ANU COLLEGE OF LAW

Qualifications	BEc (ANU), LLB (ANU), LLM (Melb), GradCertHigherEd (NE).
Biography	Craig worked as a lawyer for 11 years with Gadens Lawyers Melbourne, including some 4 years as a commercial litigation partner - developing particular expertise in defamation law. In 2003, Craig took up an academic position with the University of New England and, for some years, was Board Secretary and Public Officer of the North & North West Community Legal Service. Craig joined the ANU College of Law in 2009.
Scholarly Interests	Defamation, legal history and legal education. Currently pursuing PhD research on the topic, 'Defamation, Law and Public Opinion in the Australian Colonies, 1824-1874'.
Recent Publications	Craig Collins and Heather Forrest, Intellectual Property (2008) LexisNexis Butterworths. Craig Collins, 'Pericles was a Plumber: Towards resolving the liberal and vocational dichotomy in legal education' in Ian Morley and Mira Crouch (eds), Knowledge as Value: Illumination through critical prisms' (2008) Rodopi.