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Dr Pauline Bomball
Senior Lecturer
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours and University Medal)/Bachelor of Economics (ANU); Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP) (ANU); PhD (ANU)
ANU College of Law, Bld 7, Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2600
ANU College of Law, 5 Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2600
Research Theme
Research Centre
Research interests
Biography
See also: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/people/pauline-bomball
Pauline Bomball graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons I)/Bachelor of Economics in 2010. She was awarded First Class Honours in Law, a University Medal in Law and 14 other academic prizes, including the Supreme Court Judges' Prize for graduating in first place in the ANU Law class of 2010. While at law school, Pauline was a student editor of the Federal Law Review. From January 2011-January 2012, Pauline served as an Associate (a judicial law clerk) to the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC of the High Court of Australia (Australia's highest court). In February 2012, she joined the faculty of the ANU Law School in the ANU College of Law.
Pauline is currently a Senior Lecturer at the ANU Law School. She was recently a Fellow of the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program. She has research interests in contract law, labour law and artificial intelligence. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the Melbourne University Law Review, the Sydney Law Review, the University of New South Wales Law Journal, the Australian Journal of Labour Law and the Journal of Contract Law. Her 2019 article in the Melbourne University Law Review has been cited in judgments of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia and the Victorian Court of Appeal. Three of her articles (two in the Melbourne University Law Review and one in the Sydney Law Review) have been cited in counsel's submissions in an appeal before the High Court of Australia.
Pauline was awarded a 2018 ANU Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2017 ANU College of Law Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2014 ANU University Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Team Award), 2013 ANU College of Law Award for Teaching Excellence (Team Award), 2013 ANU University Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Early Career Teaching), and 2012 ANU College of Law Award for Teaching Excellence (Early Career Teaching).
She is admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.
Appointments
Appointments/Service/Leadership
- Fellow, Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program (September 2018 - May 2019) https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/people/pauline-bomball
- Member (by invitation), International Advisory Group, Clean Slate for Worker Power Project (a project of the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program) (November 2018 - August 2019)
- Guest contributor (by invitation), OnLabor (blog co-founded and edited by Professor Benjamin Sachs of Harvard Law School) (September 2018; May 2021)
- Senior Research Affiliate, Legal Priorities Project ('an independent, global research project founded by researchers from Harvard University' which 'conduct[s] legal research that tackles the world’s most pressing problems': https://www.legalpriorities.org/) (April 2021 - April 2022)
- Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Labour Law (March 2018 - July 2019; June 2020 - ongoing)
- Case Notes Editor, Australian Journal of Labour Law (March 2018 - July 2019; June 2020 - ongoing)
- Academic Editor, Federal Law Review (March 2012 - January 2016)
- Leader, ANU Private Law Research Group (August 2016 - June 2019; March 2021 - ongoing)
- Director of Student Wellbeing, ANU College of Law (Sole Director in 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (until June 2019); Co-Director in 2013, 2015 and 2016)
- Faculty Advisor, Law Reform and Social Justice, ANU College of Law (2014)
- Member, Research Committee, ANU College of Law (2014, 2016 - 2018)
- Member, Honours Thesis Review Committee, ANU College of Law (2016 - 2018)
- Member, Australian Labour Law Association (2012 - ongoing)
Academic Appointments (ANU Law School in the ANU College of Law)
- Senior Lecturer, ANU Law School: January 2019 - ongoing
- Lecturer, ANU Law School: 2015 - 2018
- Associate Lecturer, ANU Law School: 2012 - 2014
Recent news
20
Dec
2016
As she sees out her final days as a research assistant at the National Judicial College of Australia (NJCA), ANU College of Law graduate and University Medal recipient Naomi Wootton has reflected on how much she enjoyed studying law.
Upcoming events
23
Nov
2021
6.00PM to 7.00PM Webinar
- Professor John Howe
In 2021, Professor John Howe (Director of Melbourne School of Government, Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law) will be delivering this lecture, which will address how the Australian courts are not doing enough to send a message to businesses and the wider public that non-compliance with minimum employment standards is unacceptable.
Grants
Sole Investigator, 'Artificial Intelligence and Worker Activism' (Grant from the Legal Priorities Project: July 2021 - July 2022)*
*The Legal Priorities Project is 'an independent, global research project founded by researchers from Harvard University' which 'conduct[s] legal research that tackles the world’s most pressing problems' (https://www.legalpriorities.org).
