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Pauline Bomball
Lecturer
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours and University Medal)/Bachelor of Economics (ANU); Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP) (ANU)
ANU College of Law, Bld 5, 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 (née Thai) 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 first in Law. She 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 (the highest court in Australia).
Pauline is a full-time tenured Lecturer at the ANU Law School, and currently a Fellow at the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program (2018-2019). She joined the faculty of the ANU Law School in February 2012. Her research focuses on labour and employment law, contract law and tort law. She has been the course convenor (course head) and lecturer of the labour law (LLB and JD), contract law (JD) and foundations of law (JD) courses, and a lecturer in the tort law (LLB and JD) course. She has also taught in the public law (LLB and JD) course. Pauline was awarded a 2018 ANU Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2017 ANU Law School Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2014 ANU University Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Team Award), 2013 ANU Law School Award for Teaching Excellence (Team Award), 2013 ANU University Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, and 2012 ANU Law School Award for Teaching Excellence.
She is admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.
Appointments
External (Current):
- Fellow, Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program (2018-2019) https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/people/pauline-bomball
- Editorial Committee, Australian Journal of Labour Law (since March 2018)
- Case Notes Editor, Australian Journal of Labour Law (since March 2018)
- Member, National Executive Commitee, Australian Labour Law Association (since November 2018)
- Member, Australian Labour Law Association (since 2012)
Internal ANU Law Committees/Programs (Current):
- Leader, Private, Regulatory and Commercial Law Research Group
- Director of Student Wellbeing
- Faculty Advisor, Law Reform and Social Justice
- Member, ANU Law Research Committee
- Member, Honours Thesis Review Committee
Internal ANU Law Committees/Programs (Previous):
- Academic Editor, Federal Law Review
- Student Editor, Federal Law Review
Recent news
Past events
08
Aug
2018
6.00PM to 7.00PM Alumni Career Panel
- Will Bateman, ANU Law School
- Pauline Bomball, ANU Law School
- Radhika Chaudhri, ANU Law School
- Jennifer Darmody, King & Wood Mallesons
- Stephen Priest, Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
Becoming an Associate to a Judge is very competitive and highly coveted. Hear five ANU Law alumni share their experiences of working as Associates at the High Court, Federal Court and the Supreme Courts of the ACT and NSW.
16
May
2018
6.00PM to 7.00PM LLM Conversation Series
- Professor Pauline Ridge, ANU College of Law
- Mr Dilan Thampapillai, ANU College of Law
The High Court’s recent decision in Thorne v Kennedy raises difficult and troubling questions about the doctrine of unconscionable conduct.
15
May
2018
1.00PM to 2.00PM Law Week Roadshow
- Ms Pauline Bomball, ANU College of Law
- Mr Cameron Roles, ANU College of Law
- Professor Peta Spender, Deputy Dean, ANU College of Law
- Professor Sally Wheeler, Dean, ANU College of Law
This panel will examine the disruptions caused by the market and technology and consider regulatory responses.
Please note, only a small selection of recent publications and activities are listed below.
Refereed journal articles
Selected peer-reviewed articles:
Pauline Bomball, ‘Statutory Norms and Common Law Concepts in the Characterisation of Contracts for the Performance of Work’ (2018) 42 Melbourne University Law Review (accepted for publication and forthcoming in vol 42).
Pauline Bomball, 'Intention, Pretence and the Contract of Employment' (accepted for publication and forthcoming in the Journal of Contract Law).
Pauline Bomball, ‘The Attribution of Responsibility in Trilateral Work Relationships: A Contractual Analysis’ (2016) 29 Australian Journal of Labour Law 305.
Pauline Bomball, ‘Subsequent Conduct, Construction and Characterisation in Employment Contract Law’ (2015) 32 Journal of Contract Law 149.
Pauline Thai, ‘Constructive Dismissal: A Re-Examination’ (2014) 27 Australian Journal of Labour Law 137.
Conference papers & presentations
Pauline Bomball, ‘Labour Law and New Forms of Work’, Panellist on Law and Global Financial Security Panel (Law Week 2018, 15 May 2018, ANU Law School).
Pauline Bomball, ‘The Concept of Characterisation in Employment Law’ (Paper presented to the Private, Regulatory and Commercial Law Research Group, ANU Law School, 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”?’ (Paper 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?’ (Paper presented at the Industrial Relations Society of the ACT Seminar, Canberra, 11 December 2008).
Other
Pauline Bomball, 'Employment Status and the Gig Economy: A View from Australia' (2018) On Labor (blog co-founded and edited by Professor Benjamin Sachs of Harvard Law School).
Research interests
Honours thesis supervision
I am willing to supervise in these areas:
- Labour Law
- Tort Law
I have previously supervised in these areas:
- Labour Law
- Constitutional Law
Current courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 |
LAWS6101 Class #3713 |
Foundations of Australian Law |
| 2018 |
LAWS6101 Class #8710 |
Foundations of Australian Law |
Previous courses
| Year | Course code | Course name |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 |
LAWS6101 Class #3713 |
Foundations of Australian Law |
| 2016 |
LAWS6101 Class #4033 |
Foundations of Australian Law |
| 2016 |
LAWS6104 Class #5702 |
Contracts |
Past courses
- Courses to be taught in 2019: Labour Law, Torts, Foundations of Australian Law
- Foundations of Australian Law (Juris Doctor) - Semester 1, 2018 (Course Convenor and Lecturer)
- Torts (LLB and Juris Doctor) - Semester 1, 2018 (Lecturer and Tutor)
- Foundations of Australian Law (LLB and Juris Doctor) - Semester 2, 2017 (Course Convenor and Lecturer)
- Foundations of Australian Law (Juris Doctor) - Semester 1, 2017 (Course Convenor and Lecturer)
- Torts (LLB and Juris Doctor) - Semester 1, 2017 (Lecturer and Tutor)
- Foundations of Australian Law (Juris Doctor) - Semester 2, 2016 (Seminar Leader)
- Contracts (Juris Doctor) - Semester 1, 2016 (Course Convenor and Lecturer)
- Foundations of Australian Law (Juris Doctor) - Semester 1, 2016 (Course Convenor and Lecturer)
- Labour Law - Semester 2, 2015 (Course Co-Convenor and Lecturer)
- Foundations of Australian Law (Juris Doctor) - Semester 1, 2015 (Course Convenor and Lecturer)
- Contracts - Semester 2, 2014 (Lecturer and Tutor)
- Labour Law - Semester 2, 2014 (Course Co-Convenor and Lecturer)
- Foundations of Australian Law - Semester 1, 2014 (Seminar Leader)
- Labour Law - Semester 2, 2013 (Course Co-Convenor and Lecturer)
- Contracts - Semester 2, 2013 (Tutor)
- Foundations of Australian Law - Semester 1, 2013 (Seminar Leader)
- Labour Law - Semester 2, 2012 (Course Convenor and Lecturer)
- Australian Public Law - Semester 1, 2012 (Tutor)
- Foundations of Australian Law - Semester 1, 2012 (Seminar Leader)
