in 1999, Heather worked as a solicitor at Freehills in Canberra. She returned to the Faculty in 2002 as a PhD student and tutor and worked as a research fellow on a biographical study of a Justice of the High Court. Her PhD thesis examined the constitutional jurisprudence of Justice Deane.

She is currently working on a comparative analysis of the swearing-in speeches of Australian High Court judges and developing a framework for an oral history of trailblazing women lawyers in Australia.

'"Fundamental Constitutional Truths"': The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Justice Deane, 1982-1995' (Phd Thesis, ANU, 2007)

'Constitutional Law' in I Freckleton & H Selby Appealing to the Future: Michael Kirby and his Legacy, 179 (with John Williams)

"Women Judges, 'Maiden Speeches' and the Constitution in the High Court of Australia" (paper presented at the International Conference on Feminist Constitutionalism, Queens University, Kingston Ontario, 28 February - 1 March 2009)