Refereed journal articles
Pauline Bomball, ‘Contractual Autonomy, Public Policy and the Protective Domain of Labour Law’ (2021) 44(2) Melbourne University Law Review 502
Pauline Bomball, ‘Vicarious Liability, Entrepreneurship and the Concept of Employment at Common Law’ (2021) 43(1) Sydney Law Review 83
Pauline Bomball, 'The "Entrepreneurship Approach" to Determining Employment Status: A Normative and Practical Critique' (2021) 44(4) University of New South Wales Law Journal (forthcoming)
Pauline Bomball, ‘Statutory Norms and Common Law Concepts in the Characterisation of Contracts for the Performance of Work’ (2019) 42(2) Melbourne University Law Review 370
Pauline Bomball, 'Intention, Pretence and the Contract of Employment' (2019) 35(3) Journal of Contract Law 243
Pauline Bomball, ‘The Attribution of Responsibility in Trilateral Work Relationships: A Contractual Analysis’ (2016) 29(3) Australian Journal of Labour Law 305
Pauline Bomball, ‘Subsequent Conduct, Construction and Characterisation in Employment Contract Law’ (2015) 32(2) Journal of Contract Law 149
Pauline Thai, ‘Constructive Dismissal: A Re-Examination’ (2014) 27(2) Australian Journal of Labour Law 137
Pauline Thai, ‘Necessity, Coherence and Mutual Trust and Confidence: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker’ (2014) 27(4) Commercial Law Quarterly 11 (refereed case note)
Pauline Thai, ‘Unfair Dismissal Protection for Labour Hire Workers? Implementing the Doctrine of Joint Employment in Australia’ (2012) 25(2) Australian Journal of Labour Law 152
Conference papers & presentations
Pauline Bomball, 'Artificial Intelligence and Worker Activism', Legal Priorities Project Lab (November 2021)
Pauline Bomball, ‘Labour Law and New Forms of Work’, Panellist on Law and Global Financial Security Panel (Law Week 2018, 15 May 2018, ANU College of Law)
Pauline Bomball, ‘The Concept of Characterisation in Employment Law’ (Presented to the Private, Regulatory and Commercial Law Research Group, ANU College of Law, 4 November 2016)
Pauline Thai, ‘The Implied Duty of Co-operation in Employment Law: A Comparative Analysis’ (7th Biennial Australian Labour Law Association Conference, Sydney, November 2014)
Pauline Thai, ‘Rationalising the Interaction between Statute and Common Law in the Employment Context: A Question of “Coherence” or “Necessity”?’ (Presented at the 6th Biennial Australian Labour Law Association Conference, Canberra, 16 November 2012)
Pauline Thai, 'Reflections on Labour Law Teaching' (Panel Presentation, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Melbourne Law School, Australian Labour Law Association Conference, Canberra, 15 November 2012)
Pauline Thai, ‘The Implied Duty of Mutual Trust and Confidence: A Common Law Alternative to Unfair Dismissal Legislation?’ (Presented at the Industrial Relations Society of the ACT Seminar, Canberra, 11 December 2008)
Other
Pauline Bomball, 'Sectoral Bargaining is Coming to New Zealand' (2021) OnLabor*
Pauline Bomball, 'Employment Status and the Gig Economy: A View from Australia' (2018) OnLabor*
*OnLabor is a blog that was co-founded and is edited by Professor Benjamin Sachs of Harvard Law School
Research interests
PhD supervision
Associate Supervisor on Supervisory Panel for Rosemary Listing (PhD Candidate, ANU College of Law)
Associate Supervisor on Supervisory Panel for Gareth Downing (PhD Candidate, ANU College of Law)
Honours thesis supervision
Pauline is very happy to supervise projects in these areas:
- Labour Law
- Tort Law
- Contract Law
Pauline has previously supervised projects in these areas:
- Labour Law
Current courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
LAWS4228 Class #7288 |
Labour Law |
Past courses
Courses Taught: Labour Law; Contract Law; Tort Law; Foundations of Australian Law; Lawyers, Justice and Ethics
Teaching Awards
- 2018 ANU Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
- 2017 ANU College of Law Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
- 2014 ANU University Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Team Award)
- 2013 ANU College of Law Award for Teaching Excellence (Team Award)
- 2013 ANU University Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Early Career Teaching)
- 2012 ANU College of Law Award for Teaching Excellence (Early Career Teaching)